11 Vegetables and Herbs You Can Grow Inside This Winter Vegetables and Herbs You Can Grow Inside This Winter When you are a gardening lover, the winter times can bring about some serious blues. You have nothing fresh growing, no plants to tend! The garden sits empty, and you stare longingly wishing …
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How To Prepare Your Garden for Winter
How To Prepare Your Garden for Winter The term “Fall gardening” doesn’t mean sitting in a lawn chair and watching the stalks of your spent vegetable plants tip over. In fact, as the summer gardening season comes to a close, the work in your garden is far from over. The …
Read More »How to Grow Coleus as a Tree
How to Grow Coleus as a Tree: Step-by-Step Guide to Choosing, Planting, and Maintenance How to Grow Coleus as a Tree – Photo by Putulu Ningombam: via pexels.com Coleus (Solenostemon scutellarioides) is a versatile and vibrant ornamental plant known for its striking foliage. While typically grown as a compact herbaceous …
Read More »7 Houseplants That Improve Indoor Air Quality
7 Houseplants That Improve Indoor Air Quality Depending on where you live, you may not get outside very much for fresh air and even if you can, the air outside isn’t exactly fresh. City dwellers tend to have more issues with breathing and lung function due to the constant exposure to …
Read More »Creative Rain Gutter Planter Ideas To Spruce Up Your Garden
Creative Rain Gutter Planter Ideas To Spruce Up Your Garden You may be wondering why bother with a rain gutter garden? Well one reason is that gutter gardens take advantage of the vertical spaces around your home to grow flowers, edibles and create a stylish space divider or privacy screen …
Read More »18 Ingenious DIY Compost Bin Ideas
18 Ingenious DIY Compost Bin Ideas Composting is a simple way to add nutrient-rich humus which fuels plant growth and restores vitality to depleted soil. It’s also free, easy to make and good for the environment. There are lots of good reasons to compost. Save money, save resources, improve your soil …
Read More »14 Fire Pits You Can Make Yourself
14 Fire Pits You Can Make Yourself One of my all time favorite outdoor activity to do in the summer (well any time of the year really ) is to invite my friends and family over, and gather around the fire pit. They’re great for making s’mores and they give …
Read More »A Guide to Growing Sprouts in a Jar
A Guide to Growing Sprouts in a Jar A Guide to Growing Sprouts in a Jar – image credit shutterstock Growing sprouts in a jar is an easy and inexpensive way to add fresh and healthy ingredients to your meals. Sprouts are packed with nutrients and are easy to digest, …
Read More »15 Creative Ways to Reuse and Upcycle Milk Jugs
15 Creative Ways to Reuse and Upcycle Milk Jugs Are you are looking for new craft ideas? Do you want to try upcycling to save money? How about recycling those plastic bottles instead of throwing them away? Get with the kids and see which of the ideas shown here are ones …
Read More »7 Ways To Keep Snakes Out of Your Home and Garden
7 Ways To Keep Snakes Out of Your Home and Garden Though they are usually harmless, snakes trigger a deep-rooted fear in most people unmatched by any other type of animal. Even other wild animals identify snakes as a special kind of threat; many species have developed warning calls reserved …
Read More »How To Build The King Of DIY Fly Traps
How To Build The King Of DIY Fly Traps I found this open source article for plans to a fly trap. One of the pictures shows it packed full of flies. Think of what a great source of food this could be for your chickens. I haven’t tried it yet, …
Read More »14 DIY Garden Crafts Ideas
14 DIY Garden Crafts Ideas Spring comes every year, and that means you will get to have time in your garden soon enough. As you dream and wait for spring to come, you can focus on creating some lovely garden crafts. These crafts can bring life and inspiration to your …
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