Many homeowners are proud of showing off a beautiful garden, but it takes effort and time to keep it green and clean all year round. If you’re not careful, you might end up spending extra money trying to fix mistakes that could’ve been avoided from the beginning. Lawn care requires specific … [Read more...]
Tips for Picking and Drying Sunflowers
September 30, 2020 by
Every year we enjoy going to a local farm to pick sunflowers. It's a great family-friendly activity and doesn't cost a lot of money. You can dry out your sunflowers to use in your autumn home decor, in craft projects and yes...you can eat the seeds once dry. It's a very easy process! Here's some … [Read more...]
Container and Backyard Gardening Ideas
August 10, 2020 by
For the past 8 years we've planted a backyard garden and every year it gets bigger. The first year that we started we only planted a few tomato and bell pepper plants. Over the years we've added more items. Some of them are in garden plots and a few are in containers. Yes, even if you don't have a … [Read more...]
Tour of Shelly’s Outdoor Coastal Gardening Yard Art
July 11, 2020 by
Every season I like to give readers a sneak peek at my outdoor gardening yard art that I display as the seasons change. It always takes me 2 to 2 1/2 weeks to change out my seasonal decor and get everything changed over. Luckily for me...we have an outdoor gardening shed that I store all of my yard … [Read more...]
How to Preserve and Dry Fresh Parsley
July 2, 2020 by
Every year I like to grow fresh parsley in containers that I keep out on my patio. A lot of people refer to this as container gardening. I keep my herbs separate from our vegetable garden so that I have easy access to them during the gardening season. Herbs are really easy-to-grow in … [Read more...]
Kid’s Crafts: Easy-to-Make Seashell Garden Markers
June 13, 2020 by
My grandchildren love to work on arts and craft projects. My grandson is more of the artistic one while my granddaughter is more of the crafty one. The two of them could sit for hours working on various projects together. We tend to keep them simple and we enjoy using "found objects" to complete … [Read more...]
Hand-Painted Seashell Vegetable Garden Markers
May 30, 2020 by
Every year we plant a backyard garden. We enjoy growing our own tomatoes, bell peppers, zucchini, peas, onions, broccoli, watermelon, cucumbers, lettuce and several other vegetables. We're by no means EXPERTS when it comes to gardening and are always trying to improve our skills. This year we … [Read more...]
Getting Started on the 2020 Gardening Season
May 7, 2020 by
Last month we got started on the 2020 gardening season. Hubby used the tiller to dig up our old garden bed and added new fertilizer into the soil. That entire process took him 3 days. Yes, it's hard, back-breaking work! He then spent the next 2 days installing a fence around the perimeter. We've … [Read more...]
