Outdoor Living Area

Ever thought that it might be nice to grow fruit in your own garden. To be able to pop outside and harvest strawberries, apples, or any other fruit you love sounds pretty good to us too. But in a lot of cases people do not venture into this because they think they need quite a [...]

There are so many excellent recommendations available on how to prepare your garden for winter, but some are less commonly heard. Two ideas that we rarely encounter involve taking measures to prevent your soil from cracking, and the other is about how to protect young trees. Neither of which involves having to layout burlap screens [...]

It might come as a huge surprise, but in certain instances snow can be more friend than foe to your garden.  Though upon initially hearing this, it might sound incorrect, but alas it is not. Quirky yes, but fallacy no. For those who live in areas where winter means the fall of blankets of snow [...]

Lately, I have been day dreaming about what else but my ultimate dream space. You know the very thing I created this category on my site for, to be able to talk about what would really make life grand. This go round, it all begins with the vision of a small garden house. Inside would [...]

In order to be able to expend time, money and energy on pampering your plot, it makes perfect sense to plant some low maintenance flowers. Just imagine, if the rabbits, deer, and other fuzzy intruders left your perennials alone, and you could focus on embellishing what you have, instead of replacing and revamping. And, what [...]

Yes, we all live for those warm months when we can make use of our gardens as livable space. However, the grim reality of it is that even once Spring and Summer come along there is never any real insurance that the rain will not make an appearance, the winds kick up, or the clouds [...]

As we are in the midst of vegetable growing season, now is as good a time as any to evaluate which important vitamins can be found in our bounty. Vitamin A is found in sweet potato, pumpkin, and carrots. As for vitamin C, look to peppers, tomatoes, and cauliflower. You can get the both lovely [...]

One of the greatest ways to introduce children to gardening is to start them off with an herb garden. In order to avoid any disappointments, there are a few things that it would be wise to inform them of once things are underway. This will help to make things flourish, and to get them to [...]

In order to be the keeper of a pampered plot you will want to have the proper set up to house your supplies. There are many options when it comes to a choosing a potting bench, but the one I like most is the one that is recycled. It might surprise you to learn what [...]

This is it, the year I build my new and improved garden shed. I located the perfect plans for making your own shed, and am extremely eager to get the show on the road. Considering how many different designs I looked at, and the many varying styles I had to decide between I feel at [...]