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Sixteen things to avoid
when landscaping
- Avoid daily watering - it produces shallow roots and great weeds.
- Avoid over use of white gravel in landscaping. It is glaring and not
natural.
- Sharp pointed plants located near doors and traffic areas can hurt!
- Deciduous trees planted near the front entrances can be messy and
bare in the wintertime.
- Don't plant short-bloom seasonal plants in conspicuous places unless
you are committed to changing your beds regularly.
- Avoid planting perennials in a vegetable garden because you will
need to sterilize bare soil to prevent nematode damage.
- Don't water the tops of shrubs. This only will spread disease.
Occasionally, washing is good to remove dust or salt spray.
- Avoid spraying lawns with herbicides in high heat in the summer.
This could burn the grass.
- Don't plant too close together to make your garden look full. Give
plants room for proper growth in the future.
- Planting too close to the foundation will create an unsightly mature
plant.
- Don't plant trees over a sewer line or utility lines. Also, avoid
above ground utility lines. Check before any digging and have cable
and telephone lines marked.
- Avoid planting shrubs near the driveways where they will block
driver's view.
- Try not to install only one gate in a backyard. Go for three.
- When designing a flower bed, don't locate it in the normal path of
foot traffic.
- Install gutters. Don't let the rain uproot your plants that are
under the roof line.
- Install water gardens, fish ponds, bird baths, or bird feeders only
if your life style can commit to the activity.
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