| Cleaning house isn't exactly rocket science. Most | | | | planting hardy shrubs that don't require constant |
| people can do it pretty easily, and it's considered a | | | | attention from you in order to thrive. Bamboo is |
| menial task. For most, it's as easy as dusting | | | | growing in popularity because it provides a lot of |
| occasionally and vacuuming once a week. For | | | | privacy and doesn't require too much |
| many of these people, the idea of landscape | | | | maintenance. There are also plenty of flowers |
| maintenance is just the opposite. The idea of | | | | that are beautiful and don't require constant |
| having to maintain their lawns is so intimidating, | | | | pruning, such as African violets. And there are |
| that they're afraid of planting any other sorts of | | | | even fruits and vegetables that grow easily |
| plants for fear of the additional maintenance these | | | | without too much attention from you, such as |
| plants may require. These people have "black | | | | tomatoes. With a little regular maintenance and |
| thumbs" and fear that they won't be able to take | | | | some automated watering, you could have your |
| care of their yards because they can't even take | | | | own Garden of Eden right in Woodfield Country |
| care of a houseplant. But with a few landscaping | | | | Club Boca Raton growing and thriving before you |
| tips and tricks, even the blackest thumb can | | | | know it. |
| maintain a simple, but green, yard. | | | | One of the most overlooked landscaping tips and |
| One of the most obvious landscaping tips and | | | | tricks is to pay someone else to worry about it |
| tricks is to schedule regular maintenance. Whether | | | | for you. You can easily find a good gardener to |
| you do it yourself or hire someone else to do it, | | | | maintain your plants to get the look that you |
| you should mow your lawn regularly and keep it | | | | want without having to worry about your yard |
| well-irrigated. Thanks to modern technology, most | | | | becoming a barren wasteland without your |
| sprinklers can be set up to run on timers, so that | | | | attention. A gardener will also have much more |
| your lawn gets watered without you having to | | | | experience than you will at choosing the right |
| remember to do it every day. If it takes care of | | | | plants for your yard and how to coax them to |
| itself, then you don't have to worry about | | | | thrive. If you just take a deep breath and forge |
| forgetting it. | | | | ahead, you'll find that even a self-avowed "black |
| Other great landscaping tips and tricks include | | | | thumb" can have a neatly landscaped yard. |