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In arid climates, many things will die without irrigation. You goal isn’t to water everything perfectly. Just water it enough when it is hot and dry to keep it alive.
Mowing and weed whacking keeps the yard looking tidy, even when it really isn’t.
Not all weeds are created equally. Make sure you control for perennial and noxious weeds like bindweed, thistles, etc.
Mulch conservers water and prevents weeds. Although an initial application takes some time, it will save you maintenance time long-term.
Create a small space that is easy to maintain and brings you joy
Establishing the basic ground plane of your garden will help reduce maintenance
Focus on areas where plants an encroaching on pathways or other plants, and look to remove suckers, diseased or dead wood, and volunteers.
This includes all of the lectures in one take, for review purposes.
Do you feel overwhelmed with landscape maintenance?
Sometimes, I do too! As an avid gardener and landscape designer, I enjoy working out in the yard. But life can get busy, and I often don't have enough time to do much in the garden. I can quickly feel overwhelmed and behind, dreading the long hours of maintenance, resulting in ignoring the landscape entirely. The garden suffers from it. I see many others who struggle to know what to do when they are short on time to maintain the landscape. If you feel the same way, this course is for you.
This is a quick guide offering an efficient approach to landscape maintenance. It’s perfect for those with busy lives who are short on time and might have fallen behind with normal yard work. You will learn how to prioritize maintenance tasks to gradually get a handle on things and not feel daunted working in the garden.
This course will help you to:
Learn how to maintain your landscape when you feel overwhelmed
Prioritize garden tasks to make the greatest impact in the time you have
Learn what projects will make the most impact on decreasing maintenance load
Maintain your garden in a less stressful way
If you have a landscape or garden to maintain, this is for you. It's great for beginners to gardening, those not interested in gardening but still have a landscape to maintain, and anyone who simply feels like they need a starting point for landscape maintenance.
The course is outlined with seven steps, arranged by priority level. As you complete the seven steps in your garden, you will be able to transform any overgrown yard into a beautiful landscape. Learn how to enjoy yardwork, and turn it into gardening.