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Description
Curb appeal is the attractiveness of your home's exterior when viewed from the street. Learn why it's important and how to enhance your home's curb appeal from the professionals at Trio Landscaping.
A
A
Because
you
are
all
here
for
curb
appeal,
correct
all
right,
wonderful,
well,
I
am
Dianna
grenadine
I
am
the
owner
and
landscape
designer
with
trio
landscaping.
Talking
with
you
today.
Why
would
I
be
here
talking
to
you?
Well,
because
I
am
a
landscape
designer.
Therefore,
I
know
a
little
bit
about
what's
going
on
with
curb
appeal:
what
are
we
and
how
do
we
apply?
That,
though,
we're
a
consultation,
design
and
project
management
service?
So,
if
it
happens,
outdoors
I
have
an
opinion
about
it.
A
People
usually
here
landscaping
and
they
think
that
that
only
means
that
people
are
going
to
come
out
and
talk
about
mowing
their
lawn
or
talk
about
putting
some
plants
in
that
is
not
true.
It
is
so
much
more
than
that.
Curb
appeal
is
the
attractiveness
of
the
house
and
the
land,
as
it
is
viewed
from
the
street.
So,
yes,
mowing,
your
yard
is
important.
A
Yes,
having
a
few
pretty
flowers
out
there
to
let
people
know
that
it's
spring
is
going
to
be
important
as
well,
but
there's
so
much
more
to
that
as
well.
Curb
appeal
certainly
can
be
done
by
the
walkways.
Here.
We
have
a
walkway
in
the
upper
corner.
That
was
your
standard
sidewalk.
You
can
see
they
have
it
all
ribboned
off,
because
they'd
already
started
attacking
it
with
a
sledgehammer.
A
They
have
a
sledgehammer
party
to
say
goodbye
to
their
sidewalk
I
thought
that
was
so
fun
because
it
just
didn't
do
anything
for
their
front
yard
as
soon
as
we
gave
them
a
much
more
interesting
sidewalk,
which,
if
you'll
notice
it's
in
the
same
location
and
it's
still
straight
to
the
front
door.
But
what
did
we
add
to
it?
We
added
a
little
patio.
A
We
redid
some
of
the
grading,
so
that
way
it
worked
better
for
their
drainage
around
their
house,
but
it's
that
little
patio
that's
right
up
at
the
front
that
gave
it
a
lot
of
curb
appeal
as
well
doesn't
hurt
to
have
a
nice
little
arbor,
that's
over
it.
That
gives
them
some
great,
curb
appeal
and
different
types
of
architecture
from
the
front,
but
it
also
gives
them
some
more
interesting
views
as
they're
sitting
on
their
little
patio
and
staring
at
one
of
the
lovely,
concrete
walls
that
are
put
up
along
freeways.
A
That
really
is
their
view
that
they
get
to
see
from
the
others
as
well.
How
many
people
would
much
rather
have
the
bigger
yard
than
the
smaller
little
inset
before
picture?
Yeah
that'd
be
great
here.
We
also
did
do
a
lot
of
stuff
down
along
the
boulevard
with
adding
in
different
plant
materials.
Some
different
rocks
things
that
are
going
to
be
sustainable.
What
is
the
word
sustainable?
It
means
that
it
can
grow
there.
It
wants
to
grow
there.
It
has
the
right
attitude
to
grow
there
with
less
maintenance.
A
Instead
of
you
forcing
a
round
peg
in
a
square
hole
type
of
an
idea.
This
is
some
other
shots
from
up
inside
the
yard.
We
reduce
the
amount
of
lon
in
this
particular
space
as
well,
because
lon
is
a
lot
of
maintenance
and
that's
not
what
the
homeowner
necessarily
wanted
to
see.
They
wanted
to
see
more
color,
more
interest
and
more
texture
with
the
plant
material,
so
we
minimize
that
lon
and
we
maximize
the
amount
of
planting
space
that
also
gave
them
another
layer
of
curb
appeal
that
works
out
very
well
for
them
all.
A
These
plant
materials
are
kept
lower
because
the
style
of
the
house
being
the
Rambler
house,
is
also
kept
lower.
So
a
lot
of
these
ideas
we're
going
to
share
some
bigger
stuff
that
we've
already
gone
through
and
we've
shared
with
other
people
because
really
I
can
say
a
lot
of
nice
words.
But
unless
you
see
it,
you
see
how
its
applied
it
might
not
stick
well
with
you,
so
we're
showing
you
things
that
have
been
done.
A
Here's
another
one
for
front
walkways.
This
is
a
little
bit
different
style
house.
This
is
what
some
people
consider
a
one-story
one-story
walk
out
type
idea
where
you
have
the
big
garage
that
comes
out
front,
and
then
you
have
the
doorway.
That's
set
very
far
back
how
many
of
you
might
have
a
house
like
that?
A
The
front,
though,
also
has
a
lot
of
other
plant
material
that
go
around
that
particular
space
again,
helping
give
it
some
more
curb
appeal,
help,
giving
it
more
depth
and
texture
in
that
area
and
I
can
see
that
today's
lighting
is
watching
these
pictures
out
a
little
bit
more
because
they
look
really
great
on
my
presentation
on
that
computer
here.
So
I
do
apologize
it
such
a
nice,
bright,
sunshiney
lots
of
snow
reflects
in
the
room
kind
of
day,
here's
another
one.
This
is
a
different
style
of
architecture.
A
This
one
is
a
little
bit
more
custom.
We
have
a
nice
gray,
a
frame
to
the
front
of
it.
