Backyard Landscaping Ideas – Landscaping Ideas For Backyard

Benefits of Long Leaf Pine Needles in your landscaping: It provides the perfect level of level of acidity for your plants to soak up optimum soil nutrients It does not drift and remove and breaks down more slowly, so it does not have to be reapplied as often as other mulches It is simpler to deal with and lighter per cubic foot than other mulches: one large bale can cover as much location as 30 cubic feet of many mulches the expense per square foot is competitive with other mulches It breathes much better, does not compact, and permits for better water infiltration It is simple to apply: just unroll the bales and scatter by hand It doesn't attract termites It adds natural material and nutrients to soil and minimizes weeds The consistent color and great texture of pine straw draws out the color, contrast, and texture of your landscape You can use it for disintegration control where yard will not grow to hold soil, even on hillsides and paths

Frequently Asked Questions

When Is The Best Time To Transplant Herbs From Your Garden To Pots?
I Have A Veggie Garden And Some Herbs In It And I Am Really Running Out Of Room So I Have Decided To Transplant The Herbs To Pots. Is The Winter A Good Time To Transplant Them Because They Aren'T Growing? Or In The Summer When They Are?

Hi:
Transplanting your herbs from the garden to pots will depend on where they are at maturity. If a Basil plant is in full bloom, I would wait until blooms die out. It sounds like you are in a tropical location or in summer time in the Southern Hemisphere. If you can, wait until fall to transplant your herbs as the herbs love the warm weather and will peak during this season. Fall will work great as you can transplant your herbs and either bring them in for the winter, (which they will continue to grow) or if your climate is warm enough, they should do fine in pots outside.

When you transplant the herbs into pots, purchase a light weight potting soil. Add some vermiculite and some humas to your soil. (Herbs love this combination) Containers need more watering then plants that are in the ground. You can also add a little pine straw or mulch in the pots to help retain the moisture.

There are evergreen herbs also that will do well year around outside. Rosemary is a perfect example. I hope this has helped some. I will link you to the spice and herb section of my website. There are different articles that may help you. I will also link you to the site map as this page has everything that is on the website. Browse through and see if there is any other information that may help in this garden or any other landscape project. There is a page also on container gardening. Have a great day!
Kimberly

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Can You Tell Me The Full Name Of This Tree? The Tag Reads &Quot;Pinus Den. Pculus Praconis&Quot;??? How Big Does It Get?
I Purchased These Trees At An Auction. They Look Like Some Type Of Cedar? They Do Have Little Pine Cones On Them Now. They Have Needles That Are Yellow And Green In Color? I Am Tring To Find Out Just How Big They Get So That I Know Where To Place Them In My Landscape? Thanks For Your Help.

Pinus densiflora (Japanese Red Pine) "Oculus Draconis"

Straight species grows 40-60' in height with equal spread. Numerous cultivars exist. "Oculus Droconis" (Dragon's Eye Pine) cultivar has green & yellow foliage. Link to this pine is: http://www.whiterosesgarden.com/Dragons/...

Dragon's Eye grows as large as species. Are you sure the label says: pculus praconis? I've never heard of that cultivar.

Any Good Ideas For Making/ Buying Cheap Fillers And 'Scary' Stuff For Jumps?
I Want To Know Some Things I Can Buy And Make For 'Fillers' For My Jumps And Also, How Do I Build My Own Standards And Where Could I Get Cheap Poles?

hay bales/straw pine needle ect..... silk flowers, the horses can't tell how cheap or ugly they are, so buy the stuff from the dollar/warehouse stores. barrels plastic or steel though the steel is heavier and don't tend to roll as much and they make louder noise when dirt or rock hit them...... Plywood walls painted like stone or brick.... you can make liverpools out of regular tarps laid under fences, you can make an oxer and then drape a tarp over it to make it look solid (make sure it won't blow in the wind, anchor it with groud poles), fallen logs or railroad ties ect. It doesn't have to get expenisve, if you have a natural ditch or stream on ur property set two railroad ties in front or behind it and tad-dah a new natural/event obstacle. As for plans google it or amazon it, there are tons and i do mean tons of books on building jumps both stadium and cross country type.

Feeding My Baby Chicks.?
I Purchased Five Baby Chicks. They Are About Four To Five Days Old. I Was Told To Give Them Medicated Chick Feed By The Man I Purchased It From. I Went To The Closest Store That Sold Feed. I Asked A Worker If They Had Medicated Chick Feed. He Said They Had Chick Grower Which Was Medicated And Should Do Fine. The Guy Really Did Not Seem Like He Knew What He Was Talking About Since He Had To Radio In To See If They Did. They Also Did Not Have Chick Starter. Just Grower And Larger Feeds. I Read Online To Either Use Chick Starter Or Medicated Chick Feed If They Have Not Been Vaccinated And Then Switch To Chick Grower. The Chicks Eat Their Food, But Not Really Much. They Prefer To Scratch And Peck At The Pine Shavings. I Am Not Sure If They Are Just Wanting To Eat The Pine Shavings Instead Of Their Feed. So I Sprinkle Some Feed Around Where They Scratch And Leave Some In Their Feeder As Well. Will This Feed Effect My Chicks? The Store Also Was Out Of Grit. How Long Can The Chicks Go Without Grit? I Went Outside To Search For Small Pebbles But The Ground Is Covered In Thick Layers Of Ice And A Little Snow. Any Help From Experienced People In Raising Chickens Will Help. Please Don'T Just Post A Link Or Copy What A Website Says. I Have Probably Read It Considering I Have Looked All Over The Web For The Answer To My Question.

They should not be eating pine shavings - which will kill them. Straw is better, even if they eat it, it will not kill them. Any feed is better than no feed and the chick starter is likely the best. Once they are eating either cracked corn or laying pellets they can be outside as long as it does not get cold where you live. If you put them outside in a pen, you will need to hang a heat lamp to keep them warm.

There are a ton of books and of course Google has a ton of info for you. Good luck.

Do Pine Trees Have Different Yearly Cycles Where One Year Produces Tons Of Needles And The Next Year Cones?
This Year I Have A Ton Of Pine Needles, Where As Last Year I Had A Ton Of Pine Cones. Do These Trees Cycle Yearly Like This?

Some species of pine have male and female trees (most are unisexual, both male & female) The females take a year or so to develop mature cones after being pollenated. I would think you may have a female that is being pollenated by a nearby male. Males also develop cones but theirs are yearly and fall off shortly after releasing pollen. So in theory, your tree may have a bumper crop of cones every 2nd or 3rd year. Your best bet would be to find out what kind of pine it is to know for sure.

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