The summer gardens are starting to look a little tired, but now is the time to add a little bit of a warm welcome to the front of a home with several fall porch window boxes. I love to decorate not only the inside of our home for the changing of the seasons, but also […]
Flower Gardening
How to Grow and Care for Dahlia
Learn how to grow and care for dahlia in your own garden, in this step-by-step guide. Dahlia make excellent cut flowers for bouquets and arrangements, and are very easy to grow! How to Grow Dahlias Dahlias are grown from tubers, they are often considered a bulb but their root system is actually called tubers. A […]
Low Maintenance Shade Garden Plants
I love a beautiful shade garden filled with low maintenance shade garden plants. Here are a few of my favorite annual and perennials for a shade garden. Low Maintenace Shade Garden Perennial Plants Several years ago is when I began to discover my love of using low maintenance shade garden flowers. The front of our […]
Landscape Gardening Around the Chicken Coop
Is it possible to have a pretty yard with flowers around the chicken coop? With the recent addition of the backyard farmhouse chicken coop, I have added some landscape gardening around the coop. Using galvanized containers and some perennial shade plants, this has become an area to enjoy. Chicken Coop Landscape Gardening Ideas Before this […]