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How to Use & Care for a Yard Edger : How to Swap Ends on a Yard Edger

Tim Abbot — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Learn how to swap ends on a yard edger trigger in thisfree educational video series. Expert: Matthew Christian Bio: Matthew Christian is a certified building contractor in Florida with skills in real estate, remodeling and landscaping. He also holds a degree in electronics Filmmaker: Adolph Ramirez

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How to Plant a Flower Garden

Tim Abbot — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 09:43:53 +0000

Watch this video for a demonstration of “How to Plant a Flower Garden”. Tocomplete the task, you will need: A soil test A landscaping plan Bulbs, small plants, or seeds Get started with the first step: Test your soil to find out what nutrients it needs. Garden centers often sell do-it-yourself kits, or you can arrange a test through the Cooperative Extension System, a national agricultural network. Find a nearby Extension office on the USDA web site. For the complete guide, go to www.howcast.com Also check out Howcast for other do it yourself videos from carlo_scialla and more videos in the General Flower Gardening category. How can you contribute? Create your own DIY guide at www.howcast.com or apply to the Howcast Emerging Filmmakers Program at www.howcast.com

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Back Patio

Tim Abbot — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:18:05 +0000

Don explains how to best plan out a patio for your back yard this summer.

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Viewing Stones at Rosemead Gardens

Tim Abbot — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:35:25 +0000

Rosemead Gardens carries the finest selection of indoor and outdoor viewing stones. These stones are imported from remote locations in China and critiqued based on color, shape, texture, and porosity. Each viewing stone embodies its own spiritual essence and uniqueness. Come see for yourself how one stone can “dance” or another can “take flight”. Perhaps you will like the one that seems to exert inertia. Whatever your whims, you’ll be delighted by the assortment of viewing stones on display at Rosemead Gardens. Often called scholar rocks by many, these unique stones make a great compliment to any indoor or outdoor garden or as a centerpiece for your viewing pleasure. Come by to choose from our great selection today! We are conveniently located at: 600 S. San Gabriel Blvd. San Gabriel, CA 91776 P 626-285-6767 F 626-285-6733 E rosemeadgardens@sbcglobal.net Hours: 10am – 5pm Wednesday – Monday Closed Tuesdays & Holidays www.rosemeadgardens.com

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Does anyone know if you can hand draw a not-to-scale landscape design of my front yard for the HOA approval?

Tim Abbot — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:38:56 +0000

I recently moved into a detached home community in Phoenix, AZ and my front yard has one ugly bougie. I have ripped out that plant and want to plant shade trees. I only have enough money to buy my trees and I don’t want to spend it on a professional design plan. Unfortunately the community has an HOA and I have to submit a design of my yard so that the HOA can accept of deny my landscape design. Do I have to have every darn thing that I want to plant in that yard to scale or can I guesstimate. The fist thing that I must have are shade trees and then later (when I have more money) I want to add flowering bushes, but I don’t know which ones. So do I have to place those in my design as well, even if I have no idea what type I want?

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Lawn Care Marketing Ideas for Halloween – GopherHaul 46 Lawn Care Marketing Show

Tim Abbot — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 11:04:25 +0000

www.gopherforum.com – There are plenty of things you can do to market your lawn care business in the Fall. What if you decorated a local store that has high foot traffic. You could really go all out and put a sign up in front to promote your lawn care business and your seasonal services. Maybe have a pick-a-card display on the sign so people can walk up and take one. If you are doing this for a local pizzeria, why not get a bunch of fall menu flyers to promote your fall cleanup services on one side and the pizzeria menu on the other side that the store could hand out to each person who has an order. You could also promote your Fall Halloween outdoor decoration services to other commercial establishments and homes. Ifyou are in need of free lawn care marketing material for your lawn care business, please visit our site at http We have hundreds of free lawn care logo, flyer, door hanger and web templates you can download and use for your lawn care business. We also have free lawn care business contracts, estimate and proposal forms. Download our trial version of Gopher Lawn Care Business Software. Gopher will help your lawn care business schedule and invoice more customers in less time, allowing you more time to grow or enjoy your life. Check out my lawn care business blog at www.lawnchat.com and my lawn care business forum at http

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It’s All in the Wrong Place-DIY

Tim Abbot — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:53:26 +0000

The beautiful trees in front of a Victorian home are in the wrong place. This video is part of King of Dirt show hosted by Gino Panaro . SHOW DESCRIPTION :Gino Panaro is DIY Network’s King of Dirt. He’s definitely not what you’d expect from one of America’s premier landscape contractors. He’s a loud, bull-in-a-china-shop, Brooklyn-born guy who happens to create incredible beauty. For his landscape designs, Gino doesn’t use a computer or fake graphic technology. Instead, he relies on his imagination, his hands and the help of his brother Ralph, who works with him in a family landscape business to create some of the most beautiful, high-end landscapes and hardscapes you’ll ever see. Together they star in DIY Network’s new series, King of Dirt, full of big personalities and even bigger insider ideas on how to make over outdoor spaces.

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Yard Work

Tim Abbot — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 03:56:42 +0000

Yard work (27mths May 2007)

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Simple Patio Walkway Design Ideas for Your Lawn

Tim Abbot — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 19:13:32 +0000

No matter what size lawn your property has, you may want to consider adding a patio walkway to make it more functional or attractive. A patio walkway shows the thoughtful attitude you have toward guests who may be using your yard as well as your interest in making the lawn look appealing and well-kept. One or more walkways between porch and shed, or garage and shed, or merely around the property’s perimeter provides a structured look to the property and provides easy access among the various outbuildings where people may be working and need to move heavy equipment around.
If your shed is several hundred feet from the house or garage, you may want to put in a walkway that will let you move the lawn tractor, wheelbarrow, or cultivator, along with other garden tools and lawn equipment, from the shed closer to the house where it will be used. If the shed is dark or filled to overflowing, it makes sense to move items like this to a well-lit garage, or your porch where you can lay out tools for doing a tractor tune-up or changing the oil, or simply clean up rakes, mowers, and trimmers before using them the next time. The walkway will let you move heavier items on a brick or stone path that can handle the weight, rather than pushing these things over the grass and possibly killing it or causing ruts, particularly on a rainy day.
When you clean out the garage, you may want to move some unused things to storage in your shed. Using the wheelbarrow to transport boxes, crates, and cartons for storage in the shed’s loft will be easier than trundling across the lawn, dodging rocks, hills, and pets that may be leashed outdoors. The patio walkway makes for smoother movement, decreasing the risk that something will spill from the wheelbarrow, or that you will drop anything that you may be carrying. Just be sure to keep the walkway in good shape by sweeping away crumbled stone and removing weeds every few weeks.
A patio walkway around your property’s borders is a great place to walk n indoor dog on a leash for its toileting needs. That way you know where the dog is toileting, and you will have fewer concerns about the kids stepping or rolling in it when they play in the other areas of the lawn. If it is big enough, the patio walkway around the yard’s edge makes a nice area for strolling after dinner or in the moonlight in nice weather, especially if the walkway is accented by birdbaths, flowerbeds, and ground lights.
Your yard walkway can make lawn work easier. It can help you move heavy objects to various points of your property with convenience and ease. It also adds an attractive focal point that you can design for outdoor beauty. Find out how to put in a walkway yourself or the cost of getting professionals to do it for you so you can enjoy the added value of this helpful design.

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