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Planting Lowbush Blueberries in Our Garden

September 8, 2023

Let’s talk about native plants and planting lowbush blueberries from Plant Addicts in our garden. This edible plant is great for pollinators and blueberry lovers! Thank you to Plant Addicts for gifting me with a Lowbush Blueberry plant in exchange for this post. All opinions are 100% my own. For the past year or so, I’ve been not-so-subtly hinting that we should extend our garden. While our small fenced in garden has served us well over the past decade, there…

15 Affordable Outdoor Planters $25 and Under

May 20, 2021

Spruce up your yard with these 15 affordable outdoor planters! Every one of these planters is $25 and under making them super budget-friendly! This post may contain affiliate links. Making a purchase through one of these links helps support this blog. Last week, I took my mom for her annual Mother’s Day greenhouse outing. We ended up hitting not one, but two greenhouses this year, and then made a trip to HomeGoods to pick up some new pots. So I…

Whimsical Decorations for Your Lawn and Garden

March 30, 2021

Add a little charm to your outdoor space with these Whimsical Decorations for Your Lawn and Garden including solar lights, spinner, and more! This post may contain affiliate links. Making a purchase through one of these links helps support this blog. These warm, sunny days have been such a tease and my spring fever has set in fast! I’m so ready to get back to gardening and spending my days outdoors. I recently started cleaning up the yard, getting the…

How to Create an Edible Herb Garden

March 16, 2021

Create an edible herb garden with essential culinary herbs that can be used for cooking and dried later to create your own seasoning blends! This post may contain affiliate links. Making a purchase through one of these links helps support this blog. Let me preface this post by saying that I am and will always be a lover of the snow. That said, it’s just been TOO MUCH over the past month! I wanted snow this winter, but not all…

The Tools Every Beginner Gardener Needs

April 21, 2020

These tips and gardening tools will get the beginner gardener started on creating a beautiful, flourishing backyard vegetable garden! This post may contain affiliate links. Making a purchase through one of these links helps support this blog. So you want to grow a backyard garden, huh? There’s nothing more satisfying than seeing your garden start to flourish and ultimately provide you with fresh fruits, vegetables, and beautiful flowers! Once the garden bug hits you, you’ll find yourself counting down to…

How to Create a Butterfly Garden

March 24, 2020

Fill your yard with colorful flowers and host plants this spring and create a beautiful butterfly garden that will attract butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds! This post may contain affiliate links. Making a purchase through one of these links helps support this blog. Last year, I was so excited to get started on my black flower garden! I had a lot of success starting my flowers in a seed starting tray and transplanting them around Mother’s Day. As much as I…

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