desta asked:


I have a small front yard with two large oaks. Other than those two trees, everything else is drab, scraggly and/or eroded away. The yard is mostly on a slope and the soil is washing away down to the sidewalk. Other homes in this neighborhood are attractive and well manicured. I purchased this home a few months ago and am now ready to put about $3,000 dollars into professional landscaping. What makes a house attractive and appealing to you?
I live near Fort Worth, Texas. Our summers are very hot and dry. I will be adding an irrigation system, however, we are always rationed on water usage in the summer.

cass asked:


We have inherited a home where the shrubs(holly, hemlocks) are twice the size they need to be. In order for contractors to access the gutters and windows, we need to trim them back significantly. Is there a proper way to proceed with this, without harming them? We live in the northeast, so temps are in the 20-40’s.

fly_kimmie asked:


the landscaping keeps weeds to a minimum and i would think that the black fabric would draw heat… yes?
Oh…and we got a new puppy so the less he has to spread all over the yard, the better! plus i was told by a nursery to get the fabric…

happy hungarian asked:


looking for small(dwarf) flowering shrubs suitable for western pennsylvania, some for spring bloom and some for summer into fall bloom. Would like to have color in landscape area thruout the nice season. also smaller colorful perrenials also for color donot want ones that grow more than 18 inches.