The Outback Blog

You’ve got your new plants in the ground, your beds are looking great—but there’s one last decision to make: what do you put on top?

Mulch? Rocks? Or maybe just a layer of soil?

Let’s walk through the pros and cons of mulch vs. rock vs. soil for your planter beds and landscaping around the house — so you can make the best call for your yard.


Love a great-looking yard, but hate yard work?

We get it.

Not everybody loves spending weekends weeding, mowing, watering and tidying up flower beds.

It sure is nice to relax in a nice-looking backyard, though.

Say goodbye to the days of dreading yard work and hello to a beautiful, low-maintenance landscape that will leave your neighbors envious. These low-maintenance backyard landscaping ideas are designed to give you the stunning yard you desire without the hassle of constant upkeep.


5 Steps to Renovate Your Flower Beds

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Ever wonder why professionally landscaped flower beds look so great? 

Pros don’t cut corners. They take the time to properly prepare the planting bed before planting.

A few key steps to renovating plant beds guarantee success. Skip them and your bed won’t have that crisp, clean look and healthy, thriving plants.


That sparkling white blanket of snow sure is pretty, isn’t it?

But underneath it all, your grass is going through some stuff.

Chunks get torn out. Gravel invades its tender blades. Mice tunnel around, making themselves at home.

And it starts to crave a snack.

We can fix all of that.

Here’s how we can pretty up your lawn after a long winter.