The Outback Blog

Sometimes, one word is all it takes to put you in a bad mood: 

Taxes. Blizzard. Weeds.

If you close your eyes, you can imagine your great new outdoor kitchen, right?

A gleaming grill, sleek countertops, an inviting patio with plenty of seating. Maybe a pergola overhead, strung with twinkling white lights. 

Listen, and you can almost hear the sound of your steak fajitas sizzling. Yum.

If you’ve been hanging out here with us at all, you know it’s not a question of IF you need mulch. You absolutely do, and we’ll remind you more about why in a bit.

Nothing brings people together outdoors like a fire pit.

The evening seems luxuriously longer. Chill? What chill?

Then somebody breaks out the marshmallows, chocolate bars and graham crackers.

It doesn’t get much better than this.

Here are 6 important things to consider before adding a fire pit to your landscape:

It’s easy to take water for granted.

There it is, always ready when we need it, flowing from our faucets and spraying out over our green lawns.

Too bad we’re wasting a lot of it, for no good reason.

Experts at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimate as much as 50 percent of water used for landscape irrigation is wasted.