I have been engaged for a year now (one more to go) and have just purchased my first home with my fiance. Obviously this is a very joyous but overwhelming endeavor for us. We've spent the last few months creating the perfect inside to our home and have finally come to realize our outside has a lot of potential but also needs a lot of work. However neither of us have ever really dealt with plants and gardening except for watering the occasional house plant.
We have two long box areas under our windowsill for flowers as well as a nice define space around our house for landscaping and a wonderful little area for an herb garden in our back yard.
We live as far north as you can go and still consider yourself in the south so we have very distinct winters, summers, springs and falls.
What is the best way to go about creating a beautiful lawn and garden for our new home?
How do I go about choosing the right flowers for our area (preferably something beautiful and low/moderate maintenance)
How hard is to to maintain an herb garden? What are the best herbs to use?
I've done a little research but it's all greek to me. However I believe we are in zone 6a according the the National Gardening Association.
Any and all help is greatly appreciated.
We have two long box areas under our windowsill for flowers as well as a nice define space around our house for landscaping and a wonderful little area for an herb garden in our back yard.
We live as far north as you can go and still consider yourself in the south so we have very distinct winters, summers, springs and falls.
What is the best way to go about creating a beautiful lawn and garden for our new home?
How do I go about choosing the right flowers for our area (preferably something beautiful and low/moderate maintenance)
How hard is to to maintain an herb garden? What are the best herbs to use?
I've done a little research but it's all greek to me. However I believe we are in zone 6a according the the National Gardening Association.
Any and all help is greatly appreciated.