Friday, October 06, 2006

Ideas For Landscaping

One day I was working in our backyard area trying to develop a new flower garden. To do this I needed to remove a small amount of sod. The banker saw me working and came over to see what landscaping ideas I had for the area. I explained that I was going to develop a rock garden with annuals to add some color to this area of the yard. He suggested putting in a small pond with a water fountain. I thought that this landscaping idea sounded a bit more involved than I wanted to get. I explained that I did not want to start a project that would take a great deal of time and maintenance. He told me that he had several magazines that featured landscaping ideas and water features were easy to do. He offered to bring over the magazines for me to look through and also offered to help with the project.

After looking through the magazines I did get several good landscaping ideas for the area. One did include a small water feature. The area that I was concentrating on was close to the side of the house. There was a water spigot close that could be used in the water feature. I showed the design to my husband and he thought it was very attractive, but he was concerned about the amount of work it would take. I told him that the banker offered to help. My husband knows that the banker is a hard worker with good follow through so we decided to go with the landscaping ideas from the magazine.

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