Tulips 101:all you need to know. I absolutely love tulips mostly because I love spring. It’s my favorite season and tulips are a big part of that. They come in thousands (3000 registered!) of varieties and have so many different colors and petal shapes. Fun fact; tulips will follow the sun even after they are…
The Best Flowers for Your Front Porch
Your front porch is the first impression guests have of your home, and what better way to make it warm and welcoming than with a burst of floral elegance and color? In this post we’ll explore the best flowers for your front porch, how to maintain them and how to piece them together to give…
White Gardens You Have To See
White Gardens are all the rage right now. At first glance, a white garden may seem simplistic, but the addition of textures, differing heights and fullness, and varieties of blossoms can take it to the next level. The monochromatic scheme is characterized by arrays of blossoms like lilies, roses, hydrangeas, tulips, and peonies, each contributing…
Spring Front Porch Inspiration
I’ve been planning my front porch since last fall. In fact I have several pots full of bulbs waiting to spring up from the soil. With the warm weather coming soon, I wanted to gather a few inspo pics from the depths of the internet to inspire my front spring front porch. After all, I…
Leggy Seedlings 101
Ah the joys of starting seedlings indoors! You plant those innocent seeds, anticipating a lush garden, and then reality hits: leggy seedlings. What gives?! You’ve given them all they need to survive and they reward you with an extra long stem that won’t hold up to any wind or rain when it lives outside. Rude!…
Lily of the Valley 101
With spring coming soon and my last post about white spring flowers, I thought I would focus one post specifically on lily of the valley. I am seeing this flower all over Pinterest this year. It’s big in wedding bouquets, cut flower arrangements, potted up nicely, and just as a landscape flower. About Lily of…
White Spring Flowers
Spring is just around the corner….Finally! White is one of my favorite colors to use in my garden. In fact in my front yard, I try to have mostly white flowers with green hedges as accent. It’s such a clean and classy look. These white spring flowers would be a great addition to any landscape…
Window Box Inspiration
One of my projects this spring is to make and install window boxes on my shed/chicken coop. I’ve been searching Pinterest and Instagram to find the best tutorials and inspo pics and now I can’t wait to get started. I can’t wait to get started building my own window boxes. Stay tuned for photos and…
Starting Seeds Indoors
Right about this time of year, I get antsy and really miss gardening. It’s been a weirdly warm winter where I live (except for that week cold snap that rolled through) and it almost feels like spring. I’m still hesitant to start some seeds outside because our last frost date where I live isn’t until…
Weeds 101
As a gardener, weeds will become one of your daily battles. There are a handful of ways to combat them but they’ll always be somewhat of a problem. Why don’t we want weeds? The main reason we don’t want weeds is that they compete with our beloved plants for valuable space, water, and nutrients. Most…