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Toemar Garden Supplies and Firewood
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5 Simple Fall Landscaping Ideas For The Front Yard
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Curb appeal takes on a whole new meaning in
autumn with some landscaping ideas

• The colours of fall make it a perfect time of
  year to really enhance the front of your home
  with landscaping.
• Leverage the cooler weather, as well as the
  beautiful plants and flowers that bloom at this
  time of year, to create a visual impression.

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Planning your landscaping so that you have colour
and texture all year around is ideal and easy to
do. Incorporating perennials, shrubbery and
grasses that bloom at different times of year
assures you a beautiful front yard (well, with
the exception of the blanket of snow from January
through March!) If you have deciduous trees on
your property, Mother Nature will help you along
in terms of brilliant colours, but theres so
much you can add to improve upon her good work!
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Fix The Basics
If your lawn has patches or your planting
beds need weeding, turning and mulching, now is
the time. The cooler weather is an ideal time to
start thinking about overseeding your lawn, to
fix patches. Why? Because the cooler temperatures
mean less evaporation of the soil moisture.
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Dont forget to do plenty of raking to pull up
the dead grasses and remove your leaves. Your
lawn can breathe better without the extra layer,
though some fallen leaf coverage can be helpful
to protect plant beds from an early frost. Grass
seeds will have the opportunity to germinate and
build a solid root structure before the stems
take over, in the spring. Use a high quality
overseeding soil with your new seeds and be sure
to give it all plenty of water.
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Its also a good time to take a look at your
hardscaping and make sure its all in good
condition for the upcoming winter. Your walkways
and retaining walls should be repaired, as ice
forming in cracks can expand and create further
damage. While water features are lovely in
spring and summer, its a good time to drain
yours and prepare it for winter by covering up
any pool basins, so they dont get clogged with
falling leaves and other autumn detritus.
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Establish Some New Color And Texture

• Your summer blooms are fading, so its time to
  add some shades of fall. In fact, autumn is an
  ideal time to plant perennials because, just as
  with the grass seed above, the warm soil and mild
  evaporation make ideal conditions for roots to
  form and take hold.

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What flowers and plants will bloom through the
fall, improving the look of your landscape?

• Hostas from vibrant blue to dark red, there are
  many shades to pluck up your garden.
• Daylilies pinks and purples to gold and yellow,
  youve many shades of the rainbow in these!
• Daisies who doesnt love daisies? To quote that
  old goody of a movie Youve Got Mail Theyre
  such happy flowers. True.

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• Peonies usually more subtle in creams, pinks
  and lavenders, these flowers add a special
  subtlety to any landscape design.
• Chrysanthemums that quintessential fall flower
  has lovely blooms to brighten your front garden.

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As for texture, theres nothing more elegant than
some beautiful ornamental grasses, waving in the
autumn breeze. They can add some flourish when
other plants are beginning to be cut back for the
season and are hardy enough to withstand our
winters. Trees and shrubs often do very well if
planted in the fall, for the same reasons as the
grass seed and plants, as noted above, so if you
dont yet have any trees with leaves that change
(deciduous) in the fall, now is a great time to
add some to your landscape plan. Just be sure to
buy a rake at the same time!
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Fall is also a good time to consider adding a
structure to your hardscape, whether that is an
arbor or a stone retaining wall, slate stepping
stones or boulders. Whatever look youre trying
to achieve in your garden, adding structure to
its already good bones will improve the look
immeasurably!
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Let There Be Light
Another way to enhance the landscape is to add
some strategic lighting. Thanks to solar powered
units, you can place lighting along your walk way
or throughout your gardens to highlight the hard
work youve put into them! Porch lighting can be
so much fun if you indulge in a wrought iron
sconce or perhaps a hanging lantern? Whatever you
choose, lighting the front of your home really
improves the welcoming look of it.
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Evergreens Are Important Too
With all this talk about adding colour, dont
forget that standing evergreens add symmetry and
consistency to a garden, to say nothing of year
round privacy and a beautiful backdrop for your
blooming autumnal plant beds. That contrast of a
dark green background with flaming florals and
grasses set in front? Beautiful!
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Improve Your Front Entrance
In addition to the landscaping, you can add a
touch of fall to your front entrance by
incorporating a seasonal wreath or planters on
either side of the door, filled with fall
foliage, grasses, flowers and more. The key with
entrance decor is to be subtle, with a few
touches rather than overflowing buckets of plants
and greenery. This is definitely one of those
time when less is more.
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Theres one exception to that rule however if
youre big on the fall holidays like Halloween,
you can add a lot of color and a whole lot of fun
with pumpkins and hay bales, scarecrows and fake
spiders. Just be sure to take it all down before
Santa comes by on his sleigh! Ultimately, if you
have a front porch, keep the furniture out as
long as you can its a lovely way to spend a
cool evening, with a blanket and some hot
chocolate, enjoying the landscape youve created!