Easy Grandparent’s Day Gift For The Gardening Lover this post contains affiliate links Grandparent’s Day is September 11th this year, which means that it is coming up quickly! The boys’ school doesn’t celebrate Grandparent’s Day until October, and really, we should be celebrating it all of the time because grandparents are awesome!!
It’s Not Too Late, There are Many Things You Can Still Plant in a Summer Garden! The weather has finally warmed up with no chance of frost, and the sun shines gloriously every day. If you have had weather issues, or are a procrastinator, there are many plants that will still thrive even though the …
10 Easy to Grow Houseplants We all would like to have at least a few green plants in our homes – they freshen up the surroundings. However, some of us do not think we have a green thumb or are too busy to care for plants. I am here to tell you that there are plants on …
This post was brought to you by Mamavation, Friends of the Earth, and BeeAction. All opinions are mine. Bees are very misunderstood creatures. It seems like they are known for stinging and causing pain above anything else. But did you know that bees are disappearing at alarming rates and our food supply DEPENDS on bees? …
Strawberries are a wonderful addition to the garden because they provide you with delicious fruit and add a little color to one of the hardest areas of the garden to fill in. No matter if you decide to grow them in a container, bed or hanging baskets, strawberries can start bearing fruit in just a …
How to Naturally Control Squash Bugs Out of all of the things I have tried to grow over the year, yellow summer squash has to be my very favorite! It is easy to grow and take care of, and summer squash is one of my very favorite vegetables. You can do so many things with …
Start Your Garden Indoors with DIY Seed Pots! I received these seed pots and we were excited to decorate them. I gave the boys some markers, eco-friendly glue, googly eyes, tissue paper, eggshells, and old cooked spaghetti noodles, just for fun. I was curious as to what they would come up with. (The googly eyes …
Contains affiliate links. Our summer garden did remarkably well, especially for being organic. I knew, being pregnant, I didn’t want to mess with any kinds of chemicals or pesticides that weren’t natural. Our okra is taking off in this extreme Texas heat, but everything else is definitely end-of-season quality. It was a very satisfying experience …
I have always loved having a garden, but we have not always had much space or time to get a bigger garden accomplished. We have had success with a few small flowerbed veggie gardens, where we have grown carrots, okra, onions, snow peas, radishes, squash, and zucchini. This year, with the boys being a little …
Back to the Roots is an amazing company that takes old coffee grounds and reuses them in their at home Mushroom Garden kits. This year alone, they are on pace to collect, divert, and reuse 3.6 MILLION pounds of coffee grounds from Peet’s Coffee & Tea! Take a look at this infographic to see exactly …