Sentences with phrase «adding mulch»

This might include touching up paint, sweeping the front walk or adding mulch to the front beds by the door.

Simply edging the beds and adding mulch can freshen up the front of the home.

Adding mulch to the garden, feeding the animals, stacking wood for next year's fires and on and on.

There are many reasons to add mulch to your garden beds, around trees and just about anywhere else.

You can add mulch for next to nothing by buying bales of straw from nearby farmers or using shredded newspaper printed with non-toxic vegetable ink.

They should also freshen up or add mulch and rock to give the area a finished look.

well you added mulch.

Not exact matches

It requires a can of drained chickpeas (cheap), some garlic, onion, cilantro, salt and spices — go by taste and pulse it all into a mulch, adding a few tablespoons of flour to help bind the mixture together.

Right now I have about 12 bags of leaves out on the curb for the city to pick up (and mulch), but I've also saved three bags in my back yard to add to my compost bin as needed.

To control weeds and conserve soil moisture, mulch the growing area with approximately three inches (8 cm) of hardwood mulch or shredded leaves, continually adding more mulch as needed.

Put it toward home repairs / upgrades - Add your loose change to your repair or maintenance fund, purchase some mulch or flowers for your yard, purchase new curtains, new lighting etc..

Adding pinecones or large bark mulch to garden areas will also deter cats from spraying.

Cocoa mulch has the added threat of chocolate, which makes it even worse.

O'Neill was asked by Pratt President Thomas F. Schutte to examine Pratt's Rose Garden, and she since volunteered to take on its replanting and removed overgrowth, pruned away spent flower stems, and added organic fertilizer, bone meal, and mulch to immediately improve the flower beds.

When it comes to strategies that help your garden grow, adding compost is a great way to mulch and add nutrients without using industrial fertilizers (not to mention a good use of food leftovers and other organic waste).

Every day the university maintenance staff wipes down the toilets and adds a can of wood chips or bark mulch to each toilet.

The idea is that, over time, the mulch will break down anyway, but with added nutrients from human urine it will not just provide organic matter to the soil, but a dose of valuable nutrients with no need for turning the compost heap or spreading out the end result.

The Austrian pines, for example, the arborist told me, could be helped by adding acidic cedar mulch or flowers like rhododendrons and azaleas around their base, instead of planting grass seed, which my neighbor has done.

Each individual seed saturated tube can be positioned in an outdoor urban or domestic environment (the cardboard tubes can be filled with newspaper / soil / sawdust etc to assist with the mulching) add water and sunlight - a garden is formed.

My tomatoes are most likely beyond repair this year (it's been a bad year for the garden), but next time I plant I'll be sure to spend some more time on mulching, soil preparation and will be a little more careful about both adding compost and watering.

Cut the grass, rake the leaves, add new mulch, trim the bushes, edge the walkways, and clean the gutters.

Laying down a new layer of mulch adds a rich, healthy - looking brown that will create a terrific contrast with your flowers.

If necessary, add new soil, mulch and / or sod and lay fertilizer.

Landscaping: Front and back yards; add bark mulch; rake and remove leaves, branches and debris; plant bushes and flowers; add planters and hanging plants; mow grass; water lawn and plants; remov weeds and dead plants; manicure existing plants; any yardwork that improves the curb appeal of a home.

Fresh bags of mulch were added and new summer bright flowers replaced the wilting flowers currently lining the home's entry way.

Adding a fresh coat of mulch always goes a long way.

Edge the grass around walks and trees plus add fresh mulch to your planting beds.

Add a fresh 2 - to 4 - inch - thick layer of organic mulch, such as compost or composted manure.

Another tip to add instant curb appeal is to fill in the front yard landscape with mulch and some drought resistant plants.

Natural mulches such as chipped bark or cocoa shells will add nutrients to the soil as they break down.

Weed and mulch those flower beds, keep the grass cut, plant colorful flowers and add a few decorative touches.

Not only do they add charm and character to your garden landscaping, they're extremely practical too, separating weeds from flower beds and mulch from lawns as well as providing a clean line for extra-efficient mowing and trimming.

Finally, add a layer of mulch, bark or rotted organic matter to feed the soil and suppress weeds.

We added new mulch to the front of our house, but we haven't planted anything yet.

Plus you don't have to add gravel every year like you do mulch.

To help your plants absorb more water, add a layer of mulch a few inches deep.

We will be adding a mow strip, four small raised garden beds, hopefully a bench, a few more bushes and plants, mulch, stepping stones and a small arbor at the entrance!

Adding sod as well as planting some flowers with mulch surrounding it, not much is really left to change — or is there??

Curb appeal is important, tidy the lawns, re-edge flower beds, add fresh mulch and clean exterior lights.