Spring 5 | Sweeneys Custom Landscaping Inc

Purple flowers and green leafy plants grow beside an outdoor paved path. Tall grasses and white flowers are in the background, creating a lush garden scene.

7 Health Benefits of Gardening

The air wafted, sweet and warm, through the budding branches, over the greening grass, in and about the burgeoning Daffodils and delicate Crocus. The earth was softening, and the landscape was preparing to burst with color and life. Nature was beckoning us outdoors into her lovely, therapeutic realm. Amid the…

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St. Patrick’s Day Blessing

May God bless you from heavenMay you have flowers in your gardenMay your life be full of contentmentMay you live each day in the present.-Irish Blessing Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Kim Sweeney

Tall green grass and purple wildflowers in a sunlit garden, with a white house, another building, trees, and blue sky with clouds in the background.

The Healing Power of Green Spaces

Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, Spring ephemerals pushed through the remnants of snow, undaunted and assured, much like the human spirit, despite the tenuous and ambiguous environment. As we continue to face the uncertainty and fall out of the COVID pandemic, tensions remain high, and emotions fragile as…

Close-up of brown wood mulch pieces, showing rough, fibrous texture and small wood chips. The image focuses on the mulch, with details of individual splinters and fragments visible.

Mulch! You Need It! You Want It! You Gotta Have It!

Islands of snow floated atop the landscape as grass and plants began to reveal themselves, as if waking and stretching from a long, deep slumber. March has thus far been a lamb, and although not out of the woods, Spring seems possible and near. Along with Spring Clean Ups and…

A close-up of pink cherry blossoms and buds on a branch, with reddish-brown leaves and a blurred green background.

Spring Clean Ups: Important First Steps

Like a receding glacier, Winter began to wither and melt, leaving behind a scarred and battered landscape. Its tenuous grasp was loosening, and its legacy becoming more apparent, but March would surely deliver us unto Spring. Spring officially arrives March 20th, and Winter will be nothing more than a distant,…

A backyard garden with a curving grassy path, bordered by green shrubs and trees, leading to a white house with green roof and windows. Another house is partially visible in the background under a clear blue sky.

Finding Your Way: Creating a Garden Path

Through the clotted and frothy clouds, a blue fissure had appeared, providing a passageway in which the sun could traverse, and we stretched and reached for her warmth. Garden paths can be purely aesthetic, functional or both. They can be invitations to the garden visitor to explore the landscape or…

A wooden dock extends into a calm lake at dusk, with a dark treeline in the background and a gradient sky shifting from deep blue to pale yellow near the horizon.

Got Water?

The water was utterly still, glass-like, and the deepening sky reflected off its surface as the fog rose slowly and tumbled towards the shore. The water made not a sound as the wind fizzled to a whisper, and the lake and the sky and the shore seemed as one, devoid…

Three large rocks are placed on soil among green shrubs and a small tree, with a wooden fence in the background.

Go Big, Go Bold with Landscape Boulders

The wind swirled and roiled, ratting each leaf and limb. Petals littered the ground like confetti while catkins rained down like ticker tape. The landscape seemed almost celebratory in the wake of another building storm. Nature is dynamic and adept at change. Plants come and go with the changing seasons….

Clusters of cherry tomatoes in various stages of ripeness, from green to red, grow on leafy branches against a blurred background.

10 Steps for Starting a Vegetable Garden

Huddled on the horizon, the clouds charged eastward, colliding and tumbling over one another as they stacked up to frightening heights. The game was afoot, and the storm was upon us. COVID-19 has been looming like a dark cloud, and has changed the way we live and work. …

Tall, golden reeds sway in the wind under a clear blue sky, with sunlight highlighting the feathery tops; distant trees are faintly visible on the horizon.

Add Movement, Sound & Texture with Ornamental Grasses

She speaks in whispers and lullabies, and dances in the wind. She tempers the hardened, and fortifies the precarious. She is beauty, power, humility and grace across the seasons. She is Ornamental Grass. Ornamental Grasses are truly versatile. They can add height, texture, color and year round interest. They can…

Mulch: Why, What, How & When?

A cacophony of bird songs filled the trees and permeated the air, serenading each bud and bloom in Spring’s warming embrace. Sleepy tulips sprouted forth, bravely stretching towards the vernal sun. The landscape was stirring, and our souls awakening in its midst. Along with Spring Clean Ups and Lawn…

Close-up of vibrant blue flowers growing among green leaves and dried brown leaves outdoors, with more blue flowers filling the blurry background in a field under sunlight.

5 Easy Ways to Celebrate Earth Day

Sloughing off the final olive-drab layers, a sapphire carpet of Spring ephemerals unfurled as the Redbud’s ethereal blooms cast a cheery glow unto the scene. Swelling buds and nodding Daffodils dotted the landscape as the grass grew green and lush. Nature was fully engaged. It’s no coincidence that we…

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