Plant low cost, low upkeep perennial flower beds that forever bloom!

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Plant low cost, low upkeep perennial flower beds that forever bloom! Don’t you just adore English-style gardens? A few years back, whenever I went to my gardening brother and sis-in-law’s place, the first thing I always wanted to do was look at their English styled garden flower bed borders around the perimeter of their backyard. […]

Compost gardening – a brown thumb’s dream.

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For those of you that don’t yet have a compost, you may want one after reading this. 🙂 The pumpkin story At the local pumpkin farm Back in the day at my last home, we had a big ‘ol pile of horse and hay ‘compost’ from mucking out the stalls. My then very young son […]

Funky birdhouses on posts, ladders and more!

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Birdhouses on white post with clematis

Funky birdhouses  What is it about funky birdhouses? Why do we love them so and gravitate towards collecting them? Here’s a few birdhouse ideas that I’ve set up myself as well as a neighbour! Birdhouses on a ladder and post . They look great grouped together on posts, ladders,   Barn birdhouse . How about […]

In the Garden – edging and compost talk

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So are you tired of me talking about gardening yet? No? Great! Because this is the only DIY currently going on in these parts. To keep your garden beautiful, things need to grow well. And in my book, there’s one sure fire way to get your plants to do what they’re suppose to do. If […]