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Complimenting Your Outdoor Furniture With Rockscaping

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><img class&equals;" wp-image-6704 alignright" title&equals;"Complimenting Your Outdoor Furniture With Rockscaping" alt&equals;"Complimenting Your Outdoor Furniture With Rockscaping" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;medusamagazine&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2013&sol;08&sol;outdoor-furniture-300x184&period;jpg" width&equals;"270" height&equals;"166" &sol;>Rockscaping is the interesting idea of creating landscaped art using only rocks or rocks and only a few other items&period; Anyone can rockscapesimply by adding rocks and stones to current yard&period; While a rockscaped yard may look somewhat like a Zen rock garden&comma; it doesn’t have to include any sand&period; On the other hand&comma; a rockscaped area doesn’t have to include that many rocks&comma; either&period; It’s a very flexible concept that anyone can do&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>The Basics<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Rockscaping simply involves placing rocks in or around your flowerbeds&period; Some people use rocks to define the edges of their flowerbeds or gardens&period; These are usually fairly large rocks and once they’re set&comma; they’re rarely moved&period; If you have some large&comma; flat rocks&comma; you can use them to create a series of stepping stones or even stairs&period; Rocks can also be decorative—smaller ones can be placed in flowerbeds among your flowers to add a space between plants&period; You can also use small rocks instead of mulch to protect your flowerbeds against weeds&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Rocks as Furniture<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Using rocks as garden furniture may seem like an odd idea&comma; but it works&period; If you have some good-sized rocks that are fairly flat on top&comma; you can use them as seats or tables&period; One great idea is to surround a fire pit with large&comma; flat rocks&period; You can also use them to create a sort of outdoor amphitheater&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Surround Your Pool with Rocks<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">If you have a swimming pool&comma; you can decorate one part of it with rocks and pipe water up and through them to create a beautiful waterfall&period; Nothing will beat relaxing by the pool and listening to the water pour down and over the rocks&period; If you don’t have a pool&comma; you can do some rockscaping with small goldfish ponds and small fountains&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Replace Part of Your Yard<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">If you hate mowing your yard&comma; or if your yard is very small&comma; you may want to actually replace all of the grass with pebbles and other rocks&period; This gives an effect very similar to a Zen rock garden but without the sand&comma; which can easily get ruined and turn to mud when it rains&period; You can plant a few shrubs or flowers in amongst the rocks&comma; but another great idea is to place container gardens on your rockscaped area&period; You can move these containers around as often as you like&comma; changing how your flowers look&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Large Rocks Alone<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">You don’t have to cover your entire yard to simply place a few large rocks around in it&period; These giant rocks probably won’t be moved once their set&comma; so be sure you know exactly where you want them&period; You will need to be able to mow or at least use a weed eater around the edges of the rocks&comma; so be sure to select some that allow this&period; You might also need to wash them off occasionally&comma; so you might want to make sure they’re within reach of your garden hose&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Be Creative<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">There’s no right or wrong way to rockscape&period; Simply use your imagination and be creative&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Author Bio&colon; Emma Munton is an author and blogger from London&period; She often writes about outdoor entertainment and how Outdoor Furniture sets&comma; garden benches&comma; patio furniture &amp&semi; sun loungers can create the perfect environment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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