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How to Go Plant-Free in Your Landscape Design
Colorful flowerbeds, vegetable gardens and expansive lawns are common sights in backyards, but they aren’t for everyone. Some people prefer lower-maintenance landscaping options that will allow them...
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Backyard Beach Ideas Guide: How to Design Your Paradise
Most people living in San Diego County live within driving distance – or even walking distance – to some fantastic beaches. There are also plenty of homeowners who live right on the beach, but not all...
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Sidewalk Landscaping Guide: Curbside Easements {Ideas + Tips}
If you live in an urban or suburban neighborhood – which is the case for most San Diego County and Orange County homeowners – you likely have some type of easement that runs along the front of your...
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Low-Maintenance Landscaping for Large Yards {PRO Tips}
We talk a lot about how to maximize space in small yards, but there are also homeowners who have the opposite challenge: finding tips for low-maintenance landscaping for large yards. While more space...
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How to Hide an Ugly Fence Guide
Backyard fences serve some rather important purposes, like keeping your kids and pets in the yard, keeping unwanted guests out of your yard, providing your family with privacy, and clearly showing...
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Bamboo Landscaping Guide: Design, Ideas, and Inspiration
Modern Landscape by Los Altos General Contractors Rich Mathers Construction, Inc. Bamboo scares some people because its nature is to grow…a lot. In fact, some varieties of bamboo can grow up to three...
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Backyard Wedding Venues Guide: Turning Your Property Into A Wedding Venue
Hosting an at-home wedding is a great way for a bride on a budget to save money on her big day while still having her dream wedding. Renting out your property for backyard weddings is also a great way...
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36 Landscape Design Terms You Need to Know
You may never have the need to slip words like architrave and entablature into conversation, but if you have a home and would like to surround it with beautiful landscaping, you should probably at...
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Landscaping Ideas For Hillside: TOP Backyard Steep Slope Solutions
Sleep stopes or “banks” run rampant in some San Diego neighborhoods. A by-product of Southern California’s hilly terrain or simply of builder-bulldozed soil, these slopes often characterize backyards,...
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Landscape Swale Guide: How to Landscape Drainage Swales
How to Landscape Drainage Swales Contemporary Landscape by Carmel Landscape Contractors Woolly Blue Landscaping Table of Contents What is a Drainage Swale? Can I Fill a Swale to Level it Out? Can I Dig...
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Alternatives To Grass In Your Backyard: TOP Lawn Replacement Options
Natural grass lawns adorn front yards and backyards across the nation, but the cost, maintenance and water requirements for these high-maintenance landscaping features have many homeowners on the hunt...
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Side Yard Landscaping Ideas: How to Maximize Your Side Yard
That narrow strip of land that connects your front yard to your backyard on each side of your house – better known as a side yard – is usually seen as wasted space that is good for little more than...
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How to Landscape Around an Inground Pool
A backyard pool is a beautiful thing. Often the centerpiece of a property, a pool’s landscaping can make or break the look of your swimming space. Decking, plants, lighting – it all adds ambiance and...
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Differentiating Between Dormant and Dead Grass
When your grass goes from green to brown in the winter or summer, it can be difficult to determine if it is simply dormant or if it is dead. You may need to wait until the seasons change to know for...
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10 Drought-Tolerant Ground Covers That Can Withstand Full Sun
California water restrictions may be strengthened or relaxed as our drought level changes, but it is well past time to accept that we are living in what is essentially a constant state of drought. This...
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