2511 Don’t Forget the Yard
July 23, 2009 by For Your Home
Filed under 2500 Series Episodes
Since the outside matters as much as the inside, Vicki and Sloan share their garden designs and vision. They get expert advice to keep the landscape environmentally friendly, personal and low maintenance.
I love your show and try to watch every week but I need some help with my home I’m not sure what to do with it my dinning room looks so plain and my bed room needs lots of help me and my soon to be husband are stuck and don’t know how to make it romantic to be in for us please help us.
Please provide me with the contact information for the rose garden service from Durham, NC featured on your show.
I would like to employ their services, if they are available in the Columbia, SC area.
Thank you, for the information for this service provider as well as all of the great information your show provides.
I would like to know how to make the stepping stones from this episode. i missed the instructions but saw how wonderful the finished product was. I know my daughter would enjoy making these with me. PLS let me know where I can find the instructions for these.
Thanks,
Sandra
Hi – This past weekend the show where you spruced up a garden by adding new flowers and top soil aired. A guest spoke about and showed a cedar oil spray that did not kill beneficial bugs. Please tell me the name of that product.
Thank you, Kat
I hope I have the correct address as haven’t found the show times so I can watch everyday, I did see the show for back yard make over where you used a type of artifical turf and I would like to find out more imformation. I have a black labador,with a already fenced yard with lots of trees in my yard and the neigbors so the sun light is almost not excistant, lots of shade and humidity. I hope you can help with my project. Thank YOU, Evelyn Werker
Hi Evelyn,
The product used on this epsiode was from a great and generous company, Forever Lawn.
Visit their website http://www.foreverlawn.com/
Thanks for watching!
The company is Witherspoon Rose Culture. Here is their website http://www.witherspoonrose.com/
They do a beautiful job!
Thanks for watching!
Good morning, Sandra.
Many local craft stores carry stepping stone kits. Please check your local vendors for these items. Thank you for your question and for watching the show.
Could you please tell me how to get the plans for the stepping stones from an August 2009 episode in which Vicki made different stepping stones in shapes and colors. Used a plastic bag, cement and water. Please help. Thanks.
I guess it was Sloan that made the stones. What I wanted was a chnace to print out the intructions. THanks
Good morning, Rhonda.
Below are the instructions for the cement stepping stones. Thank you for your question and for watching the show!
Ingredients:
Cement Molds (can be found at local hardware store or craft store)
Durable Plastic Bag
Strong Strap for Plastic Bag
Cement
Water
Vegetable Spray
Optional: Color Additives
Start by slowly emptying the dry cement into the plastic bag (by keeping it slow, you eliminate the excess dust) and then adding the directed amount of water to the mix in the plastic bag. Close the bag firmly with a strong strap and then mix the cement, water and optional color additives by simply rocking the bag forwards, backwards, and side to side to get a thorough mix. Prep your cement mold by spraying vegetable spray into the empty mold. Next, place the prepped mold onto a level surface (add a sheet of plywood for extra support) and slowly pour the wet cement into the mold. Gently wiggle the mixture around the mold and tap the sides to eliminate extra air bubbles. Let the mix set up over a few days before placing it into your garden and wait a week before walking on the stones.
Good morning, Kat.
That information is available through Billy Styles at Organic Plant Health Care. Please visit his website at http://www.organicplanthealth.com for more information. Thank you for watching the show and for your question!