If you want to spice up an otherwise boring or normal landscape, garden spinners can do the job. Some spin horizontally and some are vertical. You can get them in beautiful color combinations to match or contrast your flowers and plants. They usually just stick right into the ground. This makes them portable. If …
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Have you ever thought about building a garden of stepping stones? You are reading this because you love your garden. The time you spend digging in the dirt is special to you. Your flowers, plants, and shrubs bring you a lot of joy. They help you relax and decompress. Do you enjoy sharing your garden …
Are you shopping for decorative downspouts to beautify your yard? Rain gutter systems are not the most attractive home embellishments. If they are not properly maintained, they can look downright ugly. Rain collects in the gutter and gravity pushes it down toward its exit. It hits a splash block that keeps the surge of rain …
Everyone knows that front yard curb appeal is king and if you want to rule the neighborhood, your yard has to stand out! You want people to look, longingly, at your yard and say, “Man, I wish my yard looked that nice.” Believe it or not, there are some really easy ways to make your …
I’ve always wanted my own delicious backyard fruit trees. I just never thought I had enough room in our small backyard. But over the years, we lost a couple trees from the backyard to big storms, and this year we decided we’d plant one. This is a sponsored post on behalf of Arbor Day Foundation. …
I love beans! If you do too I’ll share all your need to know about how to grow runner beans. These vegetables are easy to grow, providing an abundance of vegetables to eat, freeze, and plant the next year. Amazingly, the first runner bean plants grown in England or the U.S. would never have been …
If you’re sick and tired of losing your shrubs to deer, you’re going to love these 5 Bambi-proof plants. Let’s make something clear: planting deer resistant shrubs will not make your garden 100% deer proof. If deer are hungry enough, they will eat just about anything. What it does is dramatically lower the odds that …
If you stay up late at night thinking of how you can squash bothersome squash bugs, you are not alone. These garden gremlins have tortured many a gardener. They love eating all varieties of squash and also chow down on pumpkins. If you plant anything that belongs to the cucurbit family you’ll need to learn …
Early spring lawn care is an important step in maintaining a healthy lawn year-round. After the winter months have passed and the lawn returns to life, it’s time to rake, get rid of weeds and test the soil to ensure it has a healthy pH level. For the most part, spring lawn care is the …
If you have not grown your own tomatoes before, you’re missing out. Give it a try: homegrown tomatoes are worlds apart from the flavorless specimens that we find in supermarkets. Not sure how to grow tomatoes? No worries: you’re in the right place to learn the best ways to grow juicy and delicious tomatoes. UPDATE: …