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Monthly Archives: May 2017

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See the light!

The first impression your guests will have of your home is what they will see on the outside, prior to entering your home. Your landscape lighting is often the first and last thing your guests will see as they enter and leave your home. Exterior lighting fixtures should enhance the beauty of your home to [...]

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Pergola Time!

A pergola creates visual interest, particularly if you have flowering and fragrant vines growing up and over the rafters and down the vertical posts. You can also dress up a pergola by hanging planters or other design elements from the rafters. Draping all-weather fabrics from one vertical post to another adds a soft flowing effect [...]

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It’s Mosquito season…

An outdoor tip from F. A. Hobson Landscaping: It’s Mosquito season and this is predicted to be a bad year. If you want to keep them from biting – Here’s a few easy ways: A few squirts of dish soap, left in a saucer will grab them. Fabric Softener Sheets – Rubbed onto the skin [...]

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How much should you be watering?

A tip from F. A. Hobson Landscaping: How much should you be watering? Plants want a long, deep soaking. Remember those roots go far below the surface of the dirt, and so you need the water to soak through all of that soil to get to the roots. A new tree would like 10-15 gallons [...]

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A Fire Pit will add a whole new feel…

Fire Pits greatly add to the beauty of the view and outdoor patio setting. You can get a fire pit that burns wood or gas. They come in a variety of materials, textures and colors. In combination with seating walls, water features or pergolas or as part of your outside kitchen area, a fire pit [...]

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