Clover Lawns: The Eco-Friendly Alternative?

Modern landscaping often features traditional grass lawns, but maintaining your lawn can mean a significant investment of time, effort, resources, and money – especially if you pay someone to take care of it for you.

If you’re looking for a lower-maintenance, eco-friendly lawn solution, it may be time to consider clover.

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8 Steps to Choosing the Perfect Trees for Your Yard

Have you ever noticed how the first thing that catches your eye when you pass by a house is its landscaping? The way the lush green grass and colorful flowers are artfully arranged can truly make a house stand out. 

Trees are also an important part of landscaping that can significantly enhance a property. 

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7 Budget-Friendly Summer Updates for Curb Appeal

It always feels good to update your home’s curb appeal, whether you’re doing it for yourself or because you’re getting ready to sell. With a little creativity, you don’t even have to pay for expensive landscaping. In fact, you can update the exterior of your home and your front yard on a budget. Here are seven simple ideas.

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7 Tips to Make Your Lawn Look Bigger

Like it or not, lawn care and maintenance are often part of the homeownership experience. A small lawn or yard space can be a blessing in disguise, though. Less space means less upkeep, but it introduces some design challenges, too.

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The No Lawn Movement: Is it Right for You?

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Your lawn is an inescapable part of your home’s “curb appeal”. Like it or not, its appearance will shape the opinion of prospective home buyers, your neighbors, and, not to forget, your HOA or other interested parties.

Recently, a Reddit user shared what they are doing with their own lawn, posting the following, along with an image of their yard.

Can’t wait for spring!! Going to expand quite a bit this year, including making the pollinator garden 50% larger if I have enough energy. The goal is to reduce the lawn by another 800 sq ft or so this year.” 

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