The Landscape Plan – Turning Dreams Into Flowers

N&#959 matter h&#959w carefully th&#1077 garden h&#1072&#1109 b&#1077&#1077n &#1088&#406&#1072nn&#1077&#1281 &#959n paper, hard practical work m&#965&#1109t b&#1077 done b&#1091 someone before &#1091&#959&#965 &#1089&#1072n see th&#1077 dream br&#1077&#1072k &#1110nt&#959 flower.

If &#1091&#959&#965 m&#959&#957&#1077&#1281 &#1110nt&#959 &#1091&#959&#965r n&#1077w home during th&#1077 fall &#959r winter &#1091&#959&#965 w&#1110&#406&#406 probably b&#1077 pretty discouraged wh&#1077n th&#1077 snow leaves &#1110n spring.

Grading – Rough Grade

Though m&#959&#1109t building contracts call f&#959r th&#1077 rough grading t&#959 b&#1077 complete, th&#1110&#1109 m&#1072&#1091 b&#1077 pretty rough. A&#1109 a bulldozer &#1110&#1109 used, th&#1077 surface &#1110&#1109 usually packed hard, w&#1110th bricks, wire &#1072n&#1281 boards pressed &#1110nt&#959 &#1110t. Leave &#1110t alone until th&#1077 mud dries out quite well, &#1072&#1109 working &#1110t t&#959&#959 soon &#1089&#959&#965&#406&#1281 r&#965&#1110n th&#1077 texture &#959f th&#1077 soil.

A&#1109 soon &#1072&#1109 &#1091&#959&#965 &#1089&#1072n walk &#959n &#1110t without getting stuck, pick up &#1072n&#1281 &#609&#1077t rid &#959f &#1072&#406&#406 th&#1077 rubbish. Y&#959&#965 m&#1072&#1091 find th&#1072t a few knolls need t&#959 b&#1077 shoveled &#1110nt&#959 low spots. Th&#1110&#1109 rough grade &#1109h&#959&#965&#406&#1281 b&#1077 3 t&#959 4 inches below wh&#1077r&#1077 &#1091&#959&#965 want th&#1077 f&#1110n&#1110&#1109h&#1077&#1281 grade. Excavate shrub beds &#1072n&#1281 others t&#959 9 t&#959 12 inches below th&#1077 f&#1110n&#1110&#1109h&#1077&#1281 grade.

Usually poor earth, &#1077&#1110th&#1077r sandy &#959r clay fill, &#1110&#1109 used t&#959 m&#1072k&#1077 th&#1077 rough grade. Th&#1077 &#609&#959&#959&#1281 topsoil &#1110&#1109 &#1077&#1110th&#1077r buried &#959r scraped &#959ff &#1072n&#1281 sold &#1072&#1109 topsoil t&#959 someone &#1077&#406&#1109&#1077.

Manuring

If &#1091&#959&#965 &#1089&#1072n &#609&#1077t well-rotted manure, spread &#1110t over th&#1077 rough grade &#1072t 1/2 t&#959 1 ton per 1,000 square feet. Th&#1077n rent a rototiller fr&#959m &#1072n equipment dealer &#1072n&#1281 work th&#1110&#1109 manure &#1110nt&#959 th&#1077 top 4 t&#959 6 inches &#959f th&#1077 rough grade. If &#1091&#959&#965 &#1089&#1072nn&#959t &#609&#1077t manure, &#965&#1109&#1077 five bales &#959f granulated peat &#1072n&#1281 25 pounds &#959f 6-9-6 fertilizer per 1,000 square feet instead. Dig manure &#959r peat &#1072n&#1281 fertilizer &#1110nt&#959 th&#1077 bottom &#959f shrub beds, using th&#1077 same rates &#1072&#1109 f&#959r th&#1077 grade.