The
door
is
up
and
tucked
back
and
the
garage
is
in
line
with
the
house.
How
many
of
you
have
styles
that
are
more
like
this
little
bit:
okay,
probably
not
the
big
a-frame,
because
this
is
something
more
unique
to
this
particular
homeowners
construction.
A
But
what
we
did
is
we
took
that
curb
appeal
now
and
we
wrap
that
driveway
that
comes
up
along
the
side
and
we
gave
it
a
really
nice
great
grand
walkway
that
comes
up
to
this
door.
That's
tucked
way
off
to
the
side
that
type
of
curb
appeal
gives
you
a
nice
welcoming
to
your
guests,
your
friends,
your
family
and
hey.
How
about
yourself,
you're
welcomed
home
every
day
by
this
great
walkway?
That
leads
you
to
your
front
door
now.
A
I
have
to
admit:
there's
a
secret
second
intention
with
this
particular
design,
because
it
is
a
quite
a
long
driveway
that
they
have
here
this
very
wide
portion
to
the
side,
walk
over
this
direction.
There's
my
shadow
that
actually
works
as
a
place
that
the
homeowner
can
back
up
into
and
turn
around
to
drive
out
of
their
driveway.
A
We
put
great
function
into
something
that
looks
really
great.
How
wonderful
is
that?
How
many
of
you
would
like
a
place
to
turn
around,
so
you
didn't
have
to
back
out
of
your
driveway
every
day.
Sometimes
it
gets
a
little
scary,
especially
with
the
snow
mount
so
tall
right
now
and
the
bed
lines
that
are
created
along
a
landscape.
A
lot
of
people
want
to
bring
in
curves.
They
want
to
create
something
down
along
that
driveway,
but
this
just
doesn't
work.
How
many
people
can
see
that
that
just
doesn't
work?
A
A
Really
is
not
the
easiest
thing
to
maintain
and
just
think
about
it
right
now,
if
you
hit
it
with
your
snowblower,
where
those
rocks
go
just
just
saying
it's
not
one
of
my
favorites,
so
picking
the
right
kind
of
bed
lines
that
can
really
draw
and
emphasize
that
curb
appeal
and
find
the
front
door,
which
does
happen
to
be
hidden
behind
that
lovely
screen
of
concrete
decorative
block.
That's
there
it
can.
It
certainly
can
lead
to
something
like
that.
So
this
is
just
one
of
those
police.
Don't
do
those
types
of
things.
A
Let's
look
at
some
other
fun
stuff
that
works
out
even
better.
So
this
is
the
before
that's
up.
Here
we
had
a
lot
of
1970s
geometric
lines,
railroad
ties
how
many
of
you
have
railroad
ties.
Okay,
I've
talked
to
a
number
of
people
here
today
that
have
already
told
me
about
their
railroad
tie
stories
and
how
they
have
to
come
out,
but
he
tried
they
had
this
little
shrub,
that's
over
here
on
the
corner.
A
Then
they
have
a
few
day
lilies
in
the
middle
and
a
few
hostas
on
the
end
they
tried
to
put
some
interest
some
color,
some
texture
into
the
front
of
their
house.
They
tried
to
keep
it
low
with
their
Rambler
style
homes.
So
that
way
the
landscaping
was
working,
but
the
bed
lines
just
really
weren't
working
for
them.
So
what
we
ended
up
doing
is
yes,
we
took
took
out
their
sidewalk
and
we
gave
them
a
bigger
sidewalk
as
well.
That
was
on
their
to-do
list.
A
It's
not
just
my
idea,
I
like
the
idea,
but
it's
their
idea
too.
We
did
widen
that
out.
So
that
way
they
have
room.
He
likes
to
use
this
Bobcat
to
remove
snow.
So
we
had
to
make
sure
that
it
was
seven
feet
deep,
so
his
bobcat
fit
on
there
so
making
sure
that
things
fit
your
maintenance
needs
as
well.
If
you
don't
have
a
seven
foot
wide
Bobcat,
then
maybe
that's
not
the
intention
to
make
your
sidewalk
that
big.
But
if
you
want
bigger
free-flowing,
you
want
some
space
to
add
some
extra
chairs.
A
This
is
great.
This
is
where
they
have
shade
in
the
afternoon
and
they
can
actually
sit
out
and
enjoy
part
of
their
landscape.
So
they
did
want
some
space
out
here
as
well.
So
we
created
a
nice
curving
line
that
goes
through
there,
and
then
we
added
some
plant
material.
We
added
some
lighting
and
we
also
added
a
water
feature,
a
bubbling
Boulder,
and
that
is
sitting
right
over
here
out
the
front
door.
A
So
your
curb
appeal
that
you're
putting
outside
so
people
can
enjoy
this
they're
coming
up
to
your
home
can
also
be
enjoyed
as
you're
in
your
home
and
looking
back
out
that
direction,
not
everything
needs
to
be
one-sided.
Landscaping
can
go
both
ways
as
well:
I,
here's,
some
more
plantings
and
another
home
like
this.
That
could
typically
be
found
here
in
the
suburbs
as
well.
A
This
one
had
a
beautiful
hedge
going
across
the
front
to
me
that
hedge
across
the
front,
sidewalk
on
the
outside
of
that
Sidewalk,
says,
don't
come
here.
I'm
a
very
private
person.
I
want
to
stay
back
here.
They
have
a
porch
that
they
can
sit
on.
It's
like
they're,
creating
their
own
little
room.
That's
not
necessarily
the
wrong
answer.
