A dry creek bed can be a nice touch in your landscape, adds variety, and can even provide necessary drainage in your outdoor space. Get inspired with some of these unique dry creek bed ideas:
I have a boxwood update for you. They bounced back! Two years ago, the hedges flanking the front walkway were overgrown and encroaching upon the sidewalk. I pruned them back, hard. Last year, they looked better. This year, they’re fully filled in! So now that I’ve had a little success in the boxwood department, maybe I’m ready to go all-in? I’m in planning mode, wanting to work on the front garden this year. I was out there all day every day last spring and summer, cleaning things up, moving and planting. There are two distinct sides to our front yard, since we have an asymmetrical house on an asymmetrical lot. The smaller side has a blue gazing ball on a small fluted column with a ring of flagstone around it. Near the gate, there is a dwarf lilac, a rose bush, and clematis that climbs and covers the fence. It was never very clear what was supposed to be going on in the middle portion, and I let things grow last year to see what they were. Guess what grew? Weeds! There are also some scraggly bushes near the house that I’m not a fan of, and I’m thinking it’s […]
Gardening is a great hobby, and if you know a gardener, you know how passionate they can be about their plants. They can talk for hours about frost dates, soil amendment techniques, the best tomato
Sometimes you have to get out of the city. I had never been to Giverny before (which still confuses me:) but this trip was so incredible I actually wept with joy when we got there.
Life began in a garden! This cute garden sign is hand painted on reclaimed wood and is weather sealed. It is available in 2 sizes, Either 17 inches tall or 12 inches tall. Makes a nice gift for mom, dad, or any gardener in your life. It looks great in your vegetable, herb, or flower garden. Item is made to order and may vary slightly from the picture, all wood and hand paint jobs are not identical; this ensures that you have an original piece all your own. Item is weather sealed. Be sure to find us on Facebook and Instagram @Hopeandstay
Favourite quotes about gardening or gardeners.
Spring is on its way! I’m seeing more and more garden reels and photos on IG, and I couldn’t be happier! I am getting so much great information from other Instagrammers! However, in Michigan I’m...
As I leave the garden I take with me a renewed view, And a quiet soul. - Jessica Coupe http://goo.gl/aJVobx #gardeningquotes #gardenquotes #gardening #garden #quotes #gardener
After finally clearing the invasive weeds rampant at their new home, our GPOD editor has lots of spring flowers in their new garden.
My girls have been loving the "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" book series, so I had to give this trend my own spin. 😉 It started with gardening for me. For others, it's sourdough. Or maybe you were...
Try your hand at making a DIY greenhouse. Whether it’s wood or steel, glass or acrylic, here's what to make it out of.
One day early last spring I had a bit of a garden related crisis. Or maybe I should call it a panic attack. As I've written about here befo...
Spring has sprung! Well, maybe it’s still springing? Either way, we’re eager to get back to our gardens and flower pots! This month, our featured illustrator is Kathryn Zaremba (see her printable poster and bookmark here and an interview!) and we were so inspired by her tulip wallpapers, I knew we had to do a paper rendition! Plus, […]
After our day exploring the small town of Bellagio on Lake Como, our next stop was heading east across Italy to Lake Garda – the biggest of all the Italian Lakes. We arrived in Sirmione located at the south of the lake on a small peninsular. We arrived just before lunchtime and didn’t plan on staying all day – we were thinking about heading to the train station and hopping on a train to Venice for the afternoon after we’d had a quick explore of the town.
Victorian gardeners had four distinct sources for the flowers suggested James Vick, seed man. His sources still hold up today!
How to Build a Potato Tower, Building a potato tower with wire and straw in your backyard, Clever gardening tips
Some say we overestimate what we can do in a year but we underestimate what we can do in a decade.
Starting or keeping a garden? Here are my top 10 tips for any new gardener! Gardening for beginners doesn't have to be as daunting as it seems...
