3 Easy Care Plants for Pots That Keep on Giving
Even though I am pretty skilled with outdoor landscape plants and gardening, I am not the best with potted plants. It seems that I either over water them and drown them, or I forget them and they die...
View ArticleThe Easiest Way to Design Your Garden
If you are ANYTHING like me, you are overwhelmed by landscape design. I mean, I love those cool little graph paper sketches with color coded plants and hardscaping ideas! But yes, I am still...
View ArticleHow to Overwinter Wandering Jew
The beautiful purple foliage of Wandering Jew loves hanging under a tree during summer here in Alabama, but it’s a tender plant and simply cannot take cold and the frost will kill it. Being the thrifty...
View ArticleThe Absolute Easiest Way to Dry Hydrangeas
Have you seen those beautiful wreaths made with dried flowers? I absolutely LOVE them! But they are all over $50 and that just isn’t in my price range. So I just continue to drool over them in the...
View ArticleFavorite Seed Catalogs for Winter Dreaming
We usually have mild winters here in Alabama with occasional cold spells that might last a week or so. During those cold spells or when it’s raining, once of the most enjoyable ways to spend a few...
View ArticleWinter Blooming Plants
Are there any winter blooming plants? One late fall/early winter weekend, I was walking around the garden center at our Lowe’s Home Improvement store, when I overheard a conversation between a customer...
View ArticleHow to Enjoy Bulbs BEFORE Spring!
Winter can be quite dreary but wouldn’t blooming bulbs bring color and cheer? You can enjoy bulbs before spring and here is how! This is called “forcing” when you encourage plants to bloom out of...
View ArticleGrowing Vines on Walls Without Damage
Whenever I see a wall covered in vines I think of exotic places, old-world gardens, warm Mediterranean seaside villas…. and I get that warm fuzzy vacation feeling. Wouldn’t it be nice to get that same...
View Article4 Crepe Myrtle Care Tips
Crepe Myrtles are a staple in the southern garden for their colorful long blooming flowers in the heat of summer and their basically easy/no care. The following 4 care tips will help you have beautiful...
View ArticleRejuvenate that Overwintered Wandering Jew
So last winter, you carefully got your wandering jew inside before the first frost of winter and you kept it in the basement and now the last frost date has passed and it’s time to get that Wandering...
View ArticleAttracting Butterflies to Your Backyard
Do you love watching butterflies flit and flirt around the yard? It is really not difficult to attract butterflies to your backyard, you just need to know a few facts! Sunshine: Butterflies love...
View ArticleRemoving Existing Grass for New Planting Beds
When creating a new planting bed, whether its for flowers or vegetables or herbs, getting rid of the existing grass and weeds is the hardest thing. So lets talk about ways to remove it. Dig it Out...
View ArticlePreparing Your Southern Garden for Winter
Living in the South does not require too many garden chores to prepare for winter, but there are a few that should be done to prevent a few disasters. And I may or may not have first hand experience at...
View ArticleThe Easiest Way to Design Your Garden
If you are ANYTHING like me, you are overwhelmed by landscape design. I mean, I love those cool little graph paper sketches with color coded plants and hardscaping ideas! But yes, I am still...
View ArticleHow to Overwinter Wandering Jew
The beautiful purple foliage of Wandering Jew loves hanging under a tree during summer here in Alabama, but it’s a tender plant and simply cannot take cold and the frost will kill it. Being the thrifty...
View ArticleThe Absolute Easiest Way to Dry Hydrangeas
Have you seen those beautiful wreaths made with dried flowers? I absolutely LOVE them! But they are all over $50 and that just isn’t in my price range. So I just continue to drool over them in the...
View ArticleFavorite Seed Catalogs for Winter Dreaming
We usually have mild winters here in Alabama with occasional cold spells that might last a week or so. During those cold spells or when it’s raining, once of the most enjoyable ways to spend a few...
View ArticleWinter Blooming Plants
Are there any winter blooming plants? One late fall/early winter weekend, I was walking around the garden center at our Lowe’s Home Improvement store, when I overheard a conversation between a customer...
View ArticleHow to Enjoy Bulbs BEFORE Spring!
Winter can be quite dreary but wouldn’t blooming bulbs bring color and cheer? You can enjoy bulbs before spring and here is how! This is called “forcing” when you encourage plants to bloom out of...
View ArticleGrowing Vines on Walls Without Damage
Whenever I see a wall covered in vines I think of exotic places, old-world gardens, warm Mediterranean seaside villas…. and I get that warm fuzzy vacation feeling. Wouldn’t it be nice to get that same...
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