Ok think 10x14ft. dirt lot completly surrounded by a fence. It is the backyard of a tiny condo. Need to sell, and I'm totally uninspired. Please inspire me. I really need the Design on a Dime team!

perhaps it would be easier to throw down some grass seeds. In a couple of weeks you should have some grass coming up.
Other than that...you will need to stage it. I'm not sure what you can stage a dirt lot for.
Good luck!

Lots of grass seed and maybe a couple smaller cheap bushes. Last year I got Hydrangreas (sp?) for $5 each.

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Well, buy a couple of huge planters (there are some really nice decorative foam ones that look like stone from a distance at Big Lots for around $14 each)

Fill them with potting soil and get some bright colored flowers like red geraniums or petunia wave, and plant them in the planters.

These should help!

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put crushed stone in the middle and mulch around the fence and some cheap plants. sometimes people with small back yards dont want alot of maintenance like grass. nancy

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I really like your ideas. I'm doing for my mom. The yard is more like 14x20. I have a few questions. I think I'll pretty much mulch & rock the entire yard. I plan to do a weed barrier and transplant a few perinnial shrubs & plants from my yard. I also plan on staining the plain wood fence and putting a bench and a rocking chair (from my yard)
My question is I have never really transplanted things from one place to another, so do any of you have any tips on transplanting? Can I move some mums now? I don't knkow the names of the other stuff I have. I have very little experience.

I wouldn't put much, if any grass in that size of an area. Try some 18 x 18 pavers to make a sitting area and path from the door and/or path to the back. Staining the fence is a great idea.

I use brown grocery bags as weed barrier. They work better than newspaper or the black fabric people pay for. Of course, it takes some planning to save them up. I overlap them to cover, then mulch.

As far as propagating, I do it all the time putting the plants in containers so I can "baby" them until they are viable for the ground. It's usually a couple of weeks for me and then when I dig out the hole, I first put in some top soil or potting mix (depending on what I got cheap) so the roots have a good, loose basis to take hold. Water well at the time of placement and then depending on your area, rain, and soil, probably every other day for a week or 2, then every 4 days, etc.

Make sure you have the proper equipment, go slow, and work safely.

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