Ever since I bought my house 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 a job for a landscaping company for three years right out of college, I have a small amount of experience edging, weeding, trimming, and planting and caring for trees, shrubs, flowers, and succulents. After I cleaned up the lawn, 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 my HVAC condenser to hide it from view. Since I didn’t want to impede the air flow to the hot compressor inside, I bought a few sheets of lattice fencing material and created an enclosure with a locking gate on one end. Finally, I planted beautiful flowers along the base of the fence, wrapping the entire condenser unit in the process. Although HVAC condensers aren’t the ugliest machines in the world, it’s nice to blend them into the natural environment with a few plants and a fence. If you’re careful, you can make a beautiful enclosure without the fear of impeding the air flow. As long as you create a swinging gate, your HVAC technician can still get inside as well.