For many homeowners, the consequences of caring for a lawn outweigh the benefits. Water, fertilizers, and chemical treatments zap money, while spending hours mowing, weeding, feeding, and edging is undesirable or simply not feasible. Eco-friendliness, too, is a common concern, as lawn care products and water overuse can increase a homeowner’s environmental impact. If the time, financial, and environmental costs of natural grass seem less than appealing, look to these 6 alternatives for your Orange County, NY lawn.
Outdoor Storage Tips
If you find yourself in a relentless battle with backyard clutter at your Orange County, NY home, it might be time to examine the effectiveness of your outdoor storage systems. In this article, we’ll look at just some of the ways you can reduce clutter in your yard and protect your lawn equipment with these stylish and unobtrusive outdoor storage options
Getting the Right Smoker for Your Orange County, NY Outdoor Kitchen
The factors determining which smoker is right for your outdoor kitchen have a lot to do with how much food you need to cook, what kind of flavor you’re looking for, and how much intervening you plan on doing in the smoking process. And since it's getting a bit cooler, we'll mention that no, weather has nothing to do with it! True food-smoker enthusiasts will smoke ribs with snow on the ground!
Case Study: 24 Hour Extreme Backyard Makeover
Busy with her hands full with her one year old son and her husband deployed overseas, this future sister in law of Pete (Landworx owner/president) came home to this beautiful backyard transformation. In less than 24 hours, the Landworx of NY crew installed a new patio, firepit, plantings, new steps, irrigation system (because who wants the maintenance!?), landscape lighting, and some new sod.
Choosing Plantings that Look Like They’ve Been There for Years
Plants don’t age in the same sense that animals do. As they grow, they may lose a degree of reproductive output (as in the case of fruit trees) as well as decline in the rate of growth and rate at which they photosynthesise, but this is largely to do with their size rather than a decline in health related to age. Size, therefore is the single most distinguishing factor of “old” plants.