However,
if
it's
not
the
answer
for
you,
if
you
don't
want
to
be
hidden
behind
there,
you
don't
want
to
be
that
private
of
a
person
then
that
hedge
no
longer
fits
your
needs.
A
Well,
it's
very
mature,
yes
and
very
honestly,
those
glow
Barba
Vytas
do
want
to
be
four
or
five,
maybe
even
six
feet
tall.
They
need
to
be
trimmed
down
continually.
They
end
up
being
higher
maintenance
to
keep
them
smaller,
so
we
took
them
all
out
and
we
went
ahead
and
we
installed
so
much
shorter
plants.
These
are
little
forsythia
that
are
along
here,
they're,
going
to
get
three
feet
tall.
A
three
foot
tall
hedge
in
front
of
that
porch
along
that
Sidewalk
that
enters
the
home
is
much
more
comfortable
for
many.
A
Many
more
people
to
come
up
and
be
welcomed
to
that
home
because
it
doesn't
feel
like
they're
being
excluded
from
that.
Do
you
see
that?
Can
you
feel
that
do
you
get
that
vibe?
Would
you
rather
have
the
tall
hedge
and
be
private,
or
would
you
rather
have
it
be
more
open
and
be
able
to
sit
on
your
porch
and
enjoy
the
street?
Many
more
people
are
finding
that
to
be
true
as
well.
So
that's
another
way
that
we
can
create.
Curb
appeal
is
just
making
sure
that
our
entry
ways
are
more
open
and
welcoming.
A
We
didn't
change
a
lot
with
the
land
that
was
here
the
artists
slightly
sloped,
fairly
flat.
We
just
redid
some
of
the
plantings.
We
didn't
change
the
bed
lines,
a
ton
I
didn't
make
them
a
new
sidewalk.
We
worked.
What
was
there
and
yet
the
home
has
a
whole
lot
more
curb
appeal.
We
didn't
even
repeat
it:
I
can
get
crazy,
I
tell
ya
big
or
small.
The
types
of
bed
lines
that
are
up
near
your
front
door
because
your
front
door
really
is
the
main
focus
when
it
comes
to
curb
appeal:
the
front
door.
A
Is
your
welcoming
spot?
It's
the
whole
point
of
having
one.
Some
people
do
hide
it
because
they
don't
want
to
be
welcoming
that's
their
style
of
architecture
but
for
the
most
part,
traditional
Minnesota
architectures,
to
have
that
front
door,
be
the
center
the
focal
point,
and
to
do
that,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
our
I
leads
us
there.
We
can
do
that
with
beds
that
are
big
or
small.
So
here
the
the
door
is
tucked
back
from
the
garage
again
we
have
a
wide
arcing
sidewalk,
this
one's
only
four
and
a
half
feet
wide.
A
So
it's
not
huge,
but
it's
definitely
wide
enough
to
be
comfortable,
but
we
left
that
bed
that
landscape
bed.
We
brought
that
out.
So
it
comes
out
deeper
than
the
garage
and
it
helps
bring
some
better
balance
between
the
garage
itself
and
that
tucked
back
front
entryway
and
we
added
some
other
smaller
plant
material
in
there
plus
we
have
this
really
great
little
tree.
This
is
a
little
hydrangea
tree.
A
Okay,
first
of
all,
these
start
out
as
being
shrubs
on
a
stick,
doesn't
really
look
like
he
has
much
of
a
trunk
he's
on
a
stick,
but
that
plant
is
really
going
to
get
to
be
about
six
to
maybe
eight
feet,
big.
That
is
going
to
be
one
of
the
other
focal
points
that,
as
you're
coming
here,
you're
going
to
look
at
that
tree.
First
then
you're
going
to
see
the
front
door,
that's
guiding
you
up
to
that
front.
A
That
is
creating
that
welcoming
curb
appeal
from
their
second
purpose
for
that
plant
that
set
of
windows.
That's
right
behind.
There
gets
all
the
headlights
through
it
because
they're
on
just
enough
of
a
curve,
so
guess
what
that
hydrangea
tree
is
also
going
to
do
as
it
grows.
It
creates
an
outdoor
curtain
that
doesn't
look
like
it
blocks
everything,
but
yet
it's
put
in
the
right
place.
So
how
awesome
is
that
kind
of
curb
appeal
to
not
see
the
headlights
come
down
your
street
all
the
time?
A
Just
because
you
put
the
right
plant
in
the
right
place
and
you
found
one
that
wasn't
going
to
get
too
big,
because
if
we
put
a
full-size
tree
in
there,
that
was
going
to
be
too
much
for
those
homeowners
and
it
would
also
grow
up
and
then
it
would
be
poking
you
in
the
head,
as
you
walked
up
the
sidewalk
and
it
wouldn't
fit
right
anymore
and
it
wouldn't
serve
the
right
purpose.
So
we
found
one
shorter,
the
other
one,
that's
down
here
at
the
bottom.
A
Look
at
how
cute
and
small
that
little
front
entry
is
it's
really
it's
all
of
maybe
five
feet
deep.
It
doesn't
really
have
a
front
sidewalk.
But
to
give
this
more
curb
appeal,
we
created
some
leading
lines
up
into
that.
To
draw
your
eye
up
to
that
very
front.
Boxy
house.
It
has
boxy
posts,
it
has
a
boxy
railing
across
the
front
of
it,
but
that
simple
curve,
as
you
see
it
from
the
street,
is
welcoming
and
inviting.
A
We
match
that
with
a
very
slight
curve
coming
in
with
some
very
simple
plantings,
because
this
is
in
a
much
tighter
neighborhood.
