Beneficial Garden Bugs
Insect pests eat the plants in your garden, while insect predators eat the pests. How can you tell friend from foe? Look for these garden bugs and rest easy that you have a tiny helper in your yard.
Grow Local – Challenges and Benefits of Landscaping in Colorado
We love living close to the mountains, and so do some of our favorite plants! Colorado’s high-altitude climate is drier and cooler than some areas, but at Detailed Landscape, it’s a challenge we’re familiar with. Here are some tips for your growing garden:
From Dreams to Reality: Detailed Landscape’s Design Process
After eyeing our beautiful, detailed landscapes in Northern Colorado, you’ve decided that it’s time to transform your yard into your personal oasis. You might be asking, what’s next? Hiring a custom landscaping team shouldn’t be complicated. As you’ll see, we’ll guide you every step of the way.
Watering At Night: A Conversation
Landscape Owner (LO): It’s August. It’s been in the 90s for weeks and my lawn is struggling. It takes a ton of water to keep it green. What should I do? Detailed Landscape (DL): Water at night!
Composting
Composting is nature’s process of recycling decomposed organic materials into a rich soil. Home composting is an acceleration of this same process. By composting your organic waste you’re returning rich nutrients to the soil, promoting soil microbes that aid plant growth. Essentially, finished compost is a free soil amendment for your garden. It encourages the production of beneficial bacteria and fungi that break down organic matter to create humus, a rich nutrient-filled material. By adding compost you’ll improve the overall texture of your soil, enabling it to retain and drain water better.
Rain Barrels
We all know how important water is in Colorado, and how precious it can be. A simple way to help the local water conservation effort is to collect rainwater in water barrels, a practice that officially became legal in Colorado in 2016.
Winter Pruning: Pave The Way For Healthy Growth
There are a number of benefits to pruning your trees and shrubs in the winter, so put on an extra pair of gloves and grab those pruning shears.
