You wanna garden? Oh yeah, I know you do. But ya know what? Working in your beds right now may be the worst thing you could do for your garden. Check out why on my guest post over at The Design Confidential.
You all know I have kind of a thing for Tim Wood, right? I certainly mention him enough here. Well, that’s not entirely true, even though he seems to be a very nice, intelligent and sort of funny guy. I really have a thing for his hydrangeas. (Honestly, Tim, I’m not stalking you … just your plants.) Little Lime looking …
It’s funny that I seem to refer to this photo a lot for different posts. This was taken in September on the day we started the renovation so it looks a little bit like we might be loading up the Joads’ truck or something. Anyway, you can see the area along the front of the house that I’m talking about. …
That’s right folks. Look past the almost three feet of snow still covering most of the yard (in my part of the world) and you will indeed see signs that spring is on the way. I donned my new Target wellies the other day (with this much snow it’s going to be a very wet spring) to take a little …
Who wouldn’t want to be standing on that bridge overlooking this amazing garden? Now that we spent last week dreaming about gardening (you were dreaming, right?) you can continue the dream by going to a flower show or gardening seminar, which have a tendency to pop up all over the place starting next month or so. If you can’t garden …
I’ve mentioned Houzz enough here that you’re probably all familiar with it, but if you’re not, you really should check it out. It’s been incredibly helpful during our renovation and I still reference my “ideabooks” there regularly. The way I use Houzz is to search a particular category and just save the photos I like. I may not be sure …
For many of us gardening is welcome escape from the excess of technology that has because a necessary evil in our daily life. Gardening at home is as simple as it comes. Use basic tools. Dig in the dirt. Put a plant in the ground and water it. It’s nature at its finest. And I would argue that that’s one …
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