So
we're
balancing
the
amount
of
space,
that's
their
lawn,
was
a
bigger
priority
for
them
as
well
and
making
sure
that
they
didn't
stand
out
too
much.
They
didn't
look
too
different
from
all
the
neighbors
aspects
of
landscaping
as
well,
but
we
really
stepped
it
up
with
just
by
changing
out
their
little
sidewalk.
That's
there
how
many
people
see
that
Sidewalk
is
a
utility
item?
A
How
many
people
see
it
as
a
point
of
interest
and
change
and
the
opportunity
to
do
something
really
great
yeah,
it
really
can
be
color.
Color
is
another
way
that
we
can
add
a
lot.
Do
you
remember
me
saying
something
about
pretty
flowers
most
of
the
time
those
are
going
to
be
hit
in
big
beds
of
annuals?
Why?
Because
annuals
bloom
all
summer
long,
the
whole
purpose
of
you
to
buy
them
every
year
is
because
every
year
you're
going
to
have
a
fresh
plant
with
that
wonderful
excitement
and
energy.
A
That
says,
I
want
to
bloom
for
you.
That
is
my
whole
purpose
and
the
more
you
deadhead
it
and
take
away
the
ones
that
it
already
did.
It
says
oh
I
got
to
put
that
back.
Oh
I
have
to
make
another
bloom
for
you:
I,
don't
want
to
run
out.
Plans
really
do
get
that
excited.
Annuals
do
great,
so
this
lower
one
has
a
bed
of
petunias
that
are
down
here
now.
This
homeowner
I
have
to
admit
this
was
her
goal.
A
She
wanted
a
place
that
she
could
go
ahead
and
get
three
to
five
flats
of
petunias
and
put
it
in
there
to
make
this
particular
bed
every
year.
Now,
how
many
of
you
does
that
sound
like
too
much
work?
Yep,
that's
okay!
It
sounded
like
a
lot
of
work
to
me
too,
but
that
was
her
goal
and
her
ideas.
She
doesn't
that's
wonderful.
The
other
homeowner
over
here
said
no
I
have
a
couple
of
pots
that
some
things
in,
and
that
makes
me
happy.
A
A
Nobody
knows
you
didn't
do
your
front
landscaping,
except
for
maybe
you're,
really
good
girlfriend
when
she
comes
over
and
she
says
hey
what
happened
to
your
pot,
you
don't
have
to
admit
anything,
don't
know
it's
not
there
didn't
do
anything,
so
she
plants
just
a
few
pots
of
annuals
that
are
out
there
that
she
can
also
change
out
seasonally.
That
gives
are
a
great
opportunity.
However,
we
played
a
lot
with
the
different
types
of
shrubs
that
are
in
here
to
give
her
color
and
interest
okay.
So
we
have
the
curvy
bed
lines.
A
We
making
sure
that
the
door
can
be
seen
in
both
occasions,
but
we're
really
pulling
the
pops
of
color
so
over.
Here
we
have
some
low
junipers.
This
is
a
gold
juniper,
that's
down
here,
that's
only
going
to
get
to
be
about
18
inches
tall
and
it's
going
to
continue
to
fill
in
that
area.
We
have
some
barberries.
These
are
the
crimson
pygmy
barberries
have
that
bright,
burgundy
color
and
against
that
really
nice,
natural
cedar
mulch
both
of
those
pop
very
well.
In
the
background
we
have
Annabelle
hydrangeas.
A
Okay,
this
picture
is
taken
in
July
when
they're
in
beautiful
full
bloom.
So
you
have
that
nice
big
white
ball
of
color
in
more
shade,
though
it
will
be
more
trio,
green
lime,
green
trio,
green
I,
like
tria.
We
also
have
some
estill
bees
that
are
back
there
as
well.
Those
also
bloom,
there's
different
varieties
summer
bloom
in
June,
some
Oh
bloom
in
July,
some
of
them
in
August.
We
can
pick
perennials
perennials
are
the
ones
that
come
back
year
after
year
for
a
number
of
years,
not
forever.
A
Everybody
needs
a
little
bit
of
work,
but
they're
going
to
last
you
a
very
long
time.
Typically,
you
can
get
perennials
to
not
have
to
do
anything
with
them
for
a
good
ten.
Maybe
fifteen
years
before
you
maybe
want
to
dig
them
up,
divide
them
a
little
bit,
move
them
around
and
refresh
their
roots.
Sometimes
they
don't
even
need
that,
but
this
becomes
very
low
maintenance.
A
On
the
other
end,
she
is
a
little
magnolia
tree
that
she's
been
trying
to
get
growing
in
there
for
a
number
of
years,
and
it
is
working
with
her
so
we're
giving
her
some
patients
on
that.
That's
going
to
get
to
be
about
six
feet
tall
and
bring
some
better
balance
to
that
landscape.
Balancing
out
the
architecture
was
important.
There
is
no.
C
B
A
A
Wood
mulch
does
need
to
be
refreshed
because
it
does
decompose,
it
does
add
natural
nutrients
back
into
the
soil,
exactly
doesn't
heat
up.
So
that
is
a
very
good
point
as
well.
The
difference
between
the
two,
though
most
people
are
going
to
not
put
a
barrier
between
wood,
mulch
and
the
soil.
For
the
reason
I
just
mentioned
it's
going
to
break
down
it's
going
to
add
nutrients,
it's
going
to
become
its
own
organic
matter.
So
for
those
of
you
that
think
that
weed
fabric
is
great,
no
take
a
look
at
it.
