Brick Garden Edging
How do i stop the outside cats from crapping in my yard?
Seriously.. we have a small brick home and the dang neighbor hood cats think the base of our house is a dumping ground….this is really starting to tick me off…i sprayed a bunch of animal replent for the garden around our house this has done nothing, sprayed a bunch of bug spray around the house, nothing. they just keep S***ing at the edge of our house no matter what…i have a inside cat and love her bunches and would never want to hurt a animal,,,but holy cow!! any advise out there??????
Has your inside cat been spayed? If not, this may be the reason for all of your “visitors”……
Plant some “sticky” plants around your foundation….This should keep them away.
Before you decide what to plant………”google”…. Plants Toxic to Cats…….so that you don’t poison them…….
Please do NOT put any moth balls out, though…….These may “deter” them, but they’ll also KILL them….
Hope this helps……..Good luck.
Brick Garden Edging
Enhance the Looks of Your Garden With Great Edging
If you are a gardener then you certainly know all of the hard work involved in gardening. The soil prep, planting, weeding and upkeep is hard work, but most gardeners love the feeling of working with their bare hands in the earth and know that in a couple of short months that all of the hard work will pay off when the plants begin to grow and bloom. Gardening is a hobby that is both therapeutic, fun and highly rewarding.
If you have a flower or a vegetable garden, you know that edging the garden is important. Edging adds a decorative touch, it neatens up the garden and provides clear definition to the differing plots within your garden. Edging your garden not only adds to the beauty of your garden but it also assists in keeping soil and mulch in and grass out.
When it comes to garden edging materials there are a lot of choices available to you. What type of edging you choose is dependent on your budget, the time you’re willing to devote to putting it in and on what look you are going after. One type of very popular edging is a short garden wall that is made of wood. You can go to any home improvement center and purchase ready-made sections of short fencing that can be placed around the individual garden beds. You can often find a wide selection of wood types in this sort of edging so no matter what budget restraints you may be working under, there is usually this type of edging available at an affordable price. You can also build a type of a plant wall using landscape timber or railroad ties. This not only looks great, it also serves its purpose and is a very inexpensive way to edge a garden.
Stone, cement and brick also make excellent garden edging. This type of edging will endure in harsh weather and will give the garden a professional look as well. Be aware however, that if you choose to go with bricks or something similar, that turf grasses will quickly find their way into the cracks and crevices. Some people prefer to use plants as edging. Low growing plants such as alyssum soften the hard edges of the plots and create a soft yet well defined edge to the garden.
When selecting the edging you would like to use for your garden be sure to look at all of your options. Use your imagination as well as what natural resources you may have access to. Perhaps you have rocks somewhere on your property such as slate that you can use to add a great flair to your garden.
About the Author
Caitlina Fuller is a freelance writer. Edging your garden not only adds to the beauty of your garden but it also assists in keeping soil and mulch in and grass out. When it comes to garden edging materials there are a lot of choices available to you.
What do you want them to want?
Getting it across, you unhand
the broken brick words into their faces
and they want passionate reasons
to like the way you present the mass of crap
you’ve created
but you give them only vague bitterness
and a bit of poetry when you can afford
to drain your insides
without caving your own head in.
Dripping with ambiguous expression
and dark shades over your face
you hide
behind the smallest blade of grass in the garden
and they think that the blade is a flower
and you sharpen the green knife
ambushing their wishes,
your pale and swollen
charade,
you will never
sail the skyline on a pretty cloud,
you have not earned your wounds
you have not slept with dogs in summer
and they sense your red breath of desperation,
your dire mess,
they wait at the edge of the sun for you
to burn with them
but you only whisper,
you can only barely
whisper.
The use of the simile of a “green dagger” is so unwittingly sinister, it appealed to my evil side … the menace of this poem was brilliant
Stone Garden Edging by Chris Orser Landscaping