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Landscape Design and Gardening Newsletter
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Issue#601
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Written by Steve Boulden
Owner of S&S Designed Landscaping,LLC
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Welcome to this Pre-Springtime issue of your landscape design and gardening newsletter.

This issue is actually an upgraded resend of an earlier broadcast that got messed up. If you got the earlier version, this one has even more great stuff added to it. So keep reading.

In this issue we have a new design lesson, a little bit of my own garden wisdom, and a few worthy changes to the site.

My intention is to make The Landscape Design Site the only place that you'll need to go for landscaping and garden design information. There's a lot that needs to be done to make this so. However, I think we have a great start.

Read on.....

Steve Boulden,
S&S Design

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IN THIS ISSUE
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o Spring Freeze - Saving My Peach Tree Blossoms

o Resource And Project Directory

o Landscaping Lesson - Landscaping Idea For A Corner Lot

o Landscaping Pictures Directory

o Articles And Information

o The Landscape Design Site Store

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Spring Freeze - Saving My Peach Tree Blossoms
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In most parts of the country it's still dead of Winter. However, in a few spots like here, the warming weather starts to play tricks on Spring budding trees and plants. They think it's time to wake up when it's not quite safe to.

I have an old Peach Tree in my front yard landscaping that produces the most wonderful almost softball size peaches. And up until a few years ago, I rerely got the opportunity to see one make it past the blossom stage.

As sure as the first warm days would wake the old tree up in a display of absolute pink, so surely would a Springtime freeze bring it to an end.

And then one day a few Springs back, I had a great idea. Now, whether I heard it, read it, or saw it, I don't remember. So I just say that I had a great idea.

It was a little overdue but still quite fortunate that I picked those first warm Spring days to take down and put up the Christmas lights. Because as I held those lights in my hands and looked over at that beautiful pink tree just coming into its glory, a light bulb turned on in my head.

From then on I've been able to get the majority of my blossoms to the point of battling birds and June bugs. But that's another article.

While I am more comfortable to grow more fruit trees now, I can say that this is a good method for me because I do only have a few trees. I'm not sure how practical, cost effective, or easy it would be to string Christmas lights in a whole bunch of trees.

I'm sure there are other ways. I just thought I would share this with you. If you do ever use this method, use the old fashioned base type bulbs. They put off more heat.

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Landscaping Resource And Project Directory
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When I first created this site, I intended to just throw on a few of my designs and write a few words. It was mainly to be a FAQ for all the diy questions that I get in my offline company.

As I've tried to make this a one stop landscaping site and put it all into words and pictures, I guess I never gave it much thought as to how many words that might be.

As I was writing a few pages on building ponds and such, it occurred to me that it would be next to impossible for me to create landscaping plans and designs for every aspect of garden and landscaping. After all, this site really is just a one man show.

The list of projects that you might need to create your landscape is practically endless. We have arbors, trellises, gazebos, ponds, walls, bridges, gates, obelisks, putting greens, and on and on. Writing all this would leave me no time to create lessons and designs.

So, in keeping with the nature of this site, I went on a mission to find as many of the no c-o-s-t already made project plans that I could and put them into one directory.

There's still a lot to add but I think you'll find a lot of stuff that you can use now. Take what you can.

It's all yours:

Free Landscaping Project Plans

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Landscaping Lesson - Landscape Idea For A Corner Lot
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While I do have a lot of other designs to share with you, I chose this one for this issue simply because it's next on our list of projects.

You can see it and read all the what, why, and how about it onlie at:

Curb Appeal - Corner Lot Landscaping

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Landscaping Pictures Gallery
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You probably have no idea of the amount of designs, plans, pictures, and ideas that are floating around out there in cyber-space. Most of them are buried under hundreds or even thousands of pages. And most of them are really great stuff from some really great designers.

I've actually collected links to almost every landscaping ideas and garden site I've ever happened upon. I use them a lot for my own reference. I thought it would be pretty neat to create a directory out of these as well.

While I've barely made a dent in this area, I've still managed to assemble over 120 design plans and thousands of pictures of other designers designs. I think you'll find this directory very useful. Again, it's all yours and won't c-o-s-t you a thing.

Landscaping And Garden Design Pictures

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Articles And Information
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Over the last few months, it's been very fortunate that several articles from this site have been picked up and published over 500 times in various places over the internet. Over 500 times.

I don't know about you {FIRSTNAME}, but that's really something for a backwoods feller that don't do much more than play guitar in Church on Sunday mornings. Kinda gives me the bighead.

Anyway, I'm going to share a few of them in this and upcoming issues. And really, they're nothing special. Just stuff off the top of my head.

Do It Yourself Landscape Design - Where To Begin

Is Landscape Fabric Even Necessary For Proper Landscaping?

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The Landscape Design Site Store
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I have one product in my store. Landscape Fabric. But it's a great product and I believe in it enough to sell it.

Now, I wouldn't even bother messing with this except for the fact that I know that most homeowners don't have access to professional quality products such as this.

It is more expensive than the stuff you'll find in home centers. It's just an option and a courtesy service that I've created for the site. Use it if you want to. You'll be glad you did.

Find it here:

Landscaping Weed Fabric

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If you get stuck on your planting scheme, see Pre planned gardens - Plans for creative and economical ways to use pre planned garden designs in your landscaping project.

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That's all for this issue.

If you have questions or comments, feel free to email me at:
steve@the-landscape-design-site.com

Steve Boulden
S&S Designed Landscaping,LLC

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