A
Pull
it
out,
see
how
much
of
the
weed
roots
are
in
your
fabric.
Now
that
made
it
for
really
easy
composting
or
disposal
right
there.
You
do
have
to
throw
it
away.
It's
not
compostable,
but
you
can
use
a
lot
of
news
paper
and
cardboard
if
you
find
that
your
native
soil
has
a
lot
of
weeds
in
it
to
help
suppress
that
rock.
On
the
other
hand,
we
don't
want
it
to
come
into
contact
with
the
soil
sooner.
So
we
do
continue
to
use
things
like
a
heavy
landscape,
plastic
and
sometimes
landscape
fabric.
B
A
A
A
A
No
right
now,
we've
not
seen
if
you're
using
your
standard,
startribune
pioneer
press,
the
regular
sections,
not
the
add
sections,
because
they
do
use
different
types
of
inks
in
there
we
haven't
seen
any
adverse
effects
into
it
and
it
does
going
to
last
two
to
three
years
as
your
mulch
is
breaking
down.
Your
newspaper
is
breaking
down
and
you
can
get
back
to
another
good
point
to
continue
going
or
you
just
continue
to
top
dress
mulch
over
that
newspaper
and
know
that
you
had
suppressed
that
initial
set
of
weeds.
A
That
are
there
because
weeds
are
everywhere
they're
in
your
soil
and
then
you
go
to
dig
it
up
and
you
found
a
weed
that
was
way
down
there
and
now,
as
soon
as
it
came
within
the
top
few
inches.
Now
it
wants
to
grow.
Now
is
it's
time
to
shine.
So
those
are
all
very
good
questions
and
very
applicable
for
making
things
lower
maintenance
as
well.
A
I
do
have
wood
mulch
in
this
particular
landscape
and
I
have
rock
mulch
in
the
lower
landscape
and
a
lot
of
that
had
to
do
with
what
the
homeowners
needs
were
and
what
their
maintenance
aspects
were,
the
bottom
one.
We
have
landscaping
all
the
way
around
the
house.
The
smallest
portion
of
the
bed
is
six
feet
deep,
the
largest
portion
of
the
bed
there
got
to
be
22
feet
deep
with
plantings
and
stuff,
underneath
the
deck
and
all
that
other
stuff,
so
that
worked
out
best
for
them.
A
Yes,
they
do
find
on
occasion
that
they
need
to
go
out
there
and
take
your
vinegar
in
your
salt
and
spray
weeds,
Mon
sado
doesn't
own
vinegar
and
salt,
so
they
want
you
to
think
that
rock
roundup
is
the
only
application
for
it.
You
can't
make
some
really
great.
Homemade
weed
killers
doesn't
kill
creeping
Charlie,
though
so.
A
A
As
you
can
see,
it
doesn't
do
a
number
on
breaking
down
that
plant
material
and
making
it
more
susceptible
to
the
acidity
that
is
in
the
vinegar.
So
that's
one
of
my
favorite
little
home
options,
creepy
and
Charlie
yeah
these
they
do
really
good
at
just
pulling
and
finding
those
threads
and
pulling
it
back.
There
was
another
product.
That's
out
there
called
trimac.
That
is
a
hose
end,
sprayer
application
that
if
you
apply
it
while
it
is
blooming
in
the
spring,
so
talk
about
finding
the
right
opportunity
in
the
right
window.
A
That's
when
it's
the
most
vulnerable.
You
can
go
ahead
and
you
can
knock
it
back
quite
a
bit
and
we
have
seen
that
on
a
number
of
occasions,
but
if
you
don't
get
all
of
it,
it
is
going
to
come
back
and
it's
going
to
fill
in
those
same
spaces
as
well.
However,
creeping
Charlie
isn't
as
bad
as
people
make
it
out
to
be
because
it
grows
in
the
shade
it
grows
in
areas
where
a
lot
of
other
plant
material
doesn't
want,
and
it
smells
nice
and
Mindy.
So
it's
just.
C
A
No
there's
there's
a
lot
of
those
plants
that
maybe
they
once
had
been
sold
than
they
realize
that
they're,
a
little
bit
more
aggressive
than
we
thought
nat
native
plant
material,
can
also
be
a
little
bit
more
aggressive
than
a
lot
of
people
say.
But
yet
we
want
natives
in
our
landscape.
We
want
to
add
a
lot
more
of
those
plants.
That's
a
whole
nother
talk
for
another
day,
though
people
I
can
go
on
and
on
about
that
as
well.
A
If
we
go
back
to
the
curb
appeal
aspect
of
it,
we
can
play
a
lot
with
grade
changes.
Grade
changes
can
happen
with
adding
little
retaining
walls
or
just
mounting
up
some
soil,
to
give
you
some
more
topography
in
your
front
yard,
because
really,
how
often
do
you
walk
out
and
mother
nature's
landscape
and
find
that
she
is
perfectly
flat?
A
Oh
she's,
little
hills
and
valleys
in
little
areas
of
interest,
so
by
adding
a
little
areas
of
interest
in
great
changes
in
the
right
spots
means
that
you
can
really
add
some
visual
interest
into
your
landscape.
So
this
area
here
right
around
these
little
dwarf,
winged
wanna,
miss
trees
there.
Another
type
of
shrub
on
the
stick,
we're
very
minnesota
state,
fair
style,
you
know,
show
up
on
a
stick.
