DIY Outdoor Water Feature

DIY Outdoor Water Feature

Add the relaxing sound of running water to your garden by making a unique creative fountain yourself. Even the simplest of water features can make a bold statement and turn your landscape into something special. Flowing water appeals to our senses while creating a...
Container Gardening

Container Gardening

Gardening isn’t a hobby people are as scared of anymore. The knowledge required for it is now obtainable for anyone thanks largely to books and the internet. Though it often isn’t handed down from mother to daughter or father to son like it was in the past, it has...
Getting the Most out of Your Raised Garden Boxes

Getting the Most out of Your Raised Garden Boxes

Imagine you have spent all afternoon in the hot sun, bent over weeding your garden. Your back is protesting and your sunburned body pleads to stay inside. Although I love gardening, I’m not fond of the maintenance and backaches. In the past I have made raised garden...
Showy Shrubs of Fall

Showy Shrubs of Fall

As summer ends and the last of the annuals put on a showy grand finale, the old cliché holds true: “All good things must come to an end.” Apples and pears are ready for picking and it’s harvest time in the vegetable garden. Meanwhile, taking center stage are the...
Creating Earth’s Eyes

Creating Earth’s Eyes

Of all the Earth’s natural creations, nothing can stop even the most hurried traveler like the great waterfalls, even the small tropical one tucked away deep in the rain forest. There is something about the sound of water moving over rocks and ledges that draws out...
Growing Children in Your Garden

Growing Children in Your Garden

The backyard was sunlit in the early morning, falling into shade in the early afternoon; you could hear the distant swing sets and the children laughing while they played. Those children were probably very close to my age at the time, yet I knew that in this backyard...