Cheap Ways to get your Garden Looking Nice this Summer

You can have that great outdoor garden without overspending on the budget you’ve set out to start work on it. The plants – Start with the plants, trees, shrubs, and other items you plan on adding to the space. Go with cheaper perennials, floral arrangements or patterns. You can find alternates to more expensive arrangements,Continue Reading …

Beginners Guide to Dividing Hostas

Dividing hostas gives you eight to ten divisions from a single plant, making them a gardener’s dream plant to fill a large garden. Hostas are some of the easiest plant to divide, their clumps are easy to separate and they are hardy enough to bounce back quickly after being divided. If you have never divided hostas but needContinue Reading …

Perennials to Grow Under Pine Trees

Being able to plant a garden underneath pine trees is very difficult to do if you are not familiar with the type of tree, soil conditions or the needs of specific plants. Pine needles falling into the soil beneath pine trees can drastically change the pH levels of soil, making this area uninhabitable for most plants. In additionContinue Reading …

Preparing my Garden for the Spring, in the Fall

Our front flower beds got neglected this year. We moved in last winter and had so much to do as is. Planting flowers and plants were a thought but when we got a cold snap, I kind of forgot about them.  A few times over the summer I went out and weeded the very overgrownContinue Reading …

Do It Yourself: Herb or Vegetable Garden

I had big plans for my garden this year. First year in our new house and no garden in place. I wanted to stake it out and get it started early. However mother nature had other plans. The cooler than normal weather and rain delayed my garden. It delayed it so much that I amContinue Reading …