Organic Ways To Protect Your Garden From Pests
The fight between gardeners and pests is a long one. While there are many effective ways to deal with pests, many of them have adverse effects on the environmen...
Tag: Garden Tips
How To Use Ground Cover To Cover Bare Spots In Your Yard
It must be spring. The sounds of garden equipment on Saturday mornings and folks standing in lines at local nurseries. And as yards are greening up and new pl...
Greener Decorating For Your Deck And Patio
I must admit that none of our re-purposing or recycling projects for our outdoor decorating spaces have turned out as nice as the two examples shown below. Howe...
How To Drill Drainage Holes In Ceramic Pots, Planters And More
You can find a variety of ceramic containers at most thrift stores, garage sales and outlet stores. Many of them can be used as decorative planters. And they wi...
Freshen Up Your Outdoor Space with Watering, Weeding, and Mulching
You say that you want to invite some friends over to sit a spell in you garden? And it’s the heat of summer? Before you do, take a look around you ...
DIY Water Bottle Wasp Trap
Wasps can be a big nuisance. Some folks can ignore them, but most people jump, dodge or even run at the sight of wasps. You could live with a can of chemical wa...
Gardening Time Savers
I don’t know about you, but around here, the longer the days, the more things we put on our gardening “to do” list. This is the time of year w...
Guidance for gardeners: avoiding injury and discomfort
Sore knees, aching muscles, callused hands, sunburned neck. Sound familiar? As we get older, a fun day of playing in the dirt can lead to pain and discomfort th...