A
A
Number
of
people
have
seen
this
in
many
of
the
the
Bloomington
Richfield
Minneapolis
areas,
because
they
have
such
a
steep
slope
that
the
only
thing
they
really
feel
they
can
do
is
put
in
retaining
walls.
That
is
absolutely
an
auction
and
then
there's
some
of
the
other
areas
where
maybe
there
is
a
slight
slope
to
it.
A
Here's
another
area
where
just
this
little
accent
wall
there's
a
little
bit
of
a
slope.
This
is
18
to
20
inches
tall
over.
Here
we
had
the
wall
that
had
to
come
along
the
staircase
as
well,
because
otherwise
you
see
the
edges
of
the
concrete
that
was
poured
I'm
going
to
say
70
years
ago,
but
that
little
wall
helps
set
off
that
yard
a
whole
lot
more.
A
A
This
one,
the
homeowner,
just
loves
and
I,
can
see
a
number
of
you.
You
guys
are
smiling
at
this
too.
I
love
it
just
gets
me
so
excited.
I
really
do
love
what
I
do
so?
I
love
sharing
it
as
well,
but
we
didn't
focus
on
having
the
lawn
be
the
main
part
of
it.
We
wanted
the
landscape
and
all
the
love
of
the
plant
material
to
be
the
main
focus
of
this.
Does
that
not
speak
great,
curb
appeal
to
you,
yeah,
it's
wonderful,
sometimes
lon
is
a
bigger
focus.
A
This
one
does
have
a
lot
of
lawn
and
we
created
some
nice
curvy
bed
lines
that
come
up
through
here.
This
is
one
of
my
newer
front
front
entry
ways
as
far
as
utility
and
purpose
how
many
of
you
have
dogs?
How
many
of
you
have
to
let
them
outside
into
the
yard
right.
Okay,
so
out
front
here
we
have
a
little
sitting
wall.
So
that
way
you
could
hang
out.
A
So
this
is
pea
gravel
out
in
the
front
yard,
which
is
really
what's
out
in
any
of
the
dog
parks
for
the
dog
to
go
in.
You
can
scoop
it
up.
Just
like
litter
box,
you
can
buy
a
new
bag
of
rock,
as
you
need
to
to
put
it
back
in
there
by
the
way,
don't
put
plastic
or
fabric
underneath
this
area
you
do
not
want
that
held
in.
A
You
want
to
be
able
to
hose
those
areas
down
as
needed
as
well,
but
this
adds
great
curb
appeal,
because
this
now
just
looks
like
a
part
of
the
landscape.
Unless
maybe
you
don't
clean
it
that
often,
then
it's
going
to
look
like
a
minefield,
but
when
you
do
keep
it
nice
and
clean
as
your
front
entry
now,
you
don't
have
yellow
spots
all
over
your
front
yard.
A
You
now
have
less
maintenance
to
take
care
of
that
grass
versus
occasionally
purchasing
a
new
bag
of
pea
gravel
to
replace
what
accidentally
got
cooped
up
in
your
clean
out
applications.
How
wonderful
is
that
not
only
they
don't
have
to
only
happen
out
the
front
door,
but
we're
doing
this
for
a
number
of
different
townhome
associations
in
different
places
in
other
areas,
for
homeowners
out
there
back
doors
as
well,
because
they
want
something
lower
maintenance
to
do
that.
A
This
one
just
happens
to
be
out
the
front
and
therefore
I
thought
it
fit
into
my
curb
appeal
very
nicely
how
many
of
you
guys,
like
that
idea
kind
of
want
your
your
neighbors
with
the
big
dogs
that
have
the
yellow
spots
all
over?
Maybe
they
should
get
something
like
that
feel
free
to
nominate
them.
It's
okay
throughout
here
we
also
did
have
a
nice
little
accent
wall.
On
the
other
side,
you
see
this
great
big,
beautiful,
ginkgo
tree.
That's
been
here
for
a
long
time.
It's
great
is
much
higher
than
the
house.
A
We
needed
to
keep
slope
coming
out
from
the
house
for
proper
drainage,
because
we
don't
want
to
encourage
water
sitting
in
the
foundation,
so
we
did
have
to
put
a
wall
that
faces
the
house
to
adjust
all
of
those
grades
back
there.
It
actually
kind
of
gives
it
a
nice
feature
in
place
with
some
of
those
grades
and
those
transitions
that
we
were
talking
about
before
as
well
front
gardens.
How
many
of
you
have
a
smaller
front
yard
that
you
just
don't
want
to
play
with?
You?
Don't
want
any
lon.
A
I
talked
about
lon
being
a
minimal
thing.
Now
it's
not
the
maximizing
thing.
Well,
this
particular
it.
You
can
see
the
edge
of
the
front
sidewalk
coming
a
lot
over
on
the
right
side
here
and
then
the
house
is
over
to
left.
We
took
out
all
of
the
grass
across
the
front.
There
isn't
any
left,
it
is
all
wood
mulch
in
here
we
have
blueberry
shrubs
that
are
being
established
because
how
many
people
love
to
eat,
blueberries,
they're,
tasty,
they're
super
tasty.
A
By
the
way
they
make
a
really
great
shrub,
that's
only
about
two
feet
tall
and
it
will
have
some
great
fall
color
to
it
as
well
nice.
So
we
have
those
growing
across
the
front
across
the
bottom.
We
have
some
different
ground
covers
that
are
in
there,
and
these
ones
are
time
because
everybody
needs
more
time
planted
in
their
yard.
That's
right!
I
am
just
that
punny
and
then
back
further.
All
of
these
walls
are,
by
the
way,
are
only
about
18
inches
tall
and
they
are
mortared
together.
