Inspiration for home, garden, and sustainable living
The best way to achieve all summer color in your garden beds is to choose perennial flowers with the longest possible bloom time. This list highlights the most eye catching perennial flowers that bloom for 8-12 weeks and come back to life every year to fill your garden with low maintenance beauty.
Have you ever looked at lists of companion plants and wondered why? Why are these certain plants good companions? What makes them go well together? And most importantly, is there a way to implement companion planting without cross referencing lists in multiple books and websites? The answer is yes, you can gain a deeper understanding of companion planting, and this will make it easier and quicker for you to plan vegetable garden layouts.
Do you wish you could get more out of your vegetable garden space? By creating a succession garden schedule, you can! Increase yields from all your crops with proper planning and foresight. This guide will give you the confidence and tools to create your very own planting schedule no matter the size of your garden.
There is nothing like a hot cup of tea to cure what ails you! Growing a medicinal tea garden is an incredible resource for making herbal tea and medicines at home. Buying bulk herbs can be quite expensive, whereas garden plants and seeds are a one time purchase that will keep producing for years to come.
The beauty of a cottage garden transports you to a bygone era with its old fashioned flowers and classic charm. Flowers abound with endless blooms in a sprawling, haphazard manor that makes you wonder if they all happened there by chance. But designing and selecting flowers for a cottage garden is anything but random.
Learn how to start seeds indoors for your vegetable or flower garden. This guide explains the entire process for indoor seed starting success including: setting up your growing space, what supplies to purchase, when and how to plant, seedling care, common seed starting problems, hardening off, and transplanting.
Whether you’re motivated by preparedness, self-reliance, or simply the joy of growing your own, planning a survival garden offers both security and abundance. By cultivating vegetables, herbs, and medicinal plants at home, you gain peace of mind knowing you can provide fresh food and natural remedies when needed.