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I love flowers and since you’re here, I’m betting you do too. Perennials are the backbone of most flower gardens. A perennial is a plant that lives more than two years. Some are short-lived, meaning they only stick around for 2 or 3 years, but my favorite, Classic Perennials are those you plant once and…
Whether you’re planning your first flower garden or your fiftieth flower garden, it’s always good to have a design in mind. How do you design your flower gardens – do you sketch them out on paper? Or, do your fly by the seat of your pants? I’ve done it both ways, and I’m always happier…
One of my favorites things to do in my gardens is putting together little vignettes of junk I’ve picked up at garage sales, thrift stores, estate sales or flea markets and incorporating them into different areas of my garden. This post is filled with lots of pictures of some of these little garden decor groupings…
If you spend much time on Pinterest or gardening groups on Facebook, you’ll see that it’s become very “trendy” to plant a pollinator garden. I really dislike trends. The reason being that attracting butterflies, bees, hummingbirds and other pollinators to your gardens should not be a trend, because trends come and go. Home gardeners have…
Many years ago when I first started dabbling in perennial gardening for myself, I was always on the lookout for free perennial plants and people were always willing to give away their extras once they knew I would take them. Talk about gullible!!! There’s a reason why people give plants away! Please learn from my mistakes (yes…
I hate to admit it, like it kills me to admit it, but here I go… my body is aging! At this point in my life, I’m starting to think about ways to simplify gardening tasks and change things up so that I will never have to give up gardening. With aging in mind, I’ve…
There’s just something so tranquil and serene about shade gardens. I’ve been lucky enough in both of my yards to have both sun and shade gardens, but my favorite place to take a break in my gardens is in one of the shady spots. Although beautiful and serene, Shade Gardening can sometimes have its challenges….
Today I’m sharing another Flower Garden Makeover, with lots of Before and After photos, as well as photos and details of the process. Do you have an area in your yard that you’ve deemed impossible and you just do your best to ignore it? This area I’m about to show you was exactly that, except,…
Oh how I love this time of year! Every day something new is putting on a show in my gardens. Come along as we have a look-see at what is blooming in my Summer Flower Gardens. Oh, and before we get started with our garden tour, it would help me out ever so much, if…
I’ve been so eager to share another garden makeover, but wanted to wait on this one until it was just right. Best part, this Shade Garden Makeover comes with a Fire Pit area. Just a little background on our fixer upper yard. We moved into our current fixer upper home in August of 2016. So…