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| -James Brown |
Local varieties of trees and shrubs are the best types of plantings, as they'll adapt and thrive better to the particular conditions of your location. In alignment with reducing unnecessary natural resources, minimal watering is also something to keep in mind. Water your yard, landscape and gardens in the early morning, before the sun has a chance to quickly absorb the moisture.
For families, toys and other outdoor clutter should be kept well maintained and in its own designated storage area.
The outdoor living space of a slow home should also reflect each season accordingly. Gardens are a great way to achieve this, and (with a little help from you!) will showcase the best of what nature provides.
This week, I'll be working on:
- pulling weeds (ack! But no chemicals here...)
- reducing the amount of outdoor clutter (so long old and broken soccer goal net)
- working on our outdoor living room to make it both more personal and functional
- planting vegetables for our (first) cool weather garden
- Tidying up shrubs etc...
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Now that we live in the midwest, having things in the winter is almost impossible. We do have some evergreens in our landscaping which is nice. I must admit, I was such a flower person in the South that moving here with an established house was almost freeing in that 1. there were no flowers to trim 2. the ground is so hard that planting is next to impossible (think drill with attachment) 3. I used a lot of time trimming, pruning, talking to flowers in the South...lol! So, it has been nice to have a totally LOW IMPACT yard! I am including our garage in the outdoor space, which we cleaned out this summer and have only the things we actually use. Please, do not visit our airplane hanger which is where I stored everything else...;)
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