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hey susie i am so excited for you hunny, i am also moving house but i am moving next monday i have nearly finished all my packing lol

get some pics taken and post them as a step by step of your new house i cannot wait to see them

loads a love BG xx:-4

Big congratulations! Will you be landscaping the place?

:-6 Wonderful moving into a new home, just take your time and enjoy..

tmbsgrl wrote: Well we just talked to the realtor a little while ago and the house isn't going to be done now until Oct. 15 - Nov 1st!!!:-2 I am so mad.. I really want to move in already. At least I'll be in there before Christmas, right! MAYBE! :rolleyes:It's only an extra 2 weeks Susie, it'll soon come around.

Then you will have the rest of your lives in your lovely new home. :-4

tmbsgrl wrote: Well we just talked to the realtor a little while ago and the house isn't going to be done now until Oct. 15 - Nov 1st!!!:-2 I am so mad.. I really want to move in already. At least I'll be in there before Christmas, right! MAYBE! :rolleyes:
I don't have to tell you - it's better done right than right now. Keep an eye on them, especially on the home stretch. The most well-intentioned sometimes get sloppy at those times.

tmbsgrl wrote: Yes. Not sure how yet..We bought a spec home that was landscaped front and back. But in the front they used almost all annual plants. Those are plants that die back to sticks and stems in the winter. The place looks bleak and awful in the winter!

Landscape with perrennial plants that work well in your region all year 'round. Drive around the established neighborhoods in your area looking at what plants work well, stay green, and are easy to maintain and don't look scruffy. Get the garden and landscaping books by Sunset (if you're in the west). They name all the plants with pictures, and tell you how much shade, sun, water, temperature ranges they need.

For easy maintenance, stay away from invasive, fast growers (morning glory for example- it must be cut back to nothing every year or it spreads like a plague)- unless they're in a big, wild area where you don't care, you'll spend every weekend trimming them. And if you really love shaped, topiary-like bushes, my advice is don't plant more than one or two. They'll enslave you with the hedge clippers. I used to have a long, curving rectangularly trimmed hedge by my driveway (at my last house) that looked awesome and gave the house great curb appeal, but it really was a big job. Be realistic about how much time you want to spend out there manicuring all that stuff. I opt for a natural look, and bushes that when they mature will fill in nicely and won't need much trimming.

Irrigation is critical. Drip systems are better than sprinklers for flowerbeds- they are a big investment in time and money at first, but they pay off over the long term. You can set up the valve timer and forget about it (just turn it off when it's raining, and turn it back on after). I never plant a plant before I have a drip tube installed and running to the hole. I have lost plants by procrastinating about setting up irrigation, and trusting myself with a hose.

Have fun and make the world more beautiful!:)

Congratulations tombstone on your new home. What a thrill it must be. At least you will be in and mostly settled by Christmas. Our son and d-i-l moved to a brand new home this spring. They lived in an apartment with minium furniture that was mostly hand-me downs and junk. So they could afford to purchase all new furniture. Sometimes it pays to wait like they did, now they are in 7th heaven. Good luck with your packing and moving.:driving: