Small Space Garden Ideas

Gardening solutions for tiny placesDo you love to garden but have a home with a small yard or even perhaps live in an apartment? Have you felt that it just wasn’t possible for you to

How To Grow Pineapples

Growing Your Own(Its easy and fun!)If you love the sweet, tangy, unique flavor of this tropical fruit you may be surprised to learn that it is quite easy to grow pineapples at home. Most f

How to Knock Down Wasp Nests with Water Balloons

Credit: Wikimedia Commons photo by Bob Peterson, CC BY-SA 2.0. I find paper wasps to be incredibly beautiful - but their sting hurts horribly, and they can be aggressive.

How To Build A Cheap Hydroponic Lettuce Floating Raft

5 Advantages To Hydroponic GardeningGrowing your own hydroponic vegetables is easier than you may think. It is also cost effective and one or two harvests from this simple, inexpensive flo

8 Foods That Regrow Themselves

8 Foods that Regrow Themselves Hallelujah, spring is finally here! That means spring cleaning, visits to the park and gardening. Start your garden off right with these 8 foods that yo

5 Simple Ways To Brighten Up Your Garden

Sprucing up your garden or outdoor space can be a great way to revive it and to enjoy using the area more. If you have a party or family gathering coming up in your calendar soon, then imp

How To Plant Bare Rooted Plants

Help To Get Those Babies Growing!In the depths of winter, when not a thing was growing in my garden, I found a couple of online plant catalogs and settled down to drool over all the wonder

Buying And Boarding Your Orchids

Aladdins Cave in BolinasI Found Aladdins Cave Last Weekend And It Was Filled With Treasure - Orchids.A couple of weekends ago we went to a wonderful gallery in Sonoma called Cornerstone. I

Creative Organization: 5 Exterior Design Features To Create A Welcoming Home

Giving your home a revamp and making it look lovely in time for spring and summer will lift your spirits and mak

Yard Art Ideas - Create Your Own Oasis Instantly on the Cheap

If you have just moved to a new house, or just don’t know where to start with the yard, but would love to create an oasis, there are really cool yard art ideas that you can incorpora

Killing Weeds Between Patio Stones - Best Weed Killer

After a long winter, I stood outside on the patio of the older house we just moved into to survey the yard. It looked a bit neglected, but the worst part for me was all the weeds and

Keeping Tomato Plants Healthy In The Summer

There is more to growing healthy tomato plants than simply planting and harvesting. It gets complicated in the middle of the summer. Here are some tips to keep your plants healthy througho

Starting Your First Container Garden

Let’s face it: not all of us have fertile soil at our disposable. If you live in a large city, the concept of “owning land” may seem quaint and mysterious. Containe

Tomato Plants; Should You Stake Or Not Stake

I was always told that all tomato plants needed to be staked when I was growing up. When I asked the question why I was told that this is the way it has always been done. After I gre

Growing Blackberries and Raspberries In Containers Is Easy

Credit: pixabay.com Some of my favorite childhood memories consist of wondering through the woods on a hot summer day in search of blackberries to fill o

Gronomics Raised Garden Beds Gave Us Back Our Garden

Our Raised Garden Bed Kept the Bunnies at Bay!Both my husband and I had fathers who loved to garden. For both of these men, gardening brought them both a sense of pride and joy, as well as

Tips For Creating Your Container Garden

Container gardening can be a very rewarding experience. There are very few rules and only a few simple things you need to get started. Here are some tips that will help you to get started

Build Up Your Lily Collection Without Spending A Penny

Get More From Your Lilies (much, much more) I love lilies. I have them in pots in my courtyard and throughout the flowerbeds between other plants. I even have a pot of them on my kitchen ta

Organizing your Garden Shed - No More Rakes to the Head

I am sure by the title of this article, you are wondering, just who does that? Well, that would be me. I actually managed to stand on the wrong end of a rake in our shed and gu

Keep Mice Out of Shed - 10 Ways to Defend Your Garden Shed

I live in Ontario Canada and experience all four seasons. Therefore in the winter, I do not tend to use the shed quite as much as I would in the spring, summer and fall. It is during this time that mice