I don’t know about you, but I LOVE buying many of my gardening accessories online. Since I have links to Amazon throughout the site, I thought I’d look at the most ordered (wanted) Amazon gardening products. I hope you find something you might not have thought about but need for your garden (or a gardener …
Ferns are great for adding a tropical feel to your garden, or for injecting a bit of color into your home decor. They are available in a wide variety of shapes and sizes from the smallest pot plants to great big, rainforest tree ferns. In fact, there are around 15,000 species of fern that can …
The African violet is an absolutely stunning flowering plant that’s best known and loved for its beautiful bunches of violet-colored flowers. These flowers offer a striking contrast against the vibrant green foliage. However, it has very precise and specific growing needs that you must fulfill if you truly wish to see your plant burst into …
Squirrels are fast critters that need energy throughout the day. Because of constant movement and activity, squirrels need a diet that’s packed with nutrients that give them energy throughout the day and keep them full. Here’s the best food for squirrels: place some in a squirrel feeder for hours of entertainment. There are various types …
Every homeowner and garden lover wants to have that luscious, green lawn in front of their home. But as the warmer months come by, and pressure on households to reduce water consumption grows, lawn drought can become an issue. Your pride and joy can turn from a beautiful, deep shade of green to a scorched, …
Backyard birding is gaining in popularity these days. Many of us work hard to attract wild birds to our yards, only to discover that squirrels love the bird food as much, if not more, than the birds we are trying to attract. Placing your bird feeding station on top of a squirrel proof bird feeder …
One of the easiest ways to see a variety of new bird species is to set up a bird feeder in your yard. There’s nothing better than looking out of your window to see a new species you haven’t seen before. The only question is, how do you continue attracting birds during the winter months …
Modern life, with all its man-made trappings, has certainly made us less in touch with nature. No matter how hard we try, we are unintentionally sucked into a setting where our interaction with nature gets more and more limited. Landscaping your property is one way to get some outside time back in your life or …
I LOVE asparagus! I’ll eat it steamed, roasted, baked with other vegetables, in casseroles, and, my favorite cooking method, broiled. But I absolutely hate throwing away the hard stems most people discard. So, this cream of asparagus soup recipe came out of the need to use these stems that are just as tasty and nourishing …
There is nothing quite like that corn on the cob fresh from your own garden. You’ve been looking forward to enjoying this harvest and have been tasting those golden kernels for months now, so now your harvest is ready and you are ready to cook up some of that corn on the cob. Now all …