Your home and its outside landscaping look great when you put the time and effort into keeping them looking pristine, and the opposite is true, when you don't put any effort into your landscaping it will look shabby. However, there are some types of landscaping elements you can add to your yard to help it look great but without as much effort. Here are some tips to help you keep your yard looking great but without all the extra time, stress, and management to keep it looking great.
Install Artificial Grass
There are many types of lawn you can choose from to look the best in your yard, based on your climate, the amount of shade in your yard, and how much foot traffic it will receive, as examples. To keep a healthy lawn you need to plan ahead and install the one for your specific yard space. But when you want a lawn that looks great, does not compact and die under heavy traffic, and does not need fertilization and water, you can get artificial grass installation.
Artificial grass is not just for professional football fields anymore because you can add it to your yard without anyone being able to tell the difference. An artificial lawn looks and feels just like a real growing lawn, but you don't need to mow it or weed it, saving you time all season long. Take care to periodically "vacuum" your lawn to pull up lawn debris, such as leaves and twigs.
Add Drip Irrigation
Another great way to keep a low maintenance yard is to keep your irrigation simple for the plants that do require water. Irrigation can come in a variety of delivery options, such as aerial irrigation, drip irrigation, or manual irrigation. The type of watering method you choose will have a direct effect on how much time you need to put into the process. For example, manual watering is something you can do by moving the garden hose from plant to plant or using a watering can.
Additionally, you can set up sprinklers to spray the area you want watered, but the runoff and evaporation in addition to watering areas you don't intend to can all be a problem. But with drip irrigation, you can control where the water is delivered to each plant, how long and how often the irrigation system runs via a timer. And a drip irrigation's tubing remains in place all year long and is easy to adjust if you move plants or add extra vegetation.
