Daffodils are one of the first signs of spring with their sunny faces and pretty petals. This guide will teach you everything you need to know about daffodils bulbs planting for an amazing spring display! One of my first memories as a child is of my mother teaching me and my sister Melanie how to…
Looking for garden gift ideas? I have put together this guide of gifts for gardeners to help you find the perfect gift for the gardener on your list! I realized when James asked me what I would like for Christmas that gardners can be hard to shop for! This gift guide is full of gifts…
Growing tomatoes in grow bags has so many benefits. Read on for the why, when, and how to use grow bags for your tomatoes and other plants. Grow bags are becoming a popular choice for growing tomatoes especially for small spaces or temporary gardens. This year, our regular vegetable garden was taken over by my…
Looking for a gift for a beach lover? Make a succulent in a seashell for them! Succulents are easy to care for and look so cute in a seashell! This is week four of the DIY Home Decor Christmas Blog Hop and this week’s theme is Gifts for the Home. Be sure to visit the other…
Building a DIY vertical succulent garden is so easy and inexpensive (two of my favorite adjectives!) with a prepotted flat of sedum, a few succulents and some scrap wood. When we built our new privacy screen planter the young plants were still kinda short so there was a large empty space above the banana tree. I…
This brief tutorial will show you how we added privacy to our back deck with a DIY outdoor privacy screen planter. In this post we’ll show you how we built a DIY outdoor privacy screen planter that has changed our world! Seriously! We are enjoying our back deck so much more since we built this…
Spring has sprung here in Coastal North Carolina! I love Spring Gardening in Coastal North Carolina! James and I like to start our morning with a stroll (with coffee, of course!) to survey our kingdom (no reason we can’t call a half acre in a subdivision our kingdom, right?) Plants grow so…