Gardening and Landscaping

Hi guys, I was wondering where I can find such big rocks for the landscaping to make an impressive border. Please see attached photo....

5 June 27, 2015

My urban backyard is 22'x 40'. It's a no-grass natural garden look, lush with plant life. We are having a 5' high Frost chain-link fence installed on one side, soon. An easy choice, ...

13 June 19, 2015

I am going to build a new walkway along the side of the house, and had a couple of questions to ask. My plan is: 1. Dig 2. Put no-weed material first on the ground 3. Put 4 inch of pea gravel 4....

5 November 18, 2020

Hello, I'm looking to put a concrete slab in my backyard for a shed. I was wondering how much it would cost for a slab 8.5 x 8.5? The shed I'm looking at is about 8 x 7. Should I opt for s...

4 June 11, 2015

Hi, Currently, the ground around our house has a slight slope toward the foundation of the house, which is not optimal for drainage. An expert told us that a way to maximise drainage around the h...

2 April 21, 2016

We are building a deck - 52 feet x 16 feet and bolting the frame to our steel breakwall. Do we need our support posts going down 4 feet due to the frostline? (We live in Ontario, Canada)....

40 June 6, 2023

We have had basement flooding and have fixed the window well but now I need to fix the grade so that water flows away from the foundation. The area is mostly covered by pavers so I would remove and replace tho...

7 May 28, 2018

Hello, We are living in a semi detached house. We had most of the fence done but the guy cheated us by taking all the money but never finishing the fence. So the back door is not enclosed and the gate is...

5 November 6, 2019

I have and slap of between 40 to 60° area on my back yard, The dimensions are 7m (25') length x4m (13') deep x 2.3m (7') High. I calculate around 32 cubic meter of dirt ...

2 July 22, 2014

Something went wrong with my interlock project and I'm unsure if I have to restart (huge job) or if it will okay to finish. I excavated 12" for my patio then compacted the base (GA) ...

1 July 3, 2014

Hi there, I live in a remote northern Ontario community. I am planning on putting in a new friendly neighbour fence - 240 linear feet. I'll be using 4 foot x 8 foot bamboo panels in a picture frame ...

5 June 25, 2014

For some reason half of our plants in our front yard are dying or already dead and we can't figure out why?! With the grass, the garden is watered every other day and we've never had thi...

3 April 11, 2020

I feel so frustrated that consumers aren't protected by these bad contractors. He even said he had no problem if I forward my complaint to BBB as there's nothing they can do. Is that true? He mad...

4 June 7, 2014

Does the contractor that I hire to build my deck require a RBQ license?...

3 March 8, 2017

I want to tear up grass in back yard, in a small townhouse, and put down patio slabs. How much would something like this cost?...

2 June 3, 2014

I had a deck and small privacy fence built from the rear wall of my unit out 14'. I should mention it is a new construction. The fence required 3 posts, of which the middle post sank approximately 1&#...

5 June 1, 2014

I have started a landscape design job in Vancouver. I need some instructions on how to charge my clients. Thanks....

1 May 3, 2015

Backyard garden approx 25x20 sqft....

1 April 7, 2014

Im about to finish my landscape and I hit a snag, I got trees that I want to keep but the dirt around them got to go up about 12". Now is it possible to do without killing the trees, and how to d...

4 December 11, 2013

I tilled the soil to 5-6 cm. depth before laying it. I did not add starter fertilizer at the time. I made sure to give it sufficient water every day and it appeared to be doing very well until the end of Sept...

0 October 15, 2013