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Curb Appeal the Yard
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items Ideas for adding curb appeal to your yard and flower beds. My yard definitely needs some of these!
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How Tos
Plants We Love
Tools and Supplies
Feed the Birds
Decorations
How Tos
I do many of these already, but it's always a good idea to get more ideas.
13 Cheap Ways to Make Your Yard Look Better - The Backyard Pros
This is my problem in my yard. Hard packed clay. :(
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I've never needed to aerate my lawn before, but I think this spring I'm going to get it done. Clay soil and a new house where the big construction machines have compacted the soil means the grass didn't grow well the last couple years.
When To Aerate Your Lawn: The Best Time
Plants We Love
Sunflower mix. Plants grow 4-6ft tall with blooms 3-8" big. This will add interest to the back of your flower beds and provide food for your winged friends…and those pests otherwise known as squirrels.
Sunflower, Fun N Sun Blend
Wow! I love this one. Reminds me of an oversized carnation.
Daylily, Siloam Peony Display
I love butterfly bushes, and so do the butterflies and hummingbirds! The one my sister gave me died though so I need to replace it this year.
Buddleia, Queen of Hearts a.k.a Butterfly Bush
Coreopsis are SO easy to grow. They're one of my go-to plants for my flower beds. Plant them and let them go. Deadhead the spent blooms to get the plant to produce more blooms.
Coreopsis, Mercury Rising PPAF
This is such a lovely daffodil mix to add spring color to your flower beds!
Daffodil, Double Mix
Tools and Supplies
I love these! I have them in my front yard in the flower beds. I no longer have trouble with rain pushing the mulch out of the beds. I want to put them in the back yard too. I think I'll be able to set it up so I can drive the lawnmower right over them.
Flexible Gutter Downspout Extensions Kit
The pizza delivery guy has had trouble finding my house despite the 3ft tall house numbers on the porch post. I think I need to add a light.
Solar Illuminator
I bought one of these years ago and fill it every year. It takes constant watering so some years I get better results than others. You can plant a huge amount in this thing!
Garden Tower 2™, 50-Plant Composting Vertical Garden Planter
I've used this on my lawn at multiple houses. This product helps correct imbalances in your soil to starve out weeds and feed the grass and other plants.
Jonathan Green Mag-I-Cal Plus for Lawns in Acidic and Hard Soil Annual Program Lawn Conditioner For
Feed the Birds
They're definitely not as pretty as the glass ones, but the red plastic feeders always seem to attract more hummingbirds for me.
Dr. JB's 16-Ounce Dishwasher-Safe Hummingbird Feeder
This one is so pretty! The birds near me love the sunflower seed.
Glass and Metal Sunflower Bird Feeder
I need to make one of these. I bought the fountain kit , but I didn't build the fountain last year.
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This lady has SO many hummingbirds! She must know what she's doing.
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Decorations
I get a LOT of wind around my house, so I'm thinking of adding a wind spinner for year round interest.
Multi-Colored Multi-Directional Metal Wind Spinner
I love sunflowers! Wouldn't it be nice to have a sunflower year round in your garden?
Metal Wind Spinner, Sunflower Designed, 75"H
I do like me some dragonflies in the garden.
USA-Made Handcrafted Cast-Stone Dragonfly
It's not just about curb appeal but safety when it comes to garden path lights. A few years ago I went out at midnight to turn off the sprinkler when I realized I'd left it on. In the dark, I fell into the well of the basement egress window and broke my shoulder! I've had garden path lights out by my water spigots ever since.
Solar Ground Pathway Lights, Set of 3
I love the sound of windchimes when the windows are open.
Bee Kind Wind Chime
What a great message for the garden!
Bloom with Hope Wind Chime
Some day I'm actually going to buy some of these.
Esterno Dragon Downspout Sculpture & Anchor