Gardening

Preparing your garden in the autumn not only keeps it looking beautiful but also sets the stage for a flourishing spring.

Preparing your garden for winter with these tips

I’ve discovered some of the best succulents for Zone 9 that you can start growing today! Easy to take care of and beautiful to arrange in the garden or as a houseplant.

The Best Succulents to Grow in Zone 9

Embrace the beauty and tranquility of a water fountain planter and watch your garden flourish with charm and serenity!

Transform Your Garden with DIY Water Fountain Planters

Vintage garden decorations are so full of charm. If used creatively, they will add lots of extra beauty and joy to your garden.

DIY Vintage Garden Decorations & Ideas

Creating a memorable outdoor gathering can be so easy with these simple outdoor entertaining tips.

Tips for Hosting Memorable Outdoor Gatherings

Here’s everything you need to know to successfully grow herbs indoors. Get tips and ideas for planting, caring for, and keeping herbs healthy. And see which herbs will work best.

Growing Herbs Indoors & Herb Butter

Transforming your backyard into a beautiful oasis doesn't have to break the bank. With some creativity, resourcefulness, and a little elbow grease, you can revitalize your outdoor space without spending a fortune.

Revamp Your Backyard on a Budget for a Stunning Outdoor Space

Creative container vegetable garden ideas with beautiful planters, vertical gardening, DIY pots, grow bags, and window boxes!

Creative Container Vegetable Garden Ideas

A garden isn't just a collection of plants. It can be a beautiful colorful canvas waiting to be painted with nature's vibrant palette.

Enhancing Your Garden by Adding a Color Accent

If you are looking for easy, no-fuss house plants, then cactus and succulents are for you. Read on to learn more about growing cactus and succulent plants indoors.

Easy to Grow Houseplants – Cactus and Succulents (Cactaceae)

Garden layout ideas on soil, in raised beds, spacing, varieties, plans & design secrets to help create a productive garden.

Garden Layout Ideas for Every Size Space

The corn plant (botanical name: dracaena fragrans) is a well-known indoor plant that is grown in many homes. Learn how easy it really is.

Easy to Grow Houseplants – Corn Plant (Dracaena)

Give your old vintage flower pots new life with this easy styling tutorial anyone can do with faux plants.

Easy DIY Styling of a Vintage Flower Pot

Summer porch refresh ideas for summertime using planted pots of all kinds. An easy and inexpensive way to say wow!

Using Pots for A Summer Porch

Wanting to add a little style to your garden or gift idea? Here are a few ideas for garden or plant markers.

Creative Plant Markers for Every Garden

Love the look of vintage or aging pots? Here are several easy DIY solutions to make your new pots look old.

Beautiful DIY Vintage and Aged Potting Pot Ideas

Wall planters are such a great way to show off all your plants, herbs, or succulents. Here are a few to make yourself.

Easy Decor Ideas with Adorable Wall Planters

Do you have squirrels destroying your property? Here are a few things I have learned to keep pesky squirrels at bay.

How I Have Handled Destructive Squirrels

Live in an area where you don't have much room to grow fruits and veggies? Check out how is it is to grow them in pots.

Growing Fruits and Veggies in Small Containers

Farmhouse friendly and DIY fun pots to make for your home that are so easy to make and so gorgeous to look at.

DIY Farmhouse Flower Pots

Try these DIY garden hose storage ideas to keep one of your most important yard tools put away!

Clever Ways to Store Your Garden Hose

Enjoy thrifty DIY plant stands that will display your favorite plants and look great in your home.

Thrifty DIY Plant Stand Ideas

Affordable farmhouse style flower pots will brighten up any porch, patio, deck, or home with your favorite plant.

Farmhouse Flower Pots for Under $20

Wanting to start your first garden or needing help with problems you may be having? Here are a few steps I learned along the way to make gardening easy and fun.

Beginners Guide to Gardening

Raising Monarch butterflies at home are easy and a great learning tool for the kids. And it's so much fun too!

Raising Monarch Butterflies at Home

Spring is the perfect time to visit local gardens to relax and enjoy in. Learn about plants, gardening and tips on preparing to visit a garden.

Relax and Enjoy Visiting Local Gardens & Tips

Lets talk composting for any size garden. Learn the best way to add much needed nutrients back in the soil.

Composting for the Garden

Learn how to make a really easy PVC Garden Grow Light for all your early seed starting plants. Inexpensive and just a few steps.

How to Make a PVC Garden Grow Light

Looking for ideas on how to be a great backyard bird feeder? Here are my favorite feeders that I have used and some tips

A Quick Guide to Feeding Birds & My Favorite Feeders

DIY Repurpose Succulent Planter

DIY Repurpose Succulent Planter

16 Plants That Don't Need Much Water

16 Plants That Don’t Need Much Water

See how easy it is to make a DIY Blooming Fountain to cover up your eye sore in your yard using beautiful flowering plants by @MonroviaPlants #GrowBeautifully #ad ooh.li/5e6fda6

DIY Blooming Fountain

Learn how to attract bees, hummingbirds and butterflies to your landscaping with nectar rich plants from Monrovia.

How to Attract Pollinating Bees, Hummingbirds and Butterflies to Your Yard

Are your tomato plants too heavy for conventional tomato cages? So how you can make a heavy duty tomato cage with PVC pipe

My New Heavy PVC Duty Tomato Cage

Need a place to store all your garden seeds? I have the perfect DIY Seed Storage thats easy to do and the perfect size.

DIY Seed Storage Container

Do you have seeds which don't germinate? Find out what I have learned about using the correct seeds in your area.

Seed Problems in the Garden?