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1. Dress Up a Deck
Need more living space? Look outside. You can landscape a small backyard to add room for entertaining, growing flowers and veggies, playing with your pets or watching wildlife. For best results, sketch your design before you begin and keep scale in mind.
A back deck is a good place to start. Is yours unsightly, exposed to the neighbors or too hot and sunny to use? Train a fast-growing perennial on a trellis for privacy, shade and beauty. Orange A-Peel Black-eyed Susan vine is a climbing annual that thrives in partial sun to full sun and doesn't need deadheading. Other vines to try: Scarlet runner beans for sun or California pipevines for shade.