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Winterizing Your Garden and Porchgiveaways! • lifestyle • green living
Winter is just around the corner, and it's time to one last look at gardens and porches to make sure they're ready for snow and ice and arctic temperatures. Hopefully, you've already done a lot of these tasks, but if you're a last minute person like I am, here are…
Fall Porch Container for Thanksgiving or Harvest DecorFall is by far my favorite season for decorating. I love everything about the season: the weather, the colors, the harvests, the flowers, and the gourds. A quick combination of natural ingredients yields a wonderful look for most any porch, home or barn. Here's an easy DIY Fall Porch Container…
Seed Starting Tips for Kids – Fall GardensLooking to get the kids more involved outdoors? Here are seed starting tips for kids to get them outside and learning right now! Gardening with kids is a great opportunity to teach them about a variety of subjects. Not only can they learn how food grows and take responsibility for…
Garden Wall Art DIYA quick search on Pinterest for Garden Wall Art will turn up a lot of ideas for gorgeous living art - art made out of moss, succulents, and many up-cycyled objects. I've got a gorgeous old up-cycled garden shed that has been begging for a Garden Wall Art DIY, and…
Gifts for Gardeners – Gardening Tool SetWhat do you get for the gardener who has it all? I always have a hard time shopping for my Dad. This year, we decided to make him a gift for gardeners - since he's an avid gardener with a huge, productive garden in Central Missouri - and give him…
Painting Rocks – Garden Art DIYMy kids love to paint all kinds of things they find in nature, like acorns, sticks, and rocks, and I thought painting rocks for garden art might be a way to kill two (or three) birds with one stone! First, painting rocks is a fun way to add some color …
