Getting your garden ready for spring starts with healthy, well-prepared soil. While you might feel like you don’t have much to do in the garden during winter, it’s never too…
Hanging Flower Baskets : 5 Secrets the Pros Use
Any well-landscaped home includes some show-stoppingly beautiful hanging flower baskets. Come summer, inspiration is all around. Shopping centers, neighborhoods, amusement parks, and restaurants all seem to have perfect hanging planters,…
13 Flowering Trees to Plant for Beautiful Spring Blooms
There is nothing more refreshing and encouraging than the sight of gorgeous flowering trees showing off their spring blooms after a long winter. You can’t help but feel happy, uplifted,…
What is Permaculture Gardening & Why Every Home Gardener Should Try It
Permaculture gardening is a holistic and sustainable approach to growing plants, inspired by the natural ecosystems found in the wild. Rather than working against nature, permaculture encourages gardeners to work…
DIY Garden Balls: Creative Ideas for Globes and Spheres
Hey there, fellow garden enthusiasts! Can I let you in on a little secret? I’m absolutely obsessed with garden art, and there’s something magical about garden spheres that just makes…
Prayer Plant Care Made Easy: Tips for Lush, Vibrant Leaves
The prayer plant (Maranta leuconeura) is a stunning houseplant known for its beautifully patterned leaves and fascinating habit of folding its foliage at night, resembling hands in prayer. Easy to…
A Quick Guide to Companion Planting and Best Companion Plants for Home Gardens
Most of us are better with a few good friends around us, and our plants are exactly the same! Companion planting, where certain plants are grown together to enhance each…
How to Grow Cherry Tomatoes at Home
There’s something so amazing about plucking a fresh cherry tomato from the vine and popping it straight in your mouth, still warm from the sun. In my opinion, homegrown cherry…
Perlite vs Vermiculite: Which is Better for Your Garden?
As a gardener, there’s a good chance you spend way too much time thinking about your soil. But, it’s important! Good soil is what leads to strong, healthy plants. Soil…
Share Your Spring 2024: Subscriber Submissions
Welcome! If you’re in need of something to brighten your day, you’ve come to the right place! I asked our lovely subscribers to share their favorite plants, DIY projects, or…
Easy DIY Tomato Cage & Trellis Ideas: How to Make Them!
No kitchen garden is complete without tomatoes! These are one of the most rewarding plants to grow in a vegetable garden if you ask me. They take a certain crew,…
28 Creative DIY Vertical Garden Ideas & Projects
If you love the idea of growing your own veggies, but just don’t feel like you have the room for it, we gotcha covered. Vertical vegetable gardening is a way…
About Japanese Beetles and How to Get Rid of Them
A healthy garden is all about equilibrium – even garden pests like slugs and snails have an important role to play! However, when something foreign is introduced to a new…