Ever since I purchased our home last year, I have slowly added to the landscaping outside.
There were any plants or flower beds in the yard when I purchased the house, in part because it was selling at a low rate to begin with.
At the price I paid there was no incentive for the seller to make any of these improvements ahead of the sale. Since I had worked for a landscaping corporation for several years right out of school, I have a small amount of experience edging, weeding, trimming, planting, caring for trees, shrubs, flowers, and succulents. After I cleaned up the grass, I created a flower bed in the front along the edge of the house. It’s right under the window to our living room and I can see the flowers from the couch whenever I’m watching TV. One project that I recently finished involved creating a barrier around our heating and A/C condenser to hide it from view. Since I didn’t want to impede the air flow to the hot compressor inside, I purchased a few sheets of lattice fencing material and created an enclosure with a locking gate on one end. Finally, I planted elegant flowers along the base of the fence, wrapping the entire condenser component in the process. Although heating and A/C condensers aren’t the ugliest machines in the world, it’s nice to blend them into the natural environment with a few plants plus a fence. If you’re careful, you can make an elegant enclosure without the fear of impending air flow. As long as you create a swinging gate, your heating and A/C serviceman can still get inside as well.