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October 2009

October 31, 2009

Swimming Pool Landscaping: Secrets To Success

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Add Bucks to Your Home and Yard’s Bottom Line

A Well-Designed Landscape adds Bucks and Bang to Your Home’s Bottom Line

Whether you live in a City Town House with very minimum space or on hundreds or thousands of acres, a home garden is a cherished resort for many.

The home garden should consist of at least 3 main areas, the public area, the private area,and the utility area. The public area should always look presentable and welcoming whether formal or informal. The private area may have a patio with contemporary garden decor and furniture, a grape covered arbor, swimming pool, with areas for entertaining family and friends, or in some secluded,shady nook you may have your own secret garden to curl up with a book in the lazy days of summer.

The utility area should be a place for home units for heating and cooling, garbage storage as well as other storage areas for gardening supplies and equipment, pool equipment, etc. If space in your home

garden allows, you may want to have areas to garden with vegetables, herbs, fruit trees, grape vines, and roses – both modern and antique.

The property, if space is available should have a border of small trees, evergreen shrubs and vines, or a well-designed fence to frame the house as a picture frame sets off a picture. If space is available there should be a background of trees or foliage to form a skyline over the roof of house. For the foundation planting, avoid planting a lot of shrubs kept pruned to some weird rounded shape, all of the same size, looking like soldiers standing at attention. Here a few choice shrubs should be planted to accentuate the corners and entrance to the house. For the corner you can plant a small

deciduous tree faced down by a threesome of small evergreen shrubs (make sure these shrubs are very slow growing), or you can plant a specimen evergreen shrub at each corner that grows not much

more than half the distance from the ground to roofline. For the entrance, you may use a choice slow growing evergreen on each side of door or a threesome of evergreens kept pruned around one

third the distance between ground and roofline. If you wish to have a low-maintenance garden, you can use landscape fabric and a mulch of pine bark, cypress, pine straw, etc. or plant evergreen

groundcovers at the base of shrubs and trees.

If you are attracted to the English Cottage look, you surely will want borders of perennials, annuals, herbs, and so forth in the home garden. Perhaps you prefer the look of ornamental grasses and bamboos

with perennials growing up amongst them, which provide a rustic look to much of contemporary garden design.

Perhaps you have a formal townhouse or hotel particular. You want to design using straight lines, rectangles, and arcs with such plants as common box or yew. Whatever, the successful home garden should

mirror the personality of its owners and fit in with the local scenery.

Whatever style you choose, a neat, well-designed landscape is money well spent, for you it will add bucks to your resale value.

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prairie grass landscaping

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Besides Americans, do many other countries visit Canada?

I am thinking the grass is greener on the other side, and there are people from Italy and Spain and France and Germany and the Netherlands and the Swiss Alps….who dream of visiting Canada…it’s like this utopia of land not overly exploited lots of open road.

And it’s the whole concept that you have all this open space, abundant nature, canoeing, fishing, hunting, hiking, backpacking….maritimes, prairies, Southwest Ontario, the Northern Territories…..it’s amazing country! And there’s so much of it compared to the small area encompassing Europe…..

Canadians need to appreciate their land more, that’s what many of these visitors would say. What countries are the most frequent tourists to visiting Canada besides the U.S.?

Does it make Canadians feel good when Europeans are looking at photos of Ontario landscapes and then contemplate making the visit?
Japanese and Germans visit Canada? And Canadians often visit Italy…..the Axis Powers

I live in Yukon, and there are many, many Germans that visit here. There is even a direct flight from Frankfurt to Whitehorse during the summer months.

In the Banff area, there are a great many Japanese tourists (as well as Germans). Many signs are in English, French, and Japanese (and/or German) to accommodate them. The Japanese also love to visit Prince Edward Island, as “Anne of Green Gables” is a popular story in Japan.

I am not sure of the numbers, but these have been my observations over many years.

I checked StatsCan, and the top countries of origin for tourists to Canada in 2006 are:
US (by a whopping amount) 13.9 million trips.
UK – 842,000
Japan – 364,000
France – 361,000
Germany – 298,000
Mexico – 202,000
South Korea – 189,00
Australia – 178,000
China – 139,000
Netherlands – 118,000

That list surprised me a bit!

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Xeriscape Info Please.?

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XERISCAPE info please.?

some suggestions for ground covers, smaller shrubs and trees all oked as official xeriscape plants. thank you.

