Thank you Lawn & Landscape Magazine

I wanted to post a special thank you to Lawn & Landscape Magazine for their recent October 2008 cover story titled "Reinvent Yourself, 15 ways to make your business profitable and sustainable in 2009".

Here is an exerpt from the article:
"14 Create an interactive Web site: Now Just Add Water is a Washington-based landscape business with a dynamic Web site, which includes a blog and an interactive feature called MYYARD. Here, customers can select from six styles of landscapes for full access to every minute detail of a design – once they receive a code from the company with their bid...." read more here

I really appreciate the recognition it has given Now Just Add Water and I am looking forward to growing our relationship with Lawn & Landscape in the future

Earth Hour 2008

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Expect More From Your New back Yard

It's more common now days for your new home builder to provide backyard landscaping, but what are you really getting? Grass, Bark and a couple of evergreens. I'm sorry, but that doesn't sound too exciting to me. It seems like no matter how nice the new home is or expensive it might be, the back yard experience is the same. At Now Just Add Water, we give you options. Options you can see first hand before buying. Don't except the term landscaped backyard without knowing what your getting. Ask your builder if you can have something designed for the same price. You should be able to get nice shrubs, beautiful perennials, maybe some nice ornamental grasses.

Take a look at these designs.













This could be yours if you just asked for it. Just ask your builder to buy a Now Just Add Water plan for your back yard at the time of purchase.

Don't Make Gardening to Hard on Yourself

When I first started landscaping, it seemed so complex. So many options and styles to choose from. But after landscaping for myself for many years I discovered a formula that has helped my garden take off. I stopped using bark for my beauty beads and I started using organic compost as my top dressing. Wow, what a difference. Not only do I not have to fertilize which saves money, but my plants have taken off. I use compost from Cedar Grove Compost in Maple Valley Washington, but I am sure there are many sources out there just like them.

I can say enough how easy it has made my life and I love the dark color that doesn't fade like bark does. I like to use this new product that they have, it's call Northwest Garden Mulch. It's a 50/50 bark/compost blend. The bark makes it spread a bit easier and it gives it a nice texture. Let me know if you have some great tricks for making your garden grow and simplifying your chore.