You don’t want to be the neighborhood’s example of bad sod installation. People pointing, whispering, driving really slowly past your house.
You went through that once when you installed your own roof, remember?
Sod installation in Florida isn’t the hardest thing in the world, but it isn’t the easiest, either.
There are signs that prove you need a fire pit:
1. You’ve been making s’mores in the microwave. (We all know that’s a crime against marshmallows.)
2. You’ve been frequently sneaking over to enjoy your neighbor’s fire pit, sometimes wearing disguises so he doesn’t know how often you’re coming over.
3. You daydream about being a caveman.
If it seems like you spend half your life watering your potted plants, you might be right.
As much as you love your leafy beauties, the constant watering is a big drag, right?
If there’s a geyser in your front yard attracting tourists with cameras, you probably have an irrigation system leak. (You should at least charge some sort of admission while you wait for the irrigation repair company to show up.)
But detecting a leak in your irrigation system isn’t always that easy. Leaks can be hidden, even sneaky.
Let’s start with reasons not to install a pergola in your Florida backyard.
1. Hmmmm.
2. Well, there’s…
3. Hmmm.
Maybe we’ll have better luck with reasons to install a pergola in your Florida backyard.
Put your feet up. There are plenty. Too bad you don’t have a pergola to relax beneath as you ponder this list…
Let’s admit it — we all have artificial turf envy every time we watch a football game on TV.
So green! No mowing! No weeding!
If you've been preparing your soil for sod installation by talking to it in a soothing voice and telling it how pretty it will look with fresh green sod, you’re doing it wrong.
Remember when you were a kid and you thought you heard a monster in your closet, so you squeezed your eyes closed really tight, and wished super hard it would just go away?
And it worked!
It doesn’t work that way with sprinkler problems.
If you need a rowboat to get back to your grill, you’ve got a yard drainage problem.
So you hit the internet for DIY yard drainage solutions.
Florida has a lot of cool stuff: oranges, gators, a famous mouse.