Have you removed all grass from your front yard & replaced with plants
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Comments (28)Rita---I am so happy for you---Isn't it wonderful when your garden is appreciated by so many---- My front yard was always too shady for roses but since we just lost a big tree---who knows what will happen now--LOL Florence...See MoreHow often should I remove fallen leaves from front yard?
Comments (1)I'm assuming this is on grass? Mow the leaves right into the soil, it's a nice winter mulching and a gentle feeding for your grasses. Very thick layers may need to be distributed out to other parts of the lawn. Overall, the leaf mass atop the grass is cutting off the air and sun from the grasses. That damages them, so mowing at least once a week is recommended for normal leaf drops. Light drops can be ignored, however, while heavy, blanket-like leaf falls should be taken care of as soon as possible....See Morehaving problems figuring out what to plant in my front yard for a tree
Comments (11)Before I'd make that ^ pronouncement, I'd question OP about what is meant by a 25 ft. limit in size. I'm about as sure as a guy at a computer at a remote location can be that what he/she means is that the yard section or whatever little plot this is is 25 ft. wide. That simply does not say anything about what tree can or can't "fit" that spot. Remember dear readers....large-growing "shade tree"-type trees, when mature, exist as a trunk somewhere out in the yard. The trunk may grow large, but no tree I'm aware of in the N. temperate zone is going to have a trunk 25 ft. wide. What is almost surely the case is that any large-growing "shade tree"-type tree could in fact easily inhabit that space...and at maturity, would consist of a trunk with all the tree up high overhead. Such trees form living ceilings over our "outdoor rooms" which is what landscaping seeks to provide. Take that same 25 ft. wide area, plant one of the ornamental, low-crowning species, and now you really have taken up all that space. Nobody can throw a ball around, nobody can even just walk there, because there's a big, wide-spreading ornamental tree crown in the way. That's the reality of this big tree/small tree conundrum-that many folks get it exactly backwards-the large-growing type-at maturity-taking up less space than the little redbud, fl. crab, or what have you. People that give out lots of landscape advice should learn to recognize this elemental fact....See MoreHow do I build a succulent garden in my front yard covered in grass?
Comments (7)I’ve done this (I’m north of you about an hour.) I’m a 5’6” tall woman and did all of the work myself. 1. Use a sod cutter (rent from Home Depot.) Any other method will take forever and will require a lot of maintenance. Use a quality water permeable weed barrier after you do this unless you want to pull grass and weeds forever. This has been the difference in my yard looking good when my neighbors who also went low water are spending their weekends pulling grass and weeds. Seriously. 2. No, find someplace else for your roses. They won’t look good together and they have different needs. 3. If your drainage is good you don’t need to do anything- most succulents are super adaptable but you MUST have good drainage. If you don’t, you will need to till and add some kind of aggregate and you would need to do it deeply to avoid the “bathtub” effect around the plants. 4. That’s a personal taste thing. I didn’t edge, I dug down to make it level so if it gets out of the yard i just sweep it back in. 5. Wood mulch looks like crap as it ages and breaks down so if you go that route you are commiting to maintenance and future expenses. Bugs like wood mulch, too. I used California Gold decomposed granite and it was a great choice for us. There are lots of stone/gravel choices so you can find something that looks good with your house. 6. Different succulents have different needs so you have to research each one and group accordingly. I have some that I never water because they are winter growers and that’s the only time it rains here. I recommend you spend some time looking online, driving or biking around your area, etc. to see what plants are doing well in your area- and then choose some of those amd some that will make your yard different! I also recommend building some hills and curves instead of having a flat yard. Flat yards are boring. Have fun! We love our succulent garden and our tiny water bill....See MoreKW PNW Z8
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