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Landscaping
Landscaping is defined as any artistic activity that transforms the physical features of a land area. It may include contouring and planting shrubs, flowers or trees. Considered both a science and an art, it involves good observation and design skills.
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How do you put a belt on cub cadet zero turn law mower?
you have to take it to a shop or get under it and put it on pully by pully!
How much does a landscaping company make a year?
That will depend entirely on the size of the company. There are muli-million dollar companies with thousands of employees and there are small one and two man operations. The type of work they will undertake will also affect the income.
How much do patio blocks weigh?
That will depend entirely on the size of the blocks. The material will also be a factor. They can run anywhere from a few ounces to blocks that weigh 50 pounds or more!
Green landscaping is, to paraphrase the UN, a sustainable landscape improvement project that satisfies the needs of the present without compromising the needs of future generations.
Wikipedia defines sustainability as "the capacity to endure."
To give an analogy, green landscaping is to landscapes what the internal engine is to green automobiles. Similar to the performance of a green automobile, when looking "under the hood" at the performance of the landscape, a green landscape will run longer, leaner, cleaner and meaner than it's conventional counterparts. And, just as green automobiles come with various styles and functionality, green landscaping can have different styling and functionality as well.
A good quality landscape should have all the qualities of styling, functionality and performance -- performance being the "green" quality. A deficit in any one quality compromises the overall quality of a landscaping project. This answer focuses on the "green" quality of performance.
Green landscapes are evaluated on performance. With landscapes being one of the heaviest consumers of water, water efficiency is an important evaluator of performance. Much like fuel consumption of an automobile, water consumption is often the first thing noted about a green landscape's performance.
The four main aspects of green landscaping are the ability to perform:
- Longer
- Leaner
- Cleaner
- Meaner
Within these aspects, performance qualities of a green landscape result in:
1. Longer
Longer intervals between feeding, watering, manicuring, and maintaining mechanical systems such as irrigation, lighting and equipment.
2. Leaner
Less input and importation required of water, fertilizer, toxic or non-biodegradable chemicals for biological controls, electricity, and fuel for equipment and maintenance vehicles.
3. Cleaner
Reduction, elimination or cleansing of sources of pollution such as petro-synthetic fertilizers, toxic chemicals for biological control, petro-synthetic fuels used to operate systems, equipment and vehicles, and other sources of pollution coming from either on or off site.
4. Meaner
Improved health, vigor and variety of living systems including soil, plants and animals.
Some of the accomplishments of green landscaping have been:
- up to 70% reduction in irrigation water useage (up to 30% over conventional drip)
- 100% elimination of chemical fertilizer and toxic or non-biodegradable biological controls
- 0% potable municipal water use in irrigation
- 100% irrigation water needs supplied from onsite graywater and harvested rainwater
- Plant growth of 5 years accomplished in 1 year with zero human effort
- Soil health increased 2 to 5 times
- Soil structure and aeration maintained with zero human effort
- 100% hauling green waste away to dump, eliminated
- 0% waste produced
- 100% green waste reused on site to recondition soil
- Plant disease reduced
- Beneficial insect population such as bees and ladybugs increased
- Predatory insect infestations decreased
- Habitat of local native animal population, such as song birds, increased
- Preservation of locally endemic (native) plants included in the landscape to ensure survival of their species
- Preservation of habitat of locally endemic (native) insects and animals who feed on native plants included in the landscape, to ensure survival of their species
- Increased biodiversity, for increased endurance, health and vigor of the landscape as well as preservation of species
...And many more results
I myself like to loosely define green landscapes as being good for people, pets, property and planet.
Programs such as the Bay-FriendlyLandscapes in Alameda County, California, educate the public and the landscaping profession on the latest trends and advancements they can use today. The program is geared towards immediate practical application of green landscaping methods and targets working landscaping professionals as well as property owners. It is where "the rubber meets the road", so to speak, and is taught in both English and Spanish.
Policy movements such as the Sustainable Sites Initiative are providing the framework of policy for future advancements of broad application of this knowledge for more people to benefit.
Vinca and periwinkle are the same plant.
Can you mix mud and straw to make a driveway?
NO! are you insane!!! that's an Amish driveway at best ;)
Will bamboo grow well around a pond where the water rises in the summer?
bamboo grows as quickly as it can with the recources it has at the time. in the Brisbane floods 4 of my 4 bamboo plants were thriving
A sprinkler or "valve" manifold is the heart of a sprinkler system. The water source (hose faucet, sprinkler main line, etc.) feeds into the manifold and then the valves in the manifold redirect water to different watering areas. Its reason for being is that most water sources have insufficient pressure and flow to water all areas at the same time, so the manifold allows watering to be divided into smaller areas or "zones". A simple way to visualize a sprinkler manifold is as a small letter "m" in which the water source connects into the top of the "m" and then a valve in each of the legs opens and closes to allow water to flow to each zone. Valves in a sprinkler manifold may be controlled either manually or automatically using a sprinkler timer or "controller" which is the brains of an automatic sprinkler system.
Which types of rock are most commonly found as outcrops in nys's Newark Lowlands landscape region?
Conglomerate and sandstone
How much do automatic sprinklers cost?
For a quick and dirty estimate of where you might expect bids from professional sprinkler contractors to come in, use a range of $0.50 to $1.25 per square foot of area to be watered. Small properties and properties with complicated layouts will tend to be at the higher end of that range. Where you live and what type of equipment you select will also impact the range of bids.
If you are installing the system yourself, you should be able to buy equivalent materials at a home improvement store for about 15-20% more than a contractor will pay at a contractor supply store; however, you will need to factor in rental of trenchers and whether you can install the backflow prevention device, so you should figure your total cost of installing an equivalent system yourself will be 40-50% of a professional sprinkler contractor bid.
For more specific information you can search for "Sprinkler System Designer" on the Internet and find applications that will let you put in the parameters of your yard and will output a parts list with prices.
What are the most important cultural traits that shape a people's cultural landscape?
Yah need too start doin yah homework nd stop researching homework I swear :P !
How do you find available commercial landscape maintenance contracts?
It can be somewhat difficult to find commercial landscape maintenance contracts. However, by advertising, you could gain some contracts from inbound leads. Another option is to join a supply chain of landscaping companies and gain service contracts by being a part of a larger service network.
What is the ratio 50 to 1 to gas mix for 2 gallon of gas?
5.12 oz of oil Gallon is 128 oz, two gallons are 256 oz divide by 50 to get 5.12. For every 50 oz of gas you need one oz of oil.
Does a cultural landscape consists of a composite of human imprints on the surface of the Earth?
True
What is the farthest point in a landscape painting called?
Vanishing Point ,Shaila Burley gave you this answer :)