A
So
that
way
you
can
walk
on
them
and
you
don't
have
to
worry
about
Wiggly
stones
or
anything.
So
that
way
you
can
come
in
and
pick
the
blueberries,
but
you
could
also
walk
on
the
time
if
you
needed
to,
but
from
the
back
side,
then
we
have
some
different
perennials
that
are
planted
in
there
and
among
those
perennials
are
also
planted
the
edibles.
So
we
have
basil,
we
have
some
oregano.
We
had
some
lettuce
and
some
different
things
that
are
planted
in
and
around
the
perennials.
A
So
that
way
you
have
an
edible
garden
right
out
your
door,
the
fence
line
that's
over
there.
That
actually
is
the
car
parking
area
because
she's
parking
in
her
front
yard.
You
don't
really
want
to
look
at
a
car
in
the
front
yard,
so
we
planted
that
up
with
she
had
some
different
squash.
We
also
have
some
honeysuckle
vines
so
that
way,
it'll
be
a
nice
longevity
and
attract
some
hummingbirds
and
some
other
things
that
are
in
there.
But
she
has
some
squash
and
some
other
things
growing
on
there
in
the
interim
as
well.
A
All
this
stuff
right
out
your
front
yard,
it
doesn't
have
to
be
saved
for
the
back.
It
can
make
some
really
great,
curb
appeal
and
some
different
ideas
as
well.
Of
course,
that's
how
it
looks
from
the
street.
We
had
to
create
a
little
space
that
was
kind
of
cool
from
the
front
as
well,
so
there's
that
Sidewalk
again
and
all
the
edibles
that
are
out
there.
A
But
then
we
also
made
this
great
patio
space,
that's
sitting
in
there
with
a
little
water
feature
for
some
more
ambiance,
so
they
can
sit
right
out
there
and
enjoy
all
of
their
herbs
and
be
able
to
pick
it.
How
many
people
want
that
want
to
go
home
to
that
right
now,
I
know,
I,
know
kind
of
a
trick
question
it
doesn't
have
snow,
but
that
is
such
a
great
way
that
we
can
make
our
front
yard
so
much
more
than
just
something.
A
Other
people
are
looking
at
something
so
much
more
than
just
a
couple
of
things
across
the
front.
We
can
make
our
front
yard
so
much
more
usable,
now
not
saying
that
we
have
to
go
quite
as
crazy
as
my
friend
Rosalind.
She
has
chickens
in
her
front
yard.
You
would
never
know
it
walking
down
the
street
though,
but
then
again
you
have
so
many
layers
of
landscaping
that
the
chickens
are
like
three
hedges,
deep
and
big
arbors,
and
you
can't
see
your
house
from
the
front,
but
it's
a
really
cool
landscape.
A
Water
features
are
another
thing:
I
touched
on
the
one
in
the
front
yard,
just
before
I
touched
on
the
one:
here's
a
close-up
of
that
bubbling
folder.
That
was
out
in
the
front
of
the
farmer's
house.
That
was
there,
and
this
is
a
close-up
of
this
water
feature.
That's
out
on
this
larger
piece
of
property.
We
have
a
larger
piece
of
property.
A
We
have
a
little
bit
more
room
that
we
can
play
with,
and
water
features
are
a
great
way
to
get
some
wonderful,
curb
appeal
not
only
from
the
visualization
of
the
water
running
down,
but
from
the
noise
and
I
use
that
in
the
best
way
possible
that
beautiful,
babbling
brook
noise.
That
happens
from
a
water
feature
can
be
so
welcoming
not
only
to
your
gasp
it
to
yourself
every
day
to
make
you
to
want
to
go
be
out
front
as
well.
So
those
are
a
couple
of
ways
that
we
can
play
with
it
there.
A
If
you
all
have
looked
up
any
of
my
information.
You
also
found
out
that
we
have
been
on
HGTV,
curb
appeal,
and
so
this
is
where
I
can
be
a
little
bit
more
than
just
a
landscape.
Designer
I
have
opinions
that
definitely
go
well
beyond
that,
so
I
can
be
as
opinionated
as
you
want
me
to
be
when
it
comes
to
being
outside,
and
we
started
with
a
house
that
really
people.
A
It
looks
so
great
if
we
look
at
it
on
the
computer
screen,
that's
here,
because
it
doesn't
look
nearly
as
dark
as
it
is
up
there
I'm,
usually
in
a
much
darker
room,
but
this
is
a
traditional
1970,
all
of
green
split
entry,
tuck
under
garage
with
shrubs
that
haven't
been
trimmed
or
maintained
in
probably
a
good
seven
years,
or
so
it
desperately
needs
a
new
walkway
approach.
You
come
up
the
stairs
like
a
robot,
then
you
got
to
turn.
A
Then
you
go
to
turn
again
to
be
able
to
get
to
the
front
door
kind
of
makes
you
a
little
dizzy
if
you're
bringing
in
any
groceries
just
to
let
you
know-
and
you
can't
really
even
see
the
front
door
from
here
as
I
mentioned.
Curb
appeal
for
me
is
really
making
sure
that
we
have
a
great
welcoming
appeal
right
up
to
that
front
door,
I'm
using
my
arrows
backwards.
So
what
we
did
is
we
took
all
the
landscaping
out.
A
I
know
just
a
little
bit
rebellious,
but
it
wasn't
really
working
for
us
and
worked
with
a
really
great
contractor.
Okay,
I'm
full
of
ideas
and
not
a
general
contractor,
just
want
to
say
that
up
front.
