I really enjoy design. So, I particularly enjoy this particular part of the show, where we take photographs that you send in of your property and we look at ways that we can improve the landscaping. Now, today, we have a viewer from Salinas, California, named Karen, sending in a photograph of her house and what Karen would really like is color and low maintenance. I think those are two great objectives to try to achieve and let's see what we can come up with. Karen, what I like about your house is that it has a neutral color. So it's a great background for any color theme, and you have got a red-colored door. So, what I am thinking is let's play with whites and pinks for your color theme and hopefully that will be something that you will enjoy. Now, I think you have got an opportunity here to maybe create an entry here with a fence that might run across here. This could be just a low picket fence that would run to the corner. So, this would be pickets all along like this. You could put a gate here because you have your path. I would create a larger stone pad here. This could be a charming gate and wooden picket. Then what you might do along this edge to give yourself some room to get out of the car is plant this in lavender. That's a really easy perennial for you to grow there in Salinas. And then on this fence, what if we grew New Dawn rose or White Dawn rose if you wanted to go with a white theme. Now, let's move from this hardscape, this idea of a fence going here and <b>...</b>
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