Comments on: Make your yard easier to maintain http://unclutterer.com/2007/08/03/make-your-yard-easier-to-maintain/ Daily tips on how to organize your home and office. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:03:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Lana http://unclutterer.com/2007/08/03/make-your-yard-easier-to-maintain/comment-page-1/#comment-2264 Lana Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:53:11 +0000 http://development.unclutterer.com/2007/08/03/make-your-yard-easier-to-maintain/#comment-2264 I saw that article, Hazel -- it did look pretty nice. I wouldn't recommend it for people who live in hot climates though. The heat of the sun bouncing off and radiating from all of that gravel will raise the temp of everything around it, including your house. And besides, too much stone or gravel in a yard tends to look overly prim, imho. I'd rather go with some low maintenance ground cover. I saw that article, Hazel — it did look pretty nice. I wouldn’t recommend it for people who live in hot climates though. The heat of the sun bouncing off and radiating from all of that gravel will raise the temp of everything around it, including your house. And besides, too much stone or gravel in a yard tends to look overly prim, imho. I’d rather go with some low maintenance ground cover.

]]> By: HazelStone http://unclutterer.com/2007/08/03/make-your-yard-easier-to-maintain/comment-page-1/#comment-2263 HazelStone Mon, 06 Aug 2007 22:36:53 +0000 http://development.unclutterer.com/2007/08/03/make-your-yard-easier-to-maintain/#comment-2263 There's an article in a design magazine (Domino?) about turning your backyard into a formal French style gravel garden. Baasically, you cover the area with nice looking, deep gravel and have a few nice items like metal benches and chairs, a sculpture or trellis and some nice looking plants in planters. Sounds good to me. There’s an article in a design magazine (Domino?) about turning your backyard into a formal French style gravel garden. Baasically, you cover the area with nice looking, deep gravel and have a few nice items like metal benches and chairs, a sculpture or trellis and some nice looking plants in planters.

Sounds good to me.

]]> By: Anonymous http://unclutterer.com/2007/08/03/make-your-yard-easier-to-maintain/comment-page-1/#comment-2262 Anonymous Sun, 05 Aug 2007 20:59:30 +0000 http://development.unclutterer.com/2007/08/03/make-your-yard-easier-to-maintain/#comment-2262 Best yard unclutterer: bricks. All over bricks. Best yard unclutterer: bricks. All over bricks.

]]> By: sharon http://unclutterer.com/2007/08/03/make-your-yard-easier-to-maintain/comment-page-1/#comment-2261 sharon Fri, 03 Aug 2007 21:14:36 +0000 http://development.unclutterer.com/2007/08/03/make-your-yard-easier-to-maintain/#comment-2261 Even in Florida where we got 3 inches of rain yesterday, we are on water restrictions. So xeriscaping (what you describe above) is very important here. One of biggest time consumers is lawn grass. It's ironic that a plain lawn looks like the most uncluttered until you look at all the materials and tool required to maintain it. Plant more shrubs! Even in Florida where we got 3 inches of rain yesterday, we are on water restrictions. So xeriscaping (what you describe above) is very important here. One of biggest time consumers is lawn grass. It’s ironic that a plain lawn looks like the most uncluttered until you look at all the materials and tool required to maintain it. Plant more shrubs!

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