Choosing the perfect collection of plants for your window boxes can be an overwhelming decision, one made even more complicated when that window box is in a full sun location. Planting window boxes that will really pop means choosing plants that can…
Are you dreaming about adding some window boxes to your home, but lack the time and patience to pamper persnickety flowers? In the last few years, succulents of every shape and size have made their way into gardens and homes across the country, with a few setting roots in window boxes on the shady sides […]
Watering is one of the most vital and detested chores in the garden, right after pulling long rooted, thorny weeds with your bare hands. For container gardeners, watering has become much less of a hassle since the introduction of the newest generation of self-watering planters. Older styles of self-watering planters weren’t much better than resting […]
It’s the little things that matter, especially when it comes to curb appeal. Although your garage door usually melts into the background, it’s one of the biggest surfaces on the outside of your home. You can choose to ignore it or treat it like a canvas and use it to enhance the visual appeal of […]
Whether you’re looking for a way to spice up your plain, unassuming home or you’re afraid someone may take a tumble out of an upper story floor-to-ceiling window, Juliet balconies are exactly what you need. Unlike a traditional balcony that takes up outdoor space, requires frequent maintenance to ensure safety and can be expensive to […]
Vegetable growing can be a lot of hard work – between the beating they get from tilling the garden and the back breaking bending to place each seed or plant in the ground, many gardeners give up and go shopping at the Farmer’s Market. Although this is certainly a viable solution, you still can’t be […]
We all imagine that our gardens will be beautiful, thriving oases of green, springing right out of the ground, but it’s not always possible without a great deal of hard work and manipulation of native soils that may be full of clay, rocks or sand. Enter the raised bed garden! Whether you need to raise […]
Summer is a great time for family vacations and trips to the pool, but it can be a huge challenge for gardeners. Vegetable plants get touchy when temperatures climb, flowers collapse and the lawn might even take on a slightly brown tone. Depending on where you live, summer may be the most difficult season for […]
Planters and window boxes do a lot to dress up a home, but they can also make your business storefront pop. Window boxes and planters introduce a little color and life to an otherwise dreary sidewalk or asphalt parking lot. They can also slow down pedestrians, people who may walk by every day but have […]
Flowers springing merrily from dirt-filled pots and planters is a sight that we take for granted. After all, aren’t plants supposed to thrive in dirt? The truth is, planting in containers requires a little more finesse, since you’ve got to encourage the medium to hold moisture against the plant’s roots while draining away any standing […]