Oh, you want the official list do you? i assume by official you mean approved by your local water authority? so why not ask them for the list? i just happen to know they have a very colorful booklet they give out to the public when asked.
it’s the official handout approved by the national xeriscape council. it was written by a group of very talented experts such as landscape architects, garden writers, irrigation designers, university extension advisors, horticultural experts… why it was a regular who’s-who in the landscape field.
then they went ahead and screwed it all up by appointing a real nobody as the chairman…. me.
i guess they thought with all those wine and cheese folk in one room it would be fun to toss in a beer and chips guy to level it out a bit?

here is a couple from the list, per your request.

ground covers…
prostrate rosemary,
trailing gazanias,
lavender cotton.

shrubs…
heavenly bamboo,
dwarf mock orange,
Cleveland sage,
coffee berry.

trees…
pink melaleuca,
Catalina ironwood,
hollywood juniper,
pinus torreyana.

if you want the entire official list you can contact me via answers and i’ll send it to you.

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Pool Landscaping – Tips To Create A Breathtaking Pool

Pool Landscaping Tips To Create A Breathtaking Pool



Pool Landscaping Tips To Create A Breathtaking Pool



Pool Landscaping Tips To Create A Breathtaking Pool Reviews



Pool Landscaping Tips To Create A Breathtaking Pool Reviews



Pool Landscaping Tips To Create A Breathtaking Pool

Pool Landscaping Tips To Create A Breathtaking Pool

Pool Landscaping Tips To Create A Breathtaking Pool Reviews

Pool Landscaping Tips To Create A Breathtaking Pool



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Pool Landscaping Tips To Create A Breathtaking Pool

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The Swimming Pool


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An enlightened approach to pool design, The Swimming Pool matches superb aesthetics with the best of today’s most innovative building materials for the ultimate guide to building your backyard retreat. Renowned landscape designer Martha Baker explores four popular styles—Romantic, Modern, Classic, and Rustic—and details the key elements that help to create a complete look. She provides ideas for personalizing elements to match your individual taste and accommodating practical needs. Leading you on a guided tour of exclusive international locales featuring pools with many different looks and styles, she offers a wealth of advice on:•Identifying the right design style to complement your property•Siting your pool and selecting the best pool shape•Creating poolside cooking and dining areas •Choosing furniture that epitomizes the art of relaxation•Landscaping to integrate your pool with your home and property•Pinpointing the best accessories to pull it all togetherReminding us that pool design should be infused with a blend of fantasy and reality, Martha Baker features a seductively elegant romantic pool that conjures the image of a Spanish courtyard; an infinity pool that takes its cue from island traditions, perched on a hillside overlooking a tropical harbor; and a highly sophisticated modern pool topped with playful, oversized sculptures. Authoritative and packed with more than 250 gorgeous photographs, The Swimming Pool opens up a world of unprecedented pool design.

Pool It!


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Pool It!

Pool


Pool


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Cue Stick Pool Stick Screw in Tips


Cue Stick Pool Stick Screw in Tips


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Cue Stick Pool Stick Screw in Tips

At the Pool


At the Pool


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At the Pool draws on the excitement surrounding a swimming trip, covering all the common things children encounter on a day out at the pool.

Precision Pool


Precision Pool


$13.3


Sharpen your strategy and shot-making skills for eight ball, nine ball, straight pool, or one pocket with Precision Pool. Featuring tips and strategies for every aspect of the sport, including grips, vision, aim, and shot selection and execution, this guide reveals the secrets of the pros to help you improve your game.

Poolscaping: Landscaping Around Your Swimming Pool and Spa


Poolscaping: Landscaping Around Your Swimming Pool and Spa


$13.52


Bare stark swimming pools are going the way of the dinosaur. Landscape designer Erler presents this inspiring book overflowing with ideas and practical advice on how to make a pool the lush centerpiece of any property with plants, lighting, and artwork. Photos & illustrations.

Steve Mizerak's Winning Pool Tips


Steve Mizerak’s Winning Pool Tips


$9.74


A celebrated master of the game shares his own personal tips, strategies, and advice on improving every aspect of pool, from using the best equipment to recognizing shooting opportunities to psyching out opponents. Packed with clear, easy-to-follow instructions, diagrams, and 60 photos and illustrations.

At The Pool


At The Pool


$3.99


At The Pool Embellishment Dimensional pool stickers bring some pop to your scrapbooking memories. Acid and lignin free. Size is approximate. Vacation, swimming, travel, water, family, friends, flip flops, towel, floaty, raft, sunglasses, fun, Jolee’s

Pool Idea Book


Pool Idea Book


$7.48


Swimming pools aren’t what they used to be. No longer just rectangular blue holes surrounded by concrete aprons, today’s pools come in myriad shapes and sizes – from square wading pools, long lap pools, round spas, and teardrop-shaped jet pools to elaborate naturalistic pools complete with boulders, vanishing edges, waterfalls and lush landscaping. Pool houses, outdoor kitchens, fireplaces and patios for entertaining may accompany them. The Pool Idea Book showcases the latest innovations in pool and spa design; offers creative design ideas for decks, outbuildings, and landscaping; and addresses practical issues such as screening, security, and storage. It includes chapters on pool design, pool surrounds, landscaping, outdoor rooms and structures, and enclosures. This visual handbook features many color photographs and illustrations, and dozens of useful sidebars to help homeowners design the ultimate pool for any lifestyle or budget.

