Information pertinent to house and garden design and town house style

If your luck is such that you own a fine top soil based lawn, the toil and labor of beautifying your lawn has been completed. Of course, not all of us are in this position, and it should be remembered that, when a fine topsoil base exists, you still have to work hard in order to maintain a lawn and garden that is perfect.

1. The best time to mow a lawn should be the time when the lawn is dry and less hot. Have patience to ensure that the dew of the morning has evaporated, and before the afternoon heat takes hold. Alternatively, late afternoon or early evening there having been water sprayed on in the morning is also a good time.

2. On the question of boundary division, a hedge has preferable qualities of separating boundaries than a fence. A more private provision is catered for, preventing children and pets from leaving, or entering. The shelter it provides will attract birds, and it gives a setting that will enhance flowers and plants.

3. Your garden should be brought right up to you; paths and outside doors can have hyacinths planted near them. The scented, perfumed air they produce will swamp the spring air and make your garden really come alive.

4. Add your garden to nongarden items, lamp posts and mail boxes being an example. Smother such mundane things with planted flowers to take advantage of flowers that go from the earliest to flower right up to the ones that flower last. A suitable selection might be made up of snowdrops that are white, purple and gold crocus, tulips of whatever color, as well as hyacinths that are blue. Rocks and boulders should be placed at the base of the posts which will give better interest to the items.

5. The control of weeds may take place on the environs of your lawn by mowing often during spring. This will prevent dandelions spreading by eliminating the yellow blossoms and preventing seed formation. Mow high during late spring and early summer. Grass blades can thereby be allowed to shade the ground, and the total suppression of crabgrass sprouting will be achieved.

Your very own lawn, as well as your garden ought to be a place where you have much proudness and see much beautifulness. Money in quantities need not be spent on non cheap enhancing compounds for your garden, or either chairs and tables, or statues, etc for the lawn. Some careful preplanning will take you as far as you need to go to making your lawn and garden a much better place.