flower bed around porch

Question Jamies flower bed Hey! I have a 100 yr old home which has a large porch. Im in search of suggestions on the types of flowers to plant around my porch which has boxwood shrubs. When I planted the shrubs seve

Mulch on hill

QuestionHow do you keep mulch on a hill? AnswerSteep hills dont hold mulch well. It also depends on the type of mulch material. Large rocks will stay on a steeper slope; bark mulch wont. Ive used

Paver installation on gravel driveway

QuestionSean, The driveway on the property I just purchased reaches quite far into the middle of the property. The driveway is composed of crushed, course rock and bordered by grass. I would like

Paver weeds problem

QuestionHairy Pavers QUESTION: I installed pavers about 7 years ago in the backyard, but now I realize that I have a problem. There is growth of weeds coming out between the cracks and it looks like my pavers

Landscape design

QuestionHello, I was interested in sinking a trampoline in my backyard. I have looked on the Internet and found some answers, but nothing talks about after you dig the hole for the trampoline, do you not have

matching home brick front

QuestionHi, Im really struggling here. I have a rancher with half brick (reds,grays) grey mortar, lower house and top half a light brown sliding. I want to dress up the front along the house with a 12 retaining wall

footing design

QuestionQUESTION: i want to know what type of footing suitable on loose murum filled @ 35 years back in well ? ANSWER: Hi. I am not sure I fully understand your question? What are you building to need a footing? Al

poor drainage

QuestionI was curious to see what tree I can plant that loves water. The tree that I am looking for has to be no more than 20 foot tall, deer resistant, and flowering if possible. My problem is that when it ra

using landscape to hide large items

QuestionMy neighbor has a very large motor home that he parks in the front driveway. I would like to use some type of landscape to help hide it. We do not have a homeowners association. I would like to use some type

Xeriscaping front yard

QuestionHello, We recently bought a house in LA county and are planning on xeriscaping the front yard. We arent going to do it immediately but in a few months we are having to dig up the sewer line and so that seem

yard drainage

QuestionI live on a delta in Vancouver BC. Obviously the water level is high. MY house is about 50 years old, and I rent. The front yard is wet waay past time it should be dry. My wife and I have talked drainage pip

back yard water flow.

QuestionOk so my wife and i just purchased our dream home in northeast PA. When we looked at house there was snow and even until after we closed there was snow.. Once the snow melted we discovered our big back yard

stop erosion around new culvert pipe

QuestionI just had a culvert placed across my long drive for water drainage. Rain runoff crosses our drive, coming from our neighbors and surrounding fields. I need to stabilize the soil at each end of this cu

Please help ID this plant

Question plant Can you tell me what this plant is? I like it and would like to have more. Can I use seeds from it to propagate elsewhere? How would I do that? AnswerGreetings Steve! The plant in

Back yard slope problem

QuestionQUESTION: Back yard slopes towards house but levels at edge of Patio, also above ground swimming pool in back yard. After rains water pools all across the level portion of back yard and patio right up to edg

Low side yard with ground level bsmnt. windows

QuestionHow do we fix drainage problem in side yard that is virtually level? Has 2 AC units sitting on it and ground level basement windows. Water gets deep enough after storms to reach bottom of AC units and get ne

Walkway sealant

QuestionThis past summer/fall we installed a primative concrete walkway with hundreds of pieces of Lake Erie seaglass pressed in the top for effect. Over this past harsh Buffalo/Southern Ontario winter the con

stamp concrete for spansih style home

QuestionQUESTION: Hi Marc, I am in the process of adding stamped concrete to my backyard. With so many patterns and colors I am a little overwhelmed. I would like to know what patterns look best for Spanish style ho

thin out monkey grass

QuestionI have PLENTY of monkey grass and have offered to give some to a friend who wants to plant it in her yard. Can we just dig out chunks of mine? All that Im reading says to dig it up, separate it,

Thuja Green Giant

QuestionI am redoing my backyard right now and I have a raised planter bed at the rear of my house and dont know what to do with it. The planter is 30 tall, 78 ft long and 12 wide. I currently have a 20 patio and 26