A Mind for Pool


A Mind for Pool


$15.98


To realize your full potential at pool you’ve got to master the mental game. A Mind For Pool gives you a complete course on the thinking side of pool. From the very first day that you pick up a cue your attitude towards things like practice, change, slumps and instruction all play an important part in your success as a pool player. The better you play, the more important the mental game becomes. In fact, when excellent players compete, the winner is most often the one who has learned to best handle the pressure, sharking, unruly crowd behavior and many other potentially game ruining factors. A Mind For Pool reveals the erroneous thoughts that can undermine your developments as well as your ability to compete successfully. In every instance the book then goes on to show you a more constructive way to view the situation. In the process you will learn how to concentrate on your game, minimize the impact of bad luck, win tournaments and much, much more. A Mind For Pool gives you 120 bite sized lessons on all facets of the mental game, each one a self contained unit. Each lesson is summarized by Capelle’s Laws for Pool. You’ll also find quotes from history’s greatest thinkers that serve to reinforce each lesson. A series of 80 checklists enable you to easily evaluate all parts of your mental game. Icons point out tips, insights, warnings and pool facts.

Pool Party Cutouts Set/7


Pool Party Cutouts Set/7


$14.99


Hang these large cardboard pool party cutouts to create the perfect pool atmosphere.  Each is 2′ 7″ x 3′ 10″.  Pkg. of 7.

Stone Landscaping


Stone Landscaping


$13.89


*This book offers inspiring and creative ideas for using stone in the landscape, including water features and rock gardens, fireplaces and fire pits, and archways and grottos. *Materials comparisons, construction specifications, and the basic techniques of working with stone are presented in detail in an easy-to-follow final chapter. *Large and small projects are covered, from columns to sheds and pool houses. *The process of choosing and managing landscaping professionals is also covered in detail.

In the Pool


In the Pool


$19.48


A divorced man angry at his wife finds a painfully prominent outlet in a permanent erection; a model thinks every man on the street is a stalker; an overbearing magazine editor relieves his mid-life crisis by long-distance swimming . . . These are some of the patients who descend to the basement consulting room of Doctor Ichiro Irabu, an obese, eccentric neurologist with an injection fetish, an Oedipus complex. and a pea-green Porsche. This collection of five wacky stories has been adapted for TV and the movies in Japan. Hideo Okuda won the prestigious Naoki Prize in 2004. "It helps put into perspective the annoyances and disappointments we all face in modern society as well as giving the reader a chance to reflect on ways to make his or her life a bit better." — The Daily Yomiuri "My favorite was ‘Cell,’ a story in which high school student becomes addicted to his cell phone…The story offers great insight for every one of us, from Luddite to geek, regarding this pervasive contemporary phenomenon." — Hillel Wright, Metropolis Japan "Sardonic and funny." — JapanVisitor.com "So while In the Pool has many laugh-aloud moments, at a deeper level, this comedic collection has some intellectual backbone. These are stories about characters tamping down their neuroses and getting on about life." — hackwriters.com "It’s hilarious…By these off-the-wall portrayals of ordinary people in seemingly harmless but nonetheless extraordinary predicaments, In the Pool delivers a good time indeed." — Mark Schriber, The Japan Times

Blue Dragon Pool Cue with 6 Replacement Tips


Blue Dragon Pool Cue with 6 Replacement Tips


$27.86


*Shoot pool like the pros with this billiard cue set *Two-piece cue has brass joints to provide a precision fit for straightness over the length of the stick *Pool stick has an artistic image on the butt of the stick and dragon print above the grip *Slip-proof grip *Stick comes with a high-quality custom-fit hard black case *Case is lined with soft cushion felt *Includes six replacement tips *Measures 58 inches long *Weighs 20 ounces *Made of hardwood

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should i use landscaping fabric to control weeds?

The use of landscape fabric is not necessary and should only be used with landscape gravel to prevent it from migrating into the soil below. A few reason not use landscape fabric, its a pain to install, installing future plant material becomes time consuming to cut through the fabric, heats up the soil below, and mulch doesn’t have a chance to break down and mix in with the existing soil, so removal of old mulch is necessary every spring. In my experience pre-emergent products such as Snapshot or Treflan are much better than Preen and should be applied very early in the spring (on top of mulch) before seed germination, and again after other seeds have fallen from surrounding trees later in the spring. to control weeds that are not controlled with the above mentioned products try Round-Up and use a piece of cardboard to shield surrounding plant material, also try Ferti-lome Over-The-Top Weed & Grass Killer (awesome product). Hope this helps.

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Dalen HG25 25-Foot Harvest Guard Row Cover


Dalen HG25 25-Foot Harvest Guard Row Cover


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Easy Gardener 1051 3-by-100-Foot WeedBlock Landscape Fabric


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