Archive for April 2011

Photos/ideas for cottage or country themed landscaping?

By admin
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011

I want to do work on landscaping the and lawn and need to get ideas that would complemtnt with home architecture. links to websites, additional tips/ideas would be really helpful. thanks

Add a picture of the area that you want to work on please, and I will tell you, One set up won’t work in two different places.

Categories : Landscaping Tips

Starting off a garden?! Steps?

By admin
Sunday, April 24th, 2011

I want to plant a garden but idk how to start. I live in Az and the dirt is really dry here. Where shld i start and what steps do i have to take to plant herbs and flowers and stuff in terms of compost and fertilizer and mulching uh there is so much stuff! any tips or good products to use?

Dowlingg has good tips, but in Arizona you will likely need at least 6 inches of mulch to:
1) Keep the soil wet during the hot, dry days.
2) keep the roots from burning and killing the plant.

You might want to put the garden that gets 100% shade all day, or only 2 hours of sunlight. It’s already plenty hot and dry down there.

Also, it might be illegal to use city water to irrigate your garden. You might have to get a rain barrel. Contact a lawyer or ask some neighbors how they water their gardens.

There are not many veggie plants like prefer hot, dry conditions. Most of those like moist conditions, not too hot.

Categories : Mulching Tips

I want to start landscape photography. any tips?

By admin
Sunday, April 24th, 2011

I am interested in that and I wanna start out. I only have my Canon SD880 and I don’t think I can afford a more expensive and good one. I need some tips ^^. Thanks

http://asp.photo.free.fr/Composition/photoProgramCompMainClass.shtml

http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-tips/landscape-photography-tips/

Shoot in good lighting. Mid day is not a good time to shoot vistas. Overcast is good for closeups.

Use a tripod.

Shoot in the hours around sunrise and sunset. At sunset, point the camera away from the sun sometimes to see what the light is falling upon.

Keep your horizons straight. Wacky angles and landscapes are not a good thing.

Here is some inspiration:

http://www.patricksmithphotography.com/portfolio.html

http://photo.net/gallery/photocritique/filter

Categories : Landscaping Tips
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