Gardening Landscaping Tips
Continuing a look at getting into landscaping, these tips come in once you start to get into your yard and get more hands-on with your projects. You'll need professionals for fence repair or installation and some of the bigger landscaping projects, but many of the things you'll start out with you can probably do on your own.
If that's the case, here are a few things to get you started :
Start With Simple Projects
Even once you have a plan, there are going to be a ton of little projects to be done around the yard. Your instinct might be to jump into the biggest and hardest, but that could get your burned out quickly. Most bigger projects are done by those who have experience doing the little things!
As you get started in your yard, pick the little projects: planting small flowers, painting garden furniture, organizing the things that will go in the yard, loosening the dirt for flower beds—these things lay a good foundation for the garden, and anyone can do these projects with great success and then build on them.
Focus on Big But Easy Features
There are going to be some big items that take little work but will provide instant, noticeable results. For instance, look at the walls and fences in your garden space: are they dirty? Need washing? Are you going to grow vines on them?
Furniture, if you're going to use it, makes a huge difference as soon as you put it in the yard. So does lighting (start with a very simple lighting choice and expand as you get the yard sorted out more!).
Never Stop Looking
There's inspiration everywhere. Even though you're keeping your projects in the simple, effective realm, it's okay to dream of what your yard can become in the future and to work on the small things now that will build up to the big things you want later!
