3 Surprising Landscaping Tricks that Can Help with Home Security – As the summer grows near, many of us are planning a trip or two to enjoy the warmer weather and maybe even the kids being out of school. This means leaving our homes and gardens for long periods of time unattended. While we want to keep our beautiful hard work on our landscapes looking great we also want to keep our homes secure and free of unwanted guests while we are away.

There is a way to accomplish both of these tasks with a few landscaping tricks to keep your home safe and your yard in shape while you are off having fun.

3 Surprising Landscaping Tricks that Can Help with Home Security

Gravel

Lay down a layer of gravel in your garden or in front of windows and doors. This deters a burglar from getting near these entry points in your home because it creates a lot of noise to walk across. This is a deterrent for any intruder that is just stumbling upon your home in hopes to quickly enter it and have a look around. Thieves want to avoid being seen or heard and the familiar crunch of gravel underfoot can easily give them away.

An added bonus to using gravel in your landscape is that it helps to provide low-maintenance weed control in flower beds and other areas.

Cut Hedges Back

Before heading out on vacation make sure your large hedges are trimmed back. This creates less space for a burglar to sneak around in and find cover from being seen from a neighbor’s home or the street. Not only is it a way to keep entry points to your home more visible and safe, but it will also help with keeping your yard from looking overgrown while you are away.

Garden Lights

We all know about those large motion sensor lights that are advertised as making burglars run away. It is true that burglars are deterred by these lights, but there are still dark areas in which they can sneak around the sensors should they decide to come back because they really want to get in your home. Using plenty of lights all around your garden so that there is not space or very little space left in the dark will keep burglars in the light and away from the entry points to your home. It will also give you a chance to use your outdoor space for more hours during the summer when you do come back home.

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