Have you tried your hand at making a fairy garden, or maybe a gnome garden yet? If you’ve been looking at all of the cute gardens on Pinterest, but feel intimidated about making your own, just jump in and give it a try!
With every craft or DIY project I make, I compare myself to others and feel inadequate. In my eyes my projects never turn out as good as all of the others I see, however like most of us I’m my own worst critic! So if we’re making it for ourselves and our home, aren’t we the only ones we have to please? And won’t we improve with each attempt?
So, with that thought in mind, I just completed my second fairy garden! Read more….
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We love hummingbirds! Currently there are 4 that reside in our back yard. All day long they chatter and chase one another around the yard competing for nectar. Of all our flowering plants the Cigar Plant seems to rank #1 in popularity with our hummingbirds and the Hibiscus is probably the 2nd most desired.
Hummingbirds do not rely on scent but rather color to lead them to flowers that produce large amounts of nectar. They are particularly drawn to tubular shaped brightly colored flowers of red, orange and hot pink. Hummingbirds will also read more….
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Working in the garden is healing to the mind and soul!
I am 60 years old and I have never had a vegetable garden, until now. When I was a child my grandparents always had a large garden. My sisters and I were sometimes allowed to pick out our very own little watermelon. We loved that. I can remember eating watermelon and having the juice run down our arms and drip off our elbows!
Our mom worked most of the time as we were growing up so vegetable gardening was not something she felt she had time to do. So I didn’t grow up accustomed to having one, or learning how to garden. Now more and more I want to eat and live more naturally and healthy so a veggie garden was on my agenda. read more….
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