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How to Grow Cucumbers on a Trellis
Welcome to the world of CUCUMBERS! Or at least my world of cucumbers! Let me teach you my ways of the cucumber plant. And I specify MY WAY cause I do what works for us in our garden. Others may have their own ways, however we grow our cucumbers on a trellis! TREMENDOUS space saver! 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. Location In my experience, cucumbers love, love, LOVE sunny spots and proper drainage! Be sure to pick a…
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How to Make A Butterfly Bath
Time to pull out your creative side with your own Butterfly Bath! I tried mine this spring and it has to be one of the main focal points in our flower bed! The water bath is an excellent way to attract butterflies to your garden while simultaneously providing them with much needed water during the hot summer days! 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. Check out my other post How to Attract Butterflies to your Garden here! Just follow…
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3 Tips to Start Your Spring Clean up
So the winter weather is coming to an end and you are starting to get your first few tastes of the spring air ahead. HALLEJUAH! I have been waiting for spring for what feels like FOREVER! 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. It is my favorite season along with summer. It’s when all the plants start to come back to life and bloom! And life is everywhere again. You got your trees starting to bud and your spring flowers…
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How to Start Composting
What is something every great garden should have?! A COMPOST PILE!! Why is that you may be asking yourself? Because the process of composting makes nutrient-rich soil that is essentially food for your veggies. It makes your garden happy and healthy! And is always a great way to recycle! 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. Don’t forget to do your part in saving the earth!! Composting is EASY! And yes you can do it too! You are gonna OWN…
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Getting Your Garden Ready for Fall
So its the beginning of September, we are just a few short weeks away from Fall! Now is the time to start prepping everything for those winter months! I’m talking about planting your spring bulbs, so they bloom come spring. Talking about harvesting the last bits of your garden and planting your fall/winter vegetables. I’m talking about cleaning up the garden and the everlasting fall leaves that never seem to be finished falling from the trees. 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…
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How to Save your Seeds
Getting Started If you are new to the whole gardening thing, especially when it comes to seed saving, it is easier if you start with the basics. Dont go worrying about all the hybrids and such that life has to offer now. There is a lot more to flowers than taking the seeds and expecting that same plant to grow from them. Today, there are many varieties of color and shapes of the same flower done by cross polination. Which for the creativity of a gardener is amazing! We all LOVE to be creative now, don’t we?! DISCLOSURE: This post may contain affiliate links, which means we may receive a…
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How to Attract Butterflies to Your Garden
Butterflies play an important role in our ecosystem because they are natural pollinators. Planting as many flowers as you can, as well as planting many varieties with different blooming times so that there are flowers all summer long is definitely helpful in keeping the butterflies around. So! You love the idea of a garden full of flowers and full of all the different species of butterflies, but you’re not too sure on how to make it happen. 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…
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How to Grow Sunflowers
Sunflowers are probably my favorite thing to plant, grow and harvest. It all started when I was getting married a few years ago. We decided on a fall theme wedding and I was determined to do as much as I could for this wedding myself to save money. You name it…the food, the favors, the invitations and this included the decorations as well. But instead of using silk flowers. I wanted the real deal… So I sought out my local Walmart and in the garden center I found the seed display. That glorious seed display that I absolutely LOVE to stare at for a good 15 mins while my kids…
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How to Grow Mint in your Garden
Mint is probably my favorite plant to have in the garden! Why is that you may ask?! The fragrance of course! Let me show you how easy it is to grow mint in your garden! I LOVE walking by our mint patch and smelling the fresh mint leaves in the air. You can rub a leaf or two with your fingers and the smell is so refreshing. 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. Not only is it SOOOOOOO easy…
