There are times you run into a great idea and you just want to share it with everyone.  Since we are all starting to decorate for Christmas, and as gardeners we also love bringing the outdoors in, this Easy Evergreen Ball is a great and wonderful way to do both.  Check it out for detailed [...]

We were out at dinner the other night with friends when a friend stated, “I can’t find good produce anywhere in this town”. Once I asked a few questions, the bottom line was that they had put in a garden this past spring and got used to having fresh vegetables that were ripe right off [...]

It’s hard these days to get through Thanksgiving without getting ready for Christmas.  After enjoying a wonderful day of Thanksgiving, you can then turn your full attention to the joys of shopping.  A lot of us have three days off to do some heavy duty shopping for all of our friends and family.
If you [...]

I love trellises.  They are one of the most versatile items in a yard or garden.  I use them in my flowerbeds, my garden and my greenhouse.  I have been asked which ones are the best and all I can say is I think they are all great.  I have a metal garden trellis [...]

There is so much going on at Christmas we often for get to stop and enjoy the beauty of the flowers around us.  This year go out of your way to find and enjoy some of the following Christmas flowers.

Poinsettias – we see many of these at Christmas; mostly in red. Look this year [...]

If you love to look at all the wonderful garden features and structures, the internet is definitely a great place to just that.  It’s so much fun to see all the new and exciting things that come on the market each and every month but there seems to be a few things that no one [...]

Covering your outdoor furniture before the first major cold snap is always a good idea.  This protection helps keep the rot off the furniture from the falling leaves and also reduces cracking that can take place with cold weather.
If a warm day comes along you can always uncover and enjoy the great outdoors and [...]

Though ivy and other climbing vines are beautiful, there are places you really don’t want them to climb and if you don’t do something, these plants will go wherever they choose.  The best way to eliminate or stop ivy from its path is to simply cut the sprouts that are going in that direction.
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If you come home in the middle of the day and your plants are drooping, make sure you give them a drink.  My next door neighbor told me I could burn my plants watering while the sun was high in the sky.  I come from a farming family and had never heard such a [...]

I have become wild about arbors and what you can do with them.  I have recently bought a new cedar garden arbor for an area of my yard that I have been working on.  I call it the side yard since it is on the side of my house that I hate to look [...]