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Create Your Fusion Garden
Take these steps to create a fusion landscape that is eco-friendly, water-efficient and uniquely you.
- Imagine your ideal garden.
- Survey your space and see how the area around your home is affected by shade, wind, sun, rain and snow.
- Plan your garden spaces and add compost every year, remembering to spread mulch over your beds after planting.
- Put together a wish list of the kinds of features - like a deck, pathway or fence - that might be well suited to your space.pathway or fence – that might be well suited to your space.
- Use this list to choose plants with the colours and textures that will help you to create the garden oasis of your dreams.
When planting is complete, water your plants regularly. After 3 weeks, natural rainfall will be enough to take care of them – provided you have followed these mulch directions:
To prevent water loss due to evaporation and discourage weed growth, cover all exposed soil with 2 to 3 inches of mulch. Perennials and bulbs grow and bloom every year after their winter dormancy. They are an affordable, eco-friendly alternative to annuals that have to be purchased and planted every spring.
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Revised: Friday December 23 2011