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Now's a good time to savor the subtle beauty of trees' barks
Autumn's fiery-colored leaves have fallen, so now let's look for more subtle beauty in trees and shrubs. Like a developing photographic image, the textures and colors of bark come into view in the increasingly stark winter landscape. Paper birch isn't the only tree with bark worth looking at. COLORFUL BARK Take a look at the spectrum of colors in bark. There are reds ranging from the fire-engine red of the shrubby redosier dogwood to the coppery reddish-brown of the Nanking cherry to the dulled red-brown of Cryptomeria. Individual trees of river birch each have their own bark hue, some cinnamon-brown…
Subtle Touches: How to Incorporate Fall Color Trends
Learn how to incorporate fall color trends in your home in subtle, but effective ways. Get your home ready for fall with these easy home decorating tips.
Why Replacing Existing Floors with High Quality Flooring Material?
High quality flooring material and adding beauty and value to your home by replacing the existing flooring with quality, luxury floors.
BASICS ON TREES How to Paint
Uncorked Canvas Trees - a quick step-by-step with Rebekah! Using acrylic paint, we're showing you some quick tips in how to get the basics done. Now you can ...
What is the Difference Between Hardwood and Softwood Trees?
Hardwoods and softwoods are distinguished by their reproductive structures; hardwoods usually shed leaves; softwoods are usually evergreens.
Trends in Backyard Design
The very first thing you may notice from someone's home is their landscape and/or backyard space. The reason being these areas tend to showcase the beauty
Paint Along Tutorial: "Cherished Birch" Tree In One Hour!
Learn the basics of how to paint “Cherished Birch” in just one hour! Snuggle up with your sweetheart, grab a girlfriend or spend time getting creative on you...
Lead-Based Paint Can Safely Be Removed to Restore the Natural Beauty of Brick
History is often buried under many layers, and much effort must go into uncovering it. So, too, with historic architecture. Homes often look most appealing when restored back to their natural state, with beautiful, strong brick upholding the exterior of a structure. But years of people “updating” with paint often hides the original material. Lead …
How to Plant Using Large Containers
This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook discusses the beauty and benefits of large-container planting
How Can European Oak Flooring Add Beauty and Elegance to The Space?
Looking to transform your home and make it look stunning? Solid wooden floor is the way to doing so. Solid wooden floor has groove sides and tongue that may be connected easily. Each and every piece of solid wood has different sort of grain to offer stunning and unique looks whenever used. There are many…
Beauty Bark or Living Ground Cover?
Well-chosen living ground covers will protect bare soil, smother weeds, and give you something pretty to look at.
Grow fruit tree, edible plants and bird friendly landscapes.
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Grow Your Own Privacy: How to Screen With Plants and Trees
Use living walls to lower your home and garden's exposure while boosting natural beauty in your landscape
12 Subtle & Unexpected Benefits of Tending a Garden
4. Gardeners Maintain Healthy Body Weights Perhaps it’s because gardening is physically demanding or maybe it’s a result of eating more fruits and vegetables, but studies have shown that the body mass index (BMI) of gardeners is significantly lower than those of their non-gardening peers. Researchers compared BMIs from each of the 198 gardeners in the study with three control groups: neighbors, siblings, and spouses.… [read more]
Ideas inspired by nature could change the way our towns and cities look
Animals, plants and trees are helping to shape the urban environment.
Why do leaves change colour?
In the autumn, lots of plants (especially trees) throw away their leaves. These are great for jumping in, but why do some plants do this? It seems like a waste. But actually, by dropping their leaves they are saving their nutrients for the next summer.
3 Simple Tips for Subtle Landscape Photography Post-Processing
Landscapes are one of the most popular photography subjects, and for good reason. Nature is enchanting to the human eye, and it’s only natural for people to want to capture that stunning natural scene with cameras. Some landscape pros and über-enthusiasts will plan ahead with tripods, shutter release cables, filters, and extra gear to make …
Garden beauty and ideas
5 Edible Landscaping Ideas for Your Yard
A grass lawn, trees and flowers all look wonderful in a yard—if they’re properly maintained. All...
How to successfully build on a large garden site
Key considerations include consulting neighbours and felling mature trees
