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How to Keep Roses Looking Fresh

How to Keep Roses Looking Fresh

Roses are one of the most popular and beloved flowers in the world. They’re often a part of romantic celebrations such as weddings, bridal showers, birthdays, Valentine’s Day, anniversaries, etc. These days you can purchase roses in any retail floral shop, at most local grocery 

Tips on How to Grow Aloe Vera

Tips on How to Grow Aloe Vera

Spring is in the air and gardening season is almost upon us! Every year when spring rolls around I get busy transplanting, trimming and fertilizing my indoor houseplants. I grow all kinds of things, but some of my favorites to grow are ferns, spider plants, 

Breathtaking Ways To Beautify Your Backyard

Breathtaking Ways To Beautify Your Backyard

A home is our sanctuary where we feel comfortable to be ourselves and unwind after long days of running around between responsibilities. That’s why homeowners always look for ways to make their homes more relaxing in a way that they can express their personal tastes and show their personality. Many people like spending their free time relaxing in their backyards to enjoy some fresh air or to catch up with friends and family. If that sounds like you, here are some breathtaking ways to beautify your backyard:

Breathtaking Ways To Beautify Your Backyard

Invest in Outdoor Furniture

Choosing appropriate outdoor furniture can go a long way in making your backyard not only beautiful but also comfortable. Whether it’s a patio set, lounge chairs, or just simple benches with comfy pillows and a colorful rug, it will add a cozy feeling to your backyard. In order to get better value out of furniture you’re interested in, consider factoring the seasonal use with each item. By looking into purchasing all-weather patio furniture you’ll be able to utilise the space throughout the year, thus getting more for your money as opposed to expensive furniture you can only really use when it’s been dry for a couple of days. By doing this, you’ll have a comfortable cozy space for your family to enjoy whenever you can get together.

Get Creative with Garden Spaces

You can’t hope to have a beautiful backyard without having a unique and well-kept garden space. Try to get creative by adding a keyhole garden that not only looks good but also a perfect workspace for you because it provides easy access from both sides. Before jumping into any landscaping ideas to beautify your backyard, if you’re a Missouri local, then you need to make use of a good St. Louis irrigation service that can help you bring those ideas to life. Once you have your garden set with a proper irrigation system, you’ll have yourself a beautiful refreshing green space to unwind at the end of the day.

Breathtaking Ways To Beautify Your Backyard

Let There Be Light

The simple addition of lighting to your backyard can enhance its look, especially at night, as it can give off some warm and elegant vibe to the area. Outdoor lighting comes in various shapes and styles, and you can even go for DIY backyard lighting to have it your own style. For example, adding a drape string lighting hanging down from a pergola or stringing up some lights on the surrounding trees can make your backyard look stunning during the night. If you have a garden path, you can also illuminate it with either string lights or solar lights. Luminarias can also add a unique look and glow to your backyard, giving off a more romantic and calmer atmosphere.

Add Water or Fire Elements

Adding water or fire elements in your backyard can create a stunning natural charm to it that will make your yard stand out from the neighbors. For example, you can add a fountain in the middle of the yard to have a gorgeous centerpiece that also creates a soothing waterfall sound, making you feel more relaxed especially at night. Another water feature you can add, which will come in handy to relieve you from the scorching summer heat, is a stock tank pool. You can enjoy it with your family, and you can even decorate it with flowers or lights for a unique look. On the other hand, you can go old school with a fire pit to add a fire element in your yard. You can place it in the middle of a seating area to enjoy its heat during the long winter nights with your family and friends.

There you have it, these are just some of the amazing ways you can beautify your backyard and make it absolutely breathtaking. Whatever you choose to add, just make sure it is in line with your needs as well as your personal taste. Don’t forget to double-check the quality of every material or furniture you will add to your backyard to make sure it can withstand the outdoor weather conditions and last for a long time without getting damaged!

How to Maintain a Healthy Garden

How to Maintain a Healthy Garden

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 

Tips for Picking and Drying Sunflowers

Tips for Picking and Drying Sunflowers

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 

Container and Backyard Gardening Ideas

Container and Backyard Gardening Ideas

Garden Harvest July 2020For 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 large backyard or none at all…you can grow a few things in containers!

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For the 2020 gardening season we have 3 red raspberry bushes which gave us 4 quarts of berries back in mid July. In May we added a mature concord grapevine in one corner of our yard. It’s doing well and we’re hoping to have grapes next year!

The photo above shows what we harvest in one day last month. We’re harvesting fresh veggies and/or fruits almost daily which is nice! In the photo you can see 2 large zucchinis, 3 large cucumbers, 12 small red beets, green bell pepper and tomatoes. We eat some things right away and other things I preserve with canning/freezing them.

In our backyard we have one main gardening plot which contains: zucchini, cucumbers, green bell peppers, orange bell peppers, banana hot peppers, red tomatoes, yellow tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, 2 watermelon plants and green peas.

We’re experimenting with container gardening this year and in our containers we have 3 cherry tomato plants, 12 white potatoes, 6 onions, 3 dozen red beets, parsley and basil. They’ve done so well that hubby is going to build more containers and a raised gardening bed next spring so that we can expand on the items that we’re growing.

I’m often asked if we plant by seed or by plants. The answer is BOTH. I have a sun room that gets a lot of sun (plus it stays very warm) and early in the springtime we’ll start our plants indoors via seeds. I save all of our yogurt, oatmeal, plastic butter dishes and cardboard egg cartons which are perfect for seedlings. When spring rolls around I have plenty in my stash to get us started.

There are some things that we’ve found that grow better by us purchasing the plants and planting them. Our soil can be finicky so we always buy our tomato plants at the gardening center. Most other things we start by seed.

Do you have a garden this year? If so, what did you plant? How is your garden doing? If you don’t have a yard you can garden too with container gardening. You can at least set up a small herb garden on your windowsill, front or back porch. We’ve grown cherry tomatoes from growing baskets that hang off our back deck and those did well too. There are some workable options for those with no yards!

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Tour of Shelly’s Outdoor Coastal Gardening Yard Art

Tour of Shelly’s Outdoor Coastal Gardening Yard Art

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 

How to Preserve and Dry Fresh Parsley

How to Preserve and Dry Fresh Parsley

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