With winter all
but here, you have worthwhile things to do that can enhance the winterscape
outside your windows, while you sit by the hearth. As a means of landscape design for your Bloomington or nearby home, we will be focusing
on your hardscaping--the pavement, the back patio, the harder surfaces that you
have had installed around your home. Our technicians in landscape design also
install other sorts of hardscaping items like retaining walls, outdoor fire
pits, pergolas and lighting. The key to maintaining their aesthetic appeal in
wintertime is upkeep. Make sure that they are free of snow and ice so that they
can be a focal point throughout the dead months.
As your plants
go through their dormant stages this winter, enjoy a landscape design with a
little hardscaping. Your eyes will be drawn less to the trees and shrubbery
that you possess and more to the pop that a master in landscape design has
added to your property. With so many options as far as what you can do to enjoy
your lawn and garden, why not set yourself up to enjoy it all while they sleep
or are covered by snow and ice.
You will want
to actively take care of your hardscaping during the winter months. If you are
not vigilant you can run into a repair project or two after the thaw that could
easily have been prevented. Stay on top of your salt usage. If you apply it but
let it sit without removing it or the slush generated, it will eat away at or
even stain any concrete, paver or stone that has been incorporated into your
landscape design. Stay on top of it! In the grand scheme it does not take more
than accumulated minutes for de-icer to do its work. Be there to get rid of it
when needed.
If you have
had a nice and fancy patio installed, chances are that you have some metal
containing furniture placed upon it. Do not leave these items outside to face winter.
Take them inside, use them again as you knew them in the spring. A side effect
of leaving these metallic items outside is that if they are under snow or ice
the rust that emerges will also stain the hardscaping below it.
Installation is
what matters most regarding your hardscaping and how it deals with winter. A
winter surviving landscape design of this sort will need a good solid base and
options for drainage. Snow and ice accumulate, mass, ultimately melting. The
melt should not pool or sit on the surface of your hardscaping only to
refreeze. A landscape design installed via hardscaping professionals should be
set up adequately to allow this to occur.
If you would like more information on our landscape
design skills in Bloomington, call Advanced Irrigation at 612-599-8675, or you
can contact us and get a Free Estimate.
