Tip & Tricks

I used to be terrified at the thought of collecting seeds from my garden crop and saving them for the next year. Without even looking up exactly how this process works, I blew it off as way too hard and way too time consuming. Boy, was I…

Strawberry Rocks have been floating around Pinterest for a while now. The legend goes if you put these painted rocks next to your strawberry plants before strawberries start to grow you can trick those pesky birds who love to devour these…

Now that it’s gardening season I use this scrub EVERY DAY. One reason is because I refuse to wear gardening gloves. I like to feel the dirt on my hands. There is just something about it. I used to have to walk around with brown-stained…

When I found this amazing project on Pinterest I knew this was one for me. At the time I was creating some other projects for an upcoming Craft Faire and thought these would fit right in. First I gathered up some old barn wood, the…

I chose to write about vegetables, as it’s often seen as a ‘boring’ topic and can often be seen as too difficult, or too time consuming to even attempt to grow any vegetables. Well right from the start, let’s set a few things straight;…

Water gardening is on the rise and many people are attracted to this type of activity. This can be done in established ponds or a large water garden can be fabricated on your property. However, if you don't have a pond and the idea of…

Vegetable companion planting has been around for hundreds of years. It has been known for ages that planting different combinations of plants next to each other is mutually beneficial for them. There are several reasons why this is so.…

When planting a garden container, your first thoughts should be about cleaning and sanitizing the pot. Many of you may think, "Why? I'm just going to fill this container with dirt." Number one, for aesthetic reasons alone, you want your pot…

Plant a water garden as a spring project and enjoy the cooling look and sound of water throughout the hot summer months. When I started this article, I had no idea it would be so long. I've broken this down into 3 parts, so if you haven't…

Plant propagating techniques are simply a means of increasing the number of new plants from existing plants. This is an affordable way to increase your container plants while helping your existing plants to prosper. When you use plant…