Having a well-tended garden blooming with a profusion of colorful flowers, shrubs, and herbs is no mean feat. It involves hard work, due diligence, and serious commitment to regularly taking care of your plants. That's why it hurts so much to wake up one morning and discover a herd of hungry deer has had a veritable feast in your backyard garden, leaving bare stalks or roots in … [Read more...] about Deer Resistant Plants for Your Garden
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How to Create a Tea Garden from Your Own Herb Garden
When the summer is in full swing and the harvest picks up, I often don’t know what to do with myself. I have a productive vegetable garden and a few fruit trees that I don’t want to see going to waste. This keeps my evenings full of processing - peeling, washing, pitting. RELATED POST: Grow Your Own Headache Cures in Your Herb Garden Every summer there comes a time when I … [Read more...] about How to Create a Tea Garden from Your Own Herb Garden
7 Plants To Grow In A Greenhouse In Winter | Guest Post
If you’re a green-fingered garden lover, then winter can be a hard time for you. But you don’t just have to gaze longingly at your seeds and pictures of blooming plants online. This is because there are a few hardy fruits and vegetables that you can sow in greenhouses throughout the colder months. Growth can be slow for some, and others may be ready to harvest in spring, but … [Read more...] about 7 Plants To Grow In A Greenhouse In Winter | Guest Post
Quick And Easy Recipe: Spaetzle Made With Garden Fresh Herbs
As my garden progresses, I'm always trying to use up herbs; Spaetzle made with garden fresh herbs is a fantastic recipe. It's a quick, easy side dish that gives you home-cooked noodles in just minutes. Re-think spaetzle...it's not just a heavy winter dish. The herbs give it a light, bright flavor. Won't you delight your friends when you serve them freshly made noodles instead … [Read more...] about Quick And Easy Recipe: Spaetzle Made With Garden Fresh Herbs
Tired of Those Pesky Mosquitoes? Scare Them Away with These Tried-and-True Plants
There are some individuals who have this quite 'classical' view that those annoying creatures called mosquitoes are afraid of nothing and no-one. I used to belong to that group myself ever since I knew what that whining and buzzing sound in my ears meant. Those pesky mosquitoes are the bane of my life. Then I went to live with my aunt. She was born a gardener, no kidding. From … [Read more...] about Tired of Those Pesky Mosquitoes? Scare Them Away with These Tried-and-True Plants