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When it's time to sell your home, you want to do everything you can to make it
enticing to potential buyers. One of the most important things you can do is
boost your home's curb appeal.
In fact, the National Association of
REALTORS® says that curb appeal sells 49 percent of all homes. To help you build
curb appeal from the ground up, TruGreen and Jason Cameron, licensed contractor
and TV host, have teamed up to give you some simple, doable tips to improve your
lawn and landscape.
Water Right
Improper watering
can be a big drain on curb appeal. Check the working condition of sprinkler
heads and water lines to make sure they're working properly. To ensure your
manual or automated watering system covers the landscape efficiently, set a
one-inch deep empty food can in the middle of your lawn so you can measure the
depth of water collected each watering cycle. In addition:
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Don't over water. Watering too much can result in shallow plant roots,
weed growth, storm water runoff, and the possibility of disease and fungus
development. Give your lawn a slow, steady watering about once a week. Adjust
your watering schedule depending on rainfall, as well as your grass and soil
type. Trees and shrubs need longer, less frequent watering than plants with
shallower roots.
• The best time to water is early morning, between
4 and 7 a.m. This helps reduce evaporation, since the sun is low, winds
are usually calmer and temperatures cooler. The Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) says that you can lose as much as 30 percent of water to evaporation by
watering midday. Always be mindful of local water restrictions.
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Take advantage of rain. Let nature water your landscape as much as
possible. Rain barrels are a great way to harvest rain for watering
your plants later on -- and it saves you money on your water bill,
too.
Complement with Color
Create an instant pop of
color to help your home's curb appeal bloom this spring. Consider your home's
exterior when selecting flowering plant combinations for plant beds, window
boxes or front porch planters. With a white house, any color combination will
work well. With a yellow house, red or pink blooms tend to complement
best.
Here are some other colorful tips to keep in mind:
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For a calming effect, use cooler colors like blue, green and purple.
They blend into the landscape for a peaceful look.
• Bold colors add
excitement to the landscape. Warm yellows, oranges and reds make the
garden lively. Yellow reflects more light than other colors, so yellow flowers
will get noticed first.
• To brighten up a dark or shady corner, use
pale colors, like pastel pinks and yellows.
• Not all color
needs to come from flowers. Foliage can be a great landscape enhancer,
so look for colorful grasses and plants like silvery lamb's ear, variegated
hostas, and Japanese painted ferns.
Grass vs. Weeds
Weeds are plants growing where you do not want them to grow. They
can be unsightly in both your lawn and landscape beds.
Grassy weeds can
be subdivided into annual and perennial grasses. Annual grassy weeds, such as
crabgrass and annual bluegrass, are generally easier to control than perennial
grassy weeds like dallisgrass and bentgrass. Left uncontrolled from seed,
crabgrass alone can choke out desired turfgrasses and develop ugly seed heads in
the summer and fall that lay the groundwork for next season's crop.
No
matter what your weed problems are, a lawn care approach that works in one
region of the country doesn't necessarily work the same in another
area.
Source: www.TruGreen.com.
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