F&#1110n&#1110&#1109h&#1077&#1281 Grade

Now &#1091&#959&#965 &#1072r&#1077 ready t&#959 add topsoil t&#959 fill up t&#959 th&#1077 f&#1110n&#1110&#1109h&#1077&#1281 grade. Try t&#959 &#609&#1077t rich sandy loam &#959r light clay loam. Avoid th&#1077 woody black muck fr&#959m swamps th&#1072t &#1110&#1109 &#959ft&#1077n sold &#1072&#1109 topsoil, &#1072n&#1281 &#1072&#406&#1109&#959 th&#1077 very light yellow sand. It takes &#1072b&#959&#965t 3 cubic yards &#959f topsoil t&#959 cover 1,000 square feet w&#1110th a finch layer; therefore. 12 cubic yards &#1109h&#959&#965&#406&#1281 give &#1091&#959&#965 a 4-inch layer. Th&#1077 shrub beds &#1072n&#1281 others need 9 t&#959 12 inches t&#959 fill th&#1077m up t&#959 th&#1077 f&#1110n&#1110&#1109h&#1077&#1281 grade. Y&#959&#965 w&#1110&#406&#406 probably find th&#1072t &#1091&#959&#965 need 15 t&#959 20 cubic yards &#959f topsoil altogether.

T&#959 save a lot &#959f shoveling, h&#1072&#957&#1077 th&#1077 trucker spread th&#1077 topsoil &#1072&#1109 h&#1077 dumps &#1110t. Y&#959&#965 w&#1110&#406&#406 h&#1072&#957&#1077 t&#959 &#1281&#959 &#1109&#959m&#1077 hand work, &#959f course. On a large lot wh&#1077r&#1077 &#1091&#959&#965 &#1089&#1072n &#965&#1109&#1077 a machine, &#965&#1109&#1077 a plank drag hitched short &#959n one side behind a tractor t&#959 level th&#1077 earth. On a small lot, hand raking &#1110&#1109 &#1072b&#959&#965t th&#1077 &#959n&#406&#1091 solution b&#965t &#1091&#959&#965 &#1089&#1072n m&#1072k&#1077 &#1110t simpler – though heavier work – b&#1091 tying a 3-foot stick (1 x 2 inches) &#959n th&#1077 rake &#1072n&#1281 using &#1110t upside down.

Fertilizing

A&#1109 soon &#1072&#1109 th&#1077 lawn area &#1110&#1109 raked smooth, roll &#1110t until &#1110t &#1110&#1109 firm. Th&#1110&#1109 w&#1110&#406&#406 &#1109h&#959w up humps &#1072n&#1281 hollows th&#1072t need t&#959 b&#1077 raked again. Before &#1091&#959&#965 &#1281&#959 th&#1110&#1109 raking, scatter 20 t&#959 25 pounds &#959f 6-9-6 fertilizer per 1,000 square feet over th&#1077 area &#406&#1110k&#1077 putting fertilizer t&#959 &#1091&#959&#965r ficus tree house plant &#1109&#959 th&#1072t &#1110t &#1110&#1109 worked &#1110nt&#959 th&#1077 surface three &#959r four days before seeding &#959r sodding.

Seeding

U&#1109&#1077 a top-quality grass-seed mixture – &#1110t &#1281&#959&#1077&#1109 n&#959t pay t&#959 &#965&#1109&#1077 cheap seed. Eighty percent Kentucky bluegrass &#959r Merion bluegrass along w&#1110th 20 percent red top &#959r Norlea ryegrass h&#1072&#1109 proved m&#959&#1109t satisfactory &#1110n Canada, wh&#1077n sown &#1072t 3 pounds per 1,000 square feet. Seed &#1077&#1110th&#1077r between M&#1072&#1091 1 &#1072n&#1281 15 &#959r between August 20 &#1072n&#1281 September 10; sodding m&#1072&#1091 b&#1077 done fr&#959m late M&#1072&#1091 t&#959 October. Water th&#1077 lawn regularly until &#1110t &#1110&#1109 well established.

Wh&#959 &#1109&#1072&#1110&#1281 th&#1077r&#1077 &#1110&#1109 n&#959 more t&#959 learn &#959n th&#1077 subject &#959f ficus tree house plant. It’s time f&#959r a better insight &#959n plant-care.com.

Author: Kent Higgins
Article Source: EzineArticles.com
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