Fall time welcomes us with chilly mornings, beautiful foliage, and pumpkin spice everything. It’s also prime time for updating your landscaping to give new plants the perfect weather to take root. A wise homeowner will strategically develop a plan that will not only add beauty to the property, but work as a preventative measure to avoid flooding your basement and yard. Landscaping professionals advise the following:

These are just a few of the tips that are important to keep in mind when planning landscaping, whether new or updating current garden beds. As the old adage states, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure – or in this case, avoiding a wet basement or cracked foundation. So get out there this fall and take a look at your foundation plantings to be sure they are done correctly. Then you can sit back with your pumpkin spice latte and rest before the winter begins to roar in.