How To Create A Backyard Oasis

Today's home owner is all about making his or her home his or her "castle". This includes the outside of the home too. Today, as we have more leisure time more and more people are spending this leisure time enjoying the pleasures of their own backyards. Money spent landscaping is money well spent. Today's home buyers are savvy and they are looking for a well manicured lawn and a well thought out and appealing landscape. This can be the deciding factor when people are choosing a home. It's also true that with the price of gasoline and travel going up that more and more families are spending time at home. This makes the planning and landscaping of the backyard even more important. The backyard is the place where we can relax and where we can gather with family and friends to enjoy socializing.

Backyard landscaping has come into it's own. Patio's and decks are more popular than ever and are treated like extra rooms. Many homeowners add patio covers and deck awnings to make these areas more usable. A patio cover can give you needed shade during the heat of the day, and an awning placed above a patio or deck not only keeps the heat off but also protects from rain.

Patio furniture manufacturers are keeping up with this trend and they are offering furniture in dozens of different designs styles. You can choose wrought iron patio furniture from quality manufacturers like Meadowcraft and O.W. Lee in classic and contemporary styles. For those who want the look of wrought iron patio furniture without the weight the perfect answer is cast aluminum patio furniture. Manufacturers like Tropitone, Mallin, and Hanamint offer cast aluminum patio sets in a wide array of styles and finishes.

Gas grill manufacturers such as Weber, Vermont Castings, Char-Broil, Broilmaster, Fiesta, and Ducane are adding more and more features to their top of the line stainless steel gas grills. You can purchase a gas grill with side burners and a built in rotisserie and refrigerators.

Homeowners are also spending more time doing their own lawn care and growing their own vegetables. Some prefer organic methods of lawn care and gardening. Organic lawn care is really very easy to do with some basic rules, as is organic gardening. Raised bed and square foot gardening are two very good ways to garden organically and these types of garden beds also are attractive and can also be incorporated into your backyard landscaping with ease.

Since we're spending much more time out of doors we also need a place to store our patio furniture and lawn and garden supplies. A lot of homeowners find their garages become so full of lawn mowers, rakes, shovels, hoses and bags of dirt, grass seed and fertilizer that they can barely squeeze their cars in. A garden sheds or a storage shed is the perfect answer. They come in a vast array of sizes and styles so that you can find the perfect one which be easily incorporated into your backyard landscaping. These sheds are perfect for winter storage of your patio sets and for regular storage of your lawn mower and gardening supplies.