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How to Grow Cat Mint
Catmint is a great perennial herb to have growing in your garden! It has many uses and gives a gorgeous and aromatic vibe! This low maintenance plant is a must have! Starting from Seed Catmint has very tiny seeds that you can find once the flower has dried up. By pinching around the stem of the base of the dried up flower and pulling the flower off the stem you can collect the seeds. After collecting them for use, it is easy to tweezer out a couple for seed starting. DISCLOSURE: This post may contain affiliate links, which means we may receive a commission if you click a link and…
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How to Grow Nasturtiums
Nasturtiums are my new favorite craze! I only wish I had found them sooner! They are simply gorgeous and not only are they edible, they make a great filler to any garden and have so many incredibly helpful benefits that you’ll want to have them around every year! Easy to Grow This beauty of a flower is easy to grow and is carefree. The seed looks like a little mini brain and is easy to sow directly into the ground after any risk of frost. Plus since the seeds are larger, this is a great plant to get the little ones involved, and get the next generation of gardeners trained,…
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How to Make Hummingbird Nectar
Everyone knows how much hummingbirds absolutely LOVE their nectar! There are a few options you have at helping feed the hummingbirds. Stores have premade nectar that you can purchase, or you can try making your own at home! Here is how we make our own hummingbird nectar! Mix Together DISCLOSURE: This post may contain affiliate links, which means we may receive a commission if you click a link and purchase something at no extra cost to you. Please check out our Disclosure Policy for more details. Boil the mixture til the sugar fully dissolves and then let cool completely. Put in feeders and enjoy. In cooler weather change your nectar…
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How to Grow Lettuce
We grow lettuce every year, Its always something that is useful in our household. From salads and hamburgers to turkey sandwiches and hoagies, you name it. Its also extremely easy to grow and maintain! Starting Lettuce from Seeds Easy peasy lemon squeezy! Get your area nice and ready with your fertilized dirt! Be sure to be clear of any frost! DISCLOSURE: This post may contain affiliate links, which means we may receive a commission if you click a link and purchase something at no extra cost to you. Please check out our Disclosure Policy for more details. We plant our lettuce in a homemade planter box that my dad made!…
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List of 17 Flowers for Hummingbirds
Hummingbirds enjoy a variety of flowers, but especially bright nectar-filled and tubular flowers. Plant these flowers around your garden for more of a chance to see these beauties fly through. You will also find most of these in our very own garden! DISCLOSURE: This post may contain affiliate links, which means we may receive a commission if you click a link and purchase something at no extra cost to you. Please check out our Disclosure Policy for more details. 1.Geraniums Geraniums are a very popular flower that everyone seems to gravitate towards. They offer flowers all summer long and give bursts of color to your garden! You can even bring…
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Uses for Mint Tea
Mint tea is one of my personal favorites. The smell, the taste, I just can’t get enough of it! But the mint plant also has many medicinal uses! Mint tea is all natural Did you know that mint is a natural anti-inflammatory and is full of antioxidants and has antimicrobial properties?! Its also a natural relaxant and a natural decongestant! What doesn’t this plant have?! DISCLOSURE: This post may contain affiliate links, which means we may receive a commission if you click a link and purchase something at no extra cost to you. Please check out our Disclosure Policy for more details. For the Body Its great for your skin…
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DIY Popsicle Stick Garden Markers
Check out these awesome DIY popsicle stick garden markers that my daughter and I made for our garden! You only need 3 materials to make these and they are super easy! DISCLOSURE: This post may contain affiliate links, which means we may receive a commission if you click a link and purchase something at no extra cost to you. Please check out our Disclosure Policy for more details. For the garden markers we made, we used 2 popsicle sticks for the stake part that will stick into the ground along with 6 facing popsicle sticks for the picture and name of the fruit/vegetable/herb. Then gluing them together using hot glue.…
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How to Grow String Beans
String beans are probably one of the easier crops to start with. They are resilient and yet produce lots for harvest. Ours generally give 2-3 harvest pickings and yields tremendous amounts! Be prepared for what you grow, make room in your freezers! In our garden we usually plant a green bean (bush bean) and a yellow bean (golden rod). Makes for great additional color to your crop. There are many varieties of string beans that you can choose from such as pole bean, gold rush, rattlesnake green bean, and scarlet runner, etc. DISCLOSURE: This post may contain affiliate links, which means we may receive a commission if you click a…
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How to attract Hummingbirds to your Garden
Hummingbirds are my moms absolute FAVORITE! She has hummingbird figurines all over the house and when it comes to planting flowers outside, Id say she caters to the hummingbird the most! And I don’t blame her, they are a GORGEOUS specimen! So she knows a thing or two about How to attract hummingbirds to the garden! We always have a few that come by each year! DISCLOSURE: This post may contain affiliate links, which means we may receive a commission if you click a link and purchase something at no extra cost to you. Please check out our Disclosure Policy for more details. Plant Flowers to Attract Hummingbirds Of course…
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How to Grow Black Eyed Susan Vine
The Black Eyed Susan vine has got to be my favorite vine that we have grown in our garden thus far! Not only is it an absolutely gorgeous perennial! It is a great space filler, and offers many variations in color! We planted yellow vines this year but after growing a few weeks, they seemed to have changed their color to this gorgeous orange/red. But I have seen bright yellows, bright oranges and a pale creamy yellow. DISCLOSURE: This post may contain affiliate links, which means we may receive a commission if you click a link and purchase something at no extra cost to you. Please check out our Disclosure…
