What is Companion Gardening or Companion Planting? If you’re looking to take your gardening to the next level, companion gardening (sometimes called companion planting) is a great way have a wonderful garden full of bountiful plants. Companion planting is a method of growing plants together in a way that benefits both plants. Not only does […]
12+ Beginner Winter Sowing Tips/Lessons | Gardening
Beginners Guide to Winter Sowing Last year was our first year to winter sowing. We went in with no expectations, and I had big goals, and we failed miserably. This year, I’m taking a step back and being realistic on what we can do. I’m sharing my tips for beginner winter sowing. If you have […]
How to Make Your Own Hanging Flower Basket
Homemade Hanging Flower Basket Every year it seems I would buy a hanging flower basket and end up with a lot of empty pots, no flowers. I finally got a quality hanging basket, and have saved myself a lot of money, but just refilling it each year. It’s easy and a way to recycle your […]
How to Build an Elevated Garden Bed
how to build a raised garden bed Getting down on the ground or bending down for gardening, can prohibit people from growing a garden. But having an elevated raised garden bed can easily make it so everyone (who wants), can have a garden. We’ve built a couple elevated raised beds and have our materials and […]
How to Build a Grape Trellis
Building a Grape Trellis When we bought our house, it had lots of fruit trees. But the grape vines were just laying on the ground with no grape vine supports. We needed to build grape trellis to keep the grapes from going to waste before we had a chance to eat them or make jelly. […]
homemade seed strips for gardening
Whenever I plant seeds, they end up in a huge clump. But when I make seed strips, I have a shot at 1. things might grow in a row. 2. things might get planted and grow. Making strips is a good way to get your kids excited for gardening (and they may want to help). […]
How to Make a Companion Container Garden
how to create a companion container garden This article contains affiliate links. I make a small portion when you shop from these links on companion container gardening. We read a book on gardening called Carrots Love Tomatoes: Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening. It sounded perfect for us. You plant certain plants together, to […]
Tips for Planting Fruit Trees | Grow Fruit Trees
Tips for Planting Fruit Trees Our little farmette consists of almost 4 acres of land. When we moved here, it had a big house, old fruit trees and berry bushes. We knew we wanted to expand the types of fruit trees and have a garden area. Planting trees can be tricky, we’re sharing our tips […]
make your own strawberry container garden
We have had raised bed strawberries in the past, but cannot decide where we want to make the permanent home of our strawberries this year, so we are going to do container garden for our strawberries. What type of container to use for your garden? We have used an old bathtub shaped container and found […]
15+ Tips For Successful Landscaping
Here in Michigan, when Spring comes, a lot of people are looking to figure out what they want to do outside because we have been cooped up all winter. We work on the landscaping. If you haven’t evaluated your yard, you will want to take these tips into consideration. I’ve captured our successful landscaping tips. […]
