A Creative Patio

Article by: Kenneth C. Hoffman

Did you move into a house , Don't Roll that Lawn with an empty back yard? What you need is a nice deck , Let Life and Energy Flow from the Garden or patio , Lawn Furniture: Wood, Metal, or Plastic? Classy, Convenient, or Cheap? to enjoy the out-of-doors. Of the many choices is a wooden deck, , The Basics of Growing Roses a concrete , Container Vegetable Gardening - The Easy Way To A Mouth-Watering Harvest slab, a fieldstone floor , The Flower Garden in August with planters or a multi-level redwood deck , The Garden Statue - -Stone, Metal, Or Gnome? with benches. , Landscaping Your Patio Let's take them one by one. The common-place wooden deck , Pink Hibiscus is fairly inexpensive unless built with redwood, and has an average life of ten years. The concrete , Greenhouse Gardening as a Hobby slab is inexpensive, but very plain and prone to cracking. It must be properly drained and can be difficult to keep painted. A multi-level deck , Garden Tables Aren't Just Decoration is beautiful , Harvesting Herbs but expensive and needs a space under the deck , Garden Folklore: It Starts with the Soil for ventilation.

The patio , Garden Folklore: It Starts with the Soil design I designed incorporated a free-form kidney-shaped pattern with three in-set oval steps. Around the edge, spaced Italian columns supported a seat-high balustrade railing fourteen inches wide and sixty-six feet in circumference. At one end a straight line formed the back of a fourteen foot built-in barbecue and counter surfaces with storage behind redwood doors. , Teak Out Furniture -- From the Forests to Ships to Your Patio

Colored slate set in concrete , Buying Teak Wood Furniture Responsibly decorated the floor , Accentuate Your Home with an Address Plaque and a five percent grade provided the proper drainage. One winter , Teak Outdoor Furniture -- From the Forests to Ships to Your Patio this slight grade which was covered with an inch of glare ice sent my cat flying across the patio , Affordable Landscaping to Add Curb Appeal to Your Home and right over the edge!

The balustrade columns, set in concrete , Floral Arrangements formed the base for the railing. After the columns were in place, , Garden Folklore: It Starts with the Soil I set sheets of plywood on top and cut a square hole slightly smaller than the top of each column. I then formed the fourteen inch wide railing on top from stiffly mixed beige colored concrete. , Container Vegetable Gardening - The Easy Way To A Mouth-Watering Harvest When the concrete , Pond Liner Repair set, I removed the plywood and the balustrade was completed. Since the patio , Budget For Your Garden was two to five feet higher than the surrounding land, I built a yellow brick wall, , Shrub Roses and Climbing Roses following the kidney shaped patio , How To Keep Your Yard Ornamental With A Proper Sago Palm Care floor.

White decorative concrete pots , Selection Of Garden Tractors filled with flowers , Let Life and Energy Flow from the Garden place evenly along the top of the balustrade added color , Mow A Better Lawn, The Easy Way and at one end a wrought iron lamp gave the whole area a nice glow. This patio , Vermiculture: Indoor Composting and Organic Soil Improvement gave our family many years of pleasurable outdoor , Harvesting Herbs living and the satisfaction of giving our creative juices free rein.

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