With spring right around the corner, now is the perfect time to start planning your perfect landscape design. Whether you’re looking to spruce up your front yard, revamp your side garden, or overhaul your backyard landscaping, you will need a solid plan to make it happen.
Soil. Earth. Dirt. We have many words for it, but what exactly is it? Ask a kindergartener and they might answer that it’s what they make mud pies out of. Ask someone with a garden and they might say that it provides plants with nutrients.
There’s no better way to bring family and friends together than with food, football and the outdoors. With fall just around the corner, now is an excellent time to start planning your outdoor kitchen.
The season for outdoor entertaining has finally arrived! From Memorial Day pool parties to gatherings over BBQ to catching lightning bugs on hot summer nights, the fun shouldn’t have to end when the sun goes down.
Just because your garden has shady spots doesn’t mean that you can’t cultivate beautiful landscapes in those areas. It takes some time and planning, but when done right, a shade garden can reward you with beautiful colors and distinct foliage.
Spring in Alabama is a wonderful time of the year. It can also bring rain – rain that we need for spring flowers and green lawns. However, those rains, especially the heavy downpours common in our area, can cause problems in yards where drainage is an issue.
Trees are everywhere and offer us plenty of benefits – they clean the air we breathe, cool our homes and streets during summer, and provide us with raw materials for tools and shelter. Their freshness and greenery are also great stress relievers, helping us improve our mood and overall mental wellbeing.
When you think of Springtime outdoors, you may picture butterflies floating from flower to flower and birds singing in the trees.
Our long time friend, mentor, and charter Weather Factory member, J.B. Elliott, passed away on May 11, 2015. Click HERE to read James' tribute.
