Fairy gardens are one of those rare projects that make you feel like the best parent ever and keep the kids busy long enough for you to finish a full coffee. TikTok creator @beksmarden made one, then made another after moving—because you can leave the coffee maker behind, but not the fairy garden. This project …
Lawns (aka a lush carpet of green grass) used to be the default choice for yards. All you needed was Dad driving a lawn mower on them on Saturday morning, and you got yourself a neat patch of HOA-approved Bermuda grass. That may be true, but it’s also true that a basic lawn doesn’t provide …
Getting older means you’ve finally earned the right to wear slacks daily, speak your mind without any filters, and do what you want with time. If you haven’t picked up a hobby now that you’re done balancing balance sheets or sending “circling back” emails at work, now is the time, and I’d like to propose …
Discovering you don’t need charts and neat rows in gardening is like that moment people realized you don’t have to fold fitted sheets—you can shove them in a drawer and move on with your life. That’s what chaos planting feels like. A chaos garden is intentional anarchy. You take a bunch of seeds, toss them …
Out of all the things you thought were going to do to become your best version yet, gardening probably wasn’t even in the top 10. It should be. If you’re wondering what to pick to help you live better, the answer is a trowel and a handful of compost. If this is beginning to sound …
Every gardener has at least one tool that seemed clever when they bought it and now lives at the bottom of a bucket, under cobwebs and regret. Most garden work is better done with your hands, a shovel, and maybe some pruning shears. The rest clutter your shed, cost too much, and break before the …
A healthy garden smells like soil, sunlight, hard work, and a hint of mint. However, some scents wafting through your space are like ringing the dinner bell for every pest within sniffing distance. While you’re admiring your tomato patch, aphids and rodents are tracking smells that lead them straight to the buffet. If you’re wondering …
Shade feels like a problem when you’re surrounded by sun tags reading “full sun” at the nursery. Everything seems built for bright spaces. Nevertheless, not every yard gets full sun, and not every plant wants it. Some grow better with less heat, less glare, and fewer hours of direct exposure. Shady gardens don’t need to …
You blinked, summer happened, and now it feels like you missed the boat on planting. Don’t boil your seeds for dinner yet; the gardening boat has a slow captain and hasn’t left the dock. Late-start gardeners, you still have plenty of seeds that will grow strong, fast, and proud before the first frost even thinks …
In January 2025, the Eaton Fire ripped through Altadena, burning over 14,000 acres and destroying over 9,400 structures. News Outlets like The Dirt later confirmed that a smart “landscape approach”—careful planning of vegetation buffers and home hardening—can significantly slow wildfire spread and protect neighborhoods. Wildfires are well, wild. If a flame catches the edge of your …