I’ve always loved the look of greenery growing up some kind of trellis. It has a very “Secret Garden” feel to it, and childhood me has always yearned for something similar in my own backyard. If you’re dying for a magical look like this in your own backyard, you can make your own trellis for […]
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Companion Planting Herbs: What Herbs Grow Well Together
Do you know what companion planting is? Simply put, it’s the art of putting plants that thrive together right next to one another in the garden. Doing so can help keep certain pests away and it might even help you to get a larger harvest. If companion planting sounds like it might be a good […]
Advantages Of A Drip Irrigation System
Adding a drip irrigation system to your garden is just about one of the very best things that you can do to ease the burden of watering your plants. With a drip irrigation system, you can set your watering to a timer, so you can go on vacation without worrying about your plants. Here are […]
How To Dig Up Some Dirt (Without Being Nosy)
Before you put away your gardening tools for the season, I recommend that everyone spend a little time “working” their garden soil. Sharing these garden soil tips will help you have less work in the Spring. Working your dirt, or adding nutrients to it to help plants grow, can really do a lot to help […]
5 Garden Subscription Boxes You Absolutely Need In Your Life
I just love a good garden subscription box. It’s so much fun to wait by the mailbox (I’m not going to lie, I still do that) for your monthly goodies to arrive. It’s even better when your monthly goodies are all things that you like! Recently, I joined a gardening subscription box and I have […]
Fall Gardening Mistakes That Are Easy To Do, But Make Spring Gardening Hell
Fall is finally here and I’ve about wrapped up all of the work I have to do in my garden to get things ready for winter. It’s been a crazy few months as my weekends have been full of fall gardening chores! As I was working outside, it occurred to me that everyone knows that […]
The Thick And Thin Of Gardening (And Why You Need To Have Both)
I love my perennial hedges. It’s a blast to see them grow a little bit bigger every year, and it’s even more fun to divide them into several new hedges when they’re big enough. However, a lot goes into deciding whether or not to leave your shrubbery thick or to prune it thin. Here’s when […]
What To Do With All Those Rocks In Your Garden
Every year when I plow my garden rows, I am amazed at how many rocks I end up digging up. And no matter how many I removed from my garden beds the year before, there always seems to be more. I swear that this year left me with more stones than I knew what to […]
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 […]
Meet The Mallows: Hollyhock
Known as the original cottage garden flower, the Hollyhock has been prized for centuries. The plant is absolutely gorgeous, and has some pretty incredible herbal medicine uses, as well. In fact, in 1859 it was recognized in a medical journal to be an excellent way to soothe an upset stomach. I know what you’re thinking, […]