Terra-cotta pots are inexpensive, easy to find and most of us have one or two lying around the garden shed… so let’s use them! Whether you prefer a natural, more contemporary…
The Top Trees for Small Gardens
Fall is the best time to plant trees in your garden, and many of us are having an increasingly hard time choosing trees for small gardens and homes. Trees are…
How to Buy Plants on Clearance (+ Which Ones to Get!)
Fall is a great time of year to pick up a huge discount on plants at the local nursery and home improvement center on clearance. There are a couple of…
DIY Teacup Gardens and Planters
Ready for the best new trend in miniature gardens? Try a garden in a teacup! You can use your imagination and make an incredibly creative fairy teacup garden, or just…
How To Plant A New Lawn From Seed or Sod
A lawn is a really important part of any family backyard or garden. Not only is it the place where we toss the football or set up the summer Slip…
Beautiful Backyard Garden Ideas & Inspiration
We all would love to have a magazine worthy beautiful backyard! It is possible for a DIY’er, if you tackle it one project at a time. Use these photos of…
Build a Chic and Easy DIY Garden Trellis
Tired of the same old garden bed full of flowers? You can create a vertical garden in any part of your yard with a trellis. This brings the eye upward…
Creative Stone Art Ideas for your Garden
We love stone and rock! Just do. So many of you loved our post “Creative Ways to Use Rocks in the Garden” that we are doing a follow up with…
How to Grow a Wildflower Garden
Most of us who garden have at one time or another dreamed of the charm and whimsy of a wildflower garden. Come on, admit it… you too have longed for a…
Easy DIY Container Water Gardens
We love water in a garden because its one of the basic elements of life… And it reminds us of a pleasant stream or idyllic pond, right in our own…
Fabulous Ferns : Types of Ferns & Fern Care
Growing ferns in your garden is like paying homage to the passage of time. Ferns have been on this earth for millions of years, surviving and thriving through floods, fire,…
Top 5 Garden Apps You Need Today! (updated for 2017-18)
Gardening is supposed to be about the natural life, right? Well, yes. But that doesn’t mean we can’t let technology give us a hand. Your smart phone or tablet can…
DIY Bird Houses, Feeders & Bird Baths from Repurposed Materials!
Nothing is as fun in the garden as the whimsical use of upcycled or repurposed materials for garden projects. The perfect marriage is reusing the past and bringing the wildlife…