If you're been reading real estate flipping tips for selling a home, chances are you've read that curb appeal can make or break a deal. Like most flippers, you probably want to put in some elbow grease and perform many of these renovations yourself. Landscaping your property can be easy to do yourself with just...Read More

Mulches can be made of either organic materials such as leaves or compost, or permanent materials such as gravel. Organic mulches break down over time and must be replenished.Read More

Pull all weeds and unwanted sod, including the roots, and dispose of them. Use a spading fork to turn over and aerate the soil. When the soil is moist-not too wet and not too dry-spread 2 to 4 inches of compost or well-rotted manure on first-time beds, and an inch on older beds.Read More

Mulching can make the difference between a healthy, easy-care garden and a scraggly, high-maintenance one. Mulch can be permanent or organic. Permanent mulches include landscape fabric, gravel and stones. These are suitable only around permanent plantings such as shrubs and trees.Read More

The definition of “organic gardening” is unclear. For example, some organic gardeners use liquid copper sulfate labeled in greenhouse displays as harmful to people and to fish. However, copper sulfate can be harmful to people and to fish. Here are some basic tenets or organic gardening that most people can agree on.Read More