Protect your yard during a drought with these tips and tricks from NewHomeSource, so your lawn stays alive and beautiful.
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How to Make Your Spring Garden Grow
Looking to plant new blooms in your spring garden? Here are some common questions for those new to seasonal planting.
Flowers, Vegetables, or Herbs: Which Garden Should You Plant?
Ready to grow a garden but can’t decide what to plant? Here are some pros and cons to planting flowers, vegetables, and herbs.
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How to Build an Energy-Efficient Custom Home
Think you know energy efficiency when it comes to homebuilding? Test your knowledge to make sure your custom home is saving you as much money as possible.
The 7 Best Places to Retire in Montana
If you want a calm and relaxing retirement, Montana could be the place for you. This stunning Midwestern state is perfect for retirees.
Four Tips for Energy Efficient Landscape Design
Thinking about the landscape design of your new home? Energy efficient landscaping is a must; here are four tips to get you started.
Now May Be the Time to Add a Pool
If you’re considering home improvement projects, now is a great time to determine if you should install a pool in your backyard.
5 Steps To Prepare Your Farm For Winter Frost
Preparing your land and your livestock for harsh winter freezes may seem to be a huge undertaking, but here are 5 easy steps to get you going so that you feel prepared for winter.
Well Water Systems: What You Need to Know
Maintaining a well is a healthy and safe way to keep your own water supply on tap without being dependent upon municipal city systems. Here’s what you need to know about wells before you buy!
5 Easy Steps to Ecofriendly Landscaping for Your New Home
Planting a garden in your new home’s yard can be beneficial for the environment and your health.
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Four Tips for Fire-Proofing your New Home’s Landscape
NewHomeSource has fire safety tips, so you can leverage your lot and landscape to protect your new home from damage.
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How First Time Homeowners Can Live Large With a Small Backyard
If your first home has a small backyard, NewHomeSource has some landscaping tricks that will let you live large.
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Tips to Save Water — and Money — All Year Long
NewHomeSource has five tips to reduce water usage in your landscaping, so you can save money and the planet.
Understand Your Decking Options
Like to entertain outdoors? Then a deck might be a good choice for you and your family. NewHomeSource breaks down your decking options.
Pool Landscaping Ideas for First-Time Homeowners
Make a splash in your first backyard with these pool landscaping tips from NewHomeSource!
Is a Landscape Design Plan For You?
If designing your home’s exterior spaces feels overwhelming, a landscape design plan may help you create a lovely space without the stress.
Xeriscaping: Funny Name, Serious Results
Xeriscaping isn’t all about cactus and brown rocks — native grasses, plants and wildflowers can create a gorgeous, low-water, low cost, and low mantinence landscape.
Top Landscape Mistakes Fixed!
When building your new home, don’t forget a landscaping plan. Determining how you’ll use the space before you begin landscaping will help you avoid costly mistakes.
Liven Up Your Lawn: Maintain a Healthy Yard in Extreme Weather Conditions
Seasonal changes can be harsh on your grass. NewHomeSource offers several methods to keep your yard looking bright and green, even when the season brings fallen leaves and brown patches.
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5 Ways to Maximize Yard Space and Minimize Mowing
Planning your yard to lessen the areas that require a regular mowing routine can seem overwhelming at first. Here are some alternatives to the traditional grass layout that can help cultivate a beautiful outdoor space that requires minimal lawn care.
Happening Hardscapes: Walkways, Walls, Steps and Borders for Your Yard
Rocks, stones, bricks, oh my! A nicely designed landscape adds form and function to any outdoor landscape.
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Landscaping 101: Best Trees for Curb Appeal
Adding trees to your landscaping plan adds curb appeal to your new home, and makes your outdoor spaces a more enjoyable place to spend time.
Outdoor Living Trends
If grillin’ like a villain sounds like a good time, you should explore the latest outdoor living trends.
Surveying the Landscape: How to Plan for the Outside Elements of Your New Home
NewHomeSource helps you plan out the landscaping design for your new home, so you can have a lush space that works for your HOA.
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This is Why Homebuyers Want Killer Outdoor Spaces
Homeowners increasingly want fancy outdoor spaces for entertaining and relaxing. Explore the beautiful patios, fire pits, outdoor kitchens, water features, and more found in new homes.
Using Stone and Tile in Outdoor Entertainment Spaces
Use stone and tile in your outdoor entertainment areas to really make a statement! Durable, affordable, and trendy, stone and tile are showing up beyond the pool in outdoor kitchens, decks and patios, and even the yard.
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Landscaping For Newly Built Homes
Great landscaping adds beauty and value to homes. NewHomeSource has all the information you need to help inform the landscaping decisions for your new home.
Home Style Guide: Courtyard Homes
Courtyard style homes are some of the oldest of home designs but they work perfectly well in today’s modern society, proving to be a timeless home design choice.
Designing the Patio or Deck of Your Custom Home
Outdoor space deserves as much though as any other element when planning a custom home. Here are a few tips we recommend.
Water Conservation In The Garden: What Homeowners Need To Know
We have nothing to lose if we conserve water, and everything to lose if we don’t. Read on to find out how you can have a beautifully landscaped yard while still using less water.
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