The Golden State: Where & How to Live, Secure, Visit, Enjoy and Thrive in California

15 Basic Ways To Landscape Your Homepage

Modern swimming pools are inexpensive structures requiring a great deal of engineering skill. Whether you build your own or have it built, be sure the design is suitable for the location and your needs. Make certain your contractor is bonded to complete the job, and has enough experience to give you the pool you're paying for.

Then you will have made a lifelong investment in relaxation and greatly increased the value of your property.

Warning

HUNDREDS OF HOMEOWNERS are victimized daily by a few unscrupulous business concerns. Atomic fertilizers, as mentioned in the following news story, are only one of many ways in which public confidence is abused.

Neither will you be getting any bargains when the selling price is too low, as the grower is forced to ship second quality plant materials. It's the only way he can make a profit and stay in business at your expense.

Advertising that offers fantastic specials such as "Rose Bushes—four for one dollar," "Tulip Bulbs—30 for a dollar" or "Decorative Shrubs—five cents each," should be read with an extra grain of salt. Seldom do such bargain ads mention the size or true condition of the plants offered for sale. Just about the only thing certain is that this particular offer is the biggest bargain you will ever meet in a lifetime of landscaping. Fortunately most such ridiculous sales programs are also stopped by the F.T.C., in agreements such as this.

Seed catalogs create many a problem for the beginner. Every variety is described in glow ing terms, prices are so low, that often the amateur buys twice as much as he needs.

Your catalogs should be from reputable concerns, advertising in reputable publications. But before you order, determine what it is you really want.

Use your previously prepared plot plan ro list the size, shape and color of plants needed. Make the list complete before you write the order. Then when you read descriptions you can concentrate on practical information about plant materials for your special needs.

Important points you might consider before ordering are; Docs this material grow well in my soil? How will it resist the local weather conditions? Is the plant of mature, healthy stock?

Usually you get only what you pay for. And the true "bargains" are those plants which produce top quality results with a minimum of trouble and attention.