How do you keep cats out of garden areas? It’s a dang good question and one I am frequently asked. While I don’t have a feline friend to call my own, my neighbor’s cat does like to wander throughout my garden. And while I don’t mind the company, cats really can be quite devastating to […]
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Gardener’s Almanac: A Monthly Guide To Gardening (August)
It’s getting hot, hot, hot in my neck of the woods and my garden is getting ready to bust! Seriously, I feel like I have squash plants everywhere! I’ve harvested a healthy crop of lettuce at this point and should have another on the way soon. Everything is looking healthy and I can’t wait to […]
Edgy Gardens Made Easy (With This Tool)
Dreaming of beautiful garden edging but not looking forward to putting in all of the work to make it happen? Never fear! Garden edging is easy to come by with help from this handy dandy (edgy) garden tool. But that’s not all it does. Just wait and see. Really, if you haven’t already, you absolutely […]
FABRICating A Quilt Garden
If you’ve ever been abroad to England or visited a botanical garden of some kind, you’ve probably seen a quilt garden in the first person. The idea behind a quilt garden is to use flowers and other foliage to create patterns and designs that look like quilts. You’ll need only a few items to make […]
A Cutting Garden That Is Cutting Edge
If you love bouquets of fresh-cut flowers around the house, why not grow your own cutting garden? A cutting garden is a flower garden full of flowers perfect for bouquets and other cut-arrangements! How incredible would it be to go to the backyard for fresh-cut flowers instead of to a local nursery or grocery store? […]
Are You A Dirty Gardener?
Now, I don’t just mean a muddy one, because after all, that is pretty easy to do while working in the soil. I mean a dirty gardener, as in, do you make sure your soil is rich in bacteria before starting ANY kind of seed? If you answered no, then you should make it your […]
411 About Companion Planting: Best Friends In The Garden
If you don’t know about companion planting, it’s something you should definitely pick up! When you pair certain plants together in the garden you can reap rewards like great pest control, sweeter fruits and veggies, and much more! All you need to get started is two plants that thrive off of one another. Such an […]