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Are you just plain tired of seeing your dull and boring backyard? Looking for some backyard landscaping ideas? Ideas that you can do yourself. Look no further. Here are some tips that you can follow to put together a backyard in which you and your family can relax.

One general rule of thumb with planting design is to arrange the plants like a kindergarten photo: tallest in back and shortest up front. Euphorbia and artichokes were the largest evergreens and semi-evergreens, so these became my foundation shrubs to place closer to the house. They will provide great contrasting hues of green and a mix of texture. Euphorbia is vigorous, almost invasive, so I merely plucked up offshoots and shoved them into place.

Our rain garden fits well into our landscape, is simple to maintain, looks good and is very effective at controlling large volumes of run-off from the roof and the sloped yard. Planted primarily with native Christmas ferns and Cinnamon ferns, the plants help to control soil erosion on our hillside and act as a natural filter. The captured storm water run-off soaks the soil and provides plenty of moisture for the ferns before the excess water seeps down into the ground. The water run-off is utilized by the plants rather than washing away into a storm drain.

Outdoor pools are a big attraction for people of all ages as they encourage everyone to get outdoors and spend more time in the fresh air. They also provide more chance to exercise and can save you more money as you bypass the gym and dive into the pool instead. It's well-known that working out in water is good for the whole body as it helps to control weight and reduces blood pressure.


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On the other hand, you can directly&change your design to a landscape format with a Canva for Work subscription. You have the option to change the size of your design even after the design is done! Just click File,&Change dimensions, then choose Use custom dimensions&and finally, enter the desired dimensions. At this time, you can only resize designs in the pixels unit. Thus, I can recommend you use this tool for unit conversion.

Small ponds are no good for koi. Remember, with time koi can grow quite large and they will need some space. Also there are so many color variations of koi, that as time goes you will probably want to get other varieties. So it is better to create a big backyard pond from the start than rebuild it later. About ten thousand gallons is considered decent space for a koi pond , bigger would be even better.