As a mom to two school-aged kids, I am always looking for fun things to do around the holidays. For St. Patrick’s Day, my girls made a cool clover / shamrock vase craft. Instead of shamrock handprints, they made thumbprint four-leaf clover vases from old sauce jars we’d saved. Similar to making thumbprint flowers, you…
Decorating your garden and yard for the holidays can be a lot of fun. Just imagine all the neat outdoor décor you can find for each holiday. Speaking of, are you ready with Irish decorating ideas and St. Patrick’s Day garden décor? Add a touch of Irish charm to your favorite garden spaces with some…
Growing raspberries in our backyard garden is an amazing experience! This year I’m delighted to be growing yellow raspberries as well as red raspberries for my girls (and me!). I decided to plant the berries in different spaces, though, so I quickly got to thinking about companions in the garden and what to plant with…
Just when the gardening gear at Dollar Tree seems to have dried up, I’ve found something arguably even better. The Ollies garden section! The cheap planter pots at Ollies are my absolute favorite reason to head over to this store. We have an Ollies Bargain Outlets store in Pottstown, PA, not far from us and…
Do you hear that? It’s the Dollar Tree gardening section calling. Don’t miss out! Garden deals just don’t last at this store. You might as well stalk your local dollar store for seeds, bulbs, and other garden goodies. That’s pretty much what I do! Seems like Dollar Tree is actually pretty good about stocking garden…
Lots of the fun of growing a garden is enjoying all the wonderful things you grow! Arranging the perfect bouquet from your garden can be such a joyful activity, no matter if you keep it or gift it to a friend. Arranging bouquets becomes a very creativity driven activity. The way you arrange cut flowers…
Finding plants wilting in your garden gives cause for concern. Why do plants wilt and what can you do about it? Different circumstances may cause foliage to become droopy. Sometimes the solution is as simple as a good watering while other times your plants may have bigger problems to tackle. According to the University of…
Growing potatoes in containers is something anyone can do! My girls and I do this every year, sometimes more than once a season. Learning how to plant potatoes from eyes on existing ones can cut your grocery bill down using this fun garden trick. If you find sprouted spuds happily vining away in your pantry,…
The Lidl garden section features outdoor plants, bouquets, and gardening products – such an exciting addition to the supermarket experience. Shouldn’t ALL supermarkets have this much gardening stuff? And all the plants! It’s a lot of fun looking at all the cool garden offers at the store, from the flower pots to the plants, flowers,…
Also known as echinacea, coneflowers continue to be a favorite native plant loved by pollinators. Learn how to deadhead coneflower plants to prolong blooming! Growing coneflowers in the garden can be rewarding for quite a few reasons. As native plants, pollinators like bees and butterflies love them. Birds also love to eat the echinacea seeds….