They
have
a
lot
of
ideas
and
I
have
a
lot
of
great
people
that
can
put
those
together.
So
the
homeowner
and
I
worked
with
the
general
contractor
to
say:
okay,
we
need
to
add
more
appeal
to
this
house,
because
this
front
entry
is
just
not
working
for
us.
A
We
want
to
bring
that
out
some
and
while
we're
at
it,
the
style
of
the
1970
house
was
just
a
little
bit
boring.
So,
let's
add
a
couple
of
Gables
to
dress
it
up.
So
that
way,
it's
going
to
look
like
a
better
appeal.
Look
better
style
of
house
in
this
neighborhood
as
well.
Yep,
that's
right!
The
landscape
designer
is
now
redecorating
houses.
It's
okay!
We
really
took
that
staircase
and
redid
that
a
lot
to
me,
I
just
said
yeah
we're
just
going
to
go
ahead
and
we're
going
to
curve
this
up
and
everybody's
faces.
A
When
really
that's
awesome,
we
never
thought
of
that.
Okay,
that's
great
to
me!
It's
like
that's!
That's
what
we
need
to
do!
This
is
what's
going
to
work
naturally
for
you,
so
I
love
being
able
to
be
that
point
of
inspiration
and
finding
those
things
that
just
are
going
to
work
out
really
really
well.
This
particular
picture
shows
the
back
of
the
house
where
we
were
trying
all
the
different
paint
colors.
A
So
we
could
find
the
right
one
because
Wow
the
husband
thought
he
had
two
different
shades
of
green
picked
on
that
house
already,
but
he
didn't
they
were
right
next
to
each
other
on
the
paint
sample.
You
can't
tell
once
you
get
it
up
on
the
house,
so
we
have
them
lining
out
all
different
shades
of
green
nice
sage.
Green
was
picked
wife's
like
okay
and
we'll
go
ahead
and
we'll
do
that
with
a
white
trim
right,
because
white
goes
with
everything.
No,
let's
just
do
an
ice
cream
that
will
help
bring
things
together.
A
White
doesn't
really
go
with
everything,
and
then
we
added
plant
material
and
curvy
bed
lines
low
plant
material
that
was
going
to
go
in
there
I
think
it
skipped
a
page,
though
no
didn't
well
it
mentally
skip
to
page,
because
we
know
needed
to
add
stone
to
the
front
of
the
house
and
other
things
before
we
can
get
to
all
of
these
great
plants.
But
the
landscaper
and
me
just
apparently
wanted
to
focus
right
on
the
plate
material.
Today,
in
here
lo
plant
materials
in
front
of
lookout
windows,
we
have
perennial
geranium.
A
This
is
also
known
as
cranesville
and
has
some
beautiful,
pink
flowers.
On
this
we
have
some
Russian
Cypress
or
the
microbiota
that's
down
in
here,
and
then
we
have
a
shorter
version
of
crimson
pygmy
Barbary.
That's
also
going
to
stay
much
lower
as
well,
so
some
really
nice
plant
material
and
then
we
have
a
cute
little
tree,
that's
over
here
in
the
corner
and
that
one
I
believe
is
our
apricot
or
a
pear
tree.
A
Sorry,
a
pear
tree
that
can
take
a
little
bit
more
shade,
but
that's
our
after
on
that
house
did
I
get
a
little
bit
over
opinionated
here,
no,
not
at
all
the
homeowner
loved
it
all
and
it
works
so
much
better
for
them.
The
cream
really
does
work
great
ok.
So
we
have
a
box
of
flowers
up
there
that
she
waters
as
she
opens
her
son's
bedroom
window.
So
it
is
maintainable
and
accessible
and
the
rest
are
all
perennials
that
are
through
there
and
shrubs
and
some
nice
new
fun
stuff.
A
B
A
They
don't
have
that
much
problem
growing
grass
underneath
their
tree,
which
was
kind
of
cool.
Some
people
do
have
issues
growing
grass
underneath
their
maple
trees.
So
here
it
is
again
with
the
Sun,
the
dappled
sun
coming
in
we
tied
in
that
there
was
an
addition.
That's
over
there
to
the
right.
We
tied
that
in
with
just
tying
the
architecture
points
in
as
well
and
bringing
the
stone
and
the
colors
over,
but
the
fun
part
was
really
that
entryway
and
having
that
nice
curved
sidewalk
come
up.
A
Homeowner
opted
not
to
have
a
railing
here
which
doesn't
work
for
everybody.
I
highly
suggested
one.
They
really
didn't
want
one
and
we
just
met
it
with
code
just
enough
landscaping
in
there
to
meet
that
space
with
code.
This
was
done
a
few
years
ago.
If
we
were
to
go
back
and
do
any
work
here,
they
do
believe
that
code
has
been
updated
and
that
they
might
require
railing.
I
suggest
to
have
a
railing.
Even
if
you
don't
think
you
need
it,
you
might
need
it
tomorrow.
A
You
just
sometimes
get
tired
or
you
get
slippery
so
I
just
to
bring
to
closing
here
that
reminding
you
that
landscaping
really
is
to
improve
the
aesthetic
appearance
of
a
piece
of
land
by
changing
it,
not
necessarily
just
by
mowing
it,
and
our
mission
here
at
trio.
Landscaping
is
to
express
the
vision
of
possibility
rooted
in
the
yards,
the
families
and
the
people
that
we
work
with.
So
thank
you
so
very
much
and
if
I
can
answer
any
other
questions
for
you,
I
would
be
happy
to.