Photo a Day May: Grass

Every spring it seems as if everyone I communicate with retreats to their gardens and post plenty of pictures of the amazing things they have grown. Throughout the past few years, I have been remarkably jealous of these people growing their own vegetables and herbs because I had been living in an apartment with absolutely no outside space to call my own, and indoor container gardening was out because I have two cats who have completely destroyed whatever plants we had the audacity to bring inside. This year I stopped being jealous because I was finally able to start my own garden in the yard of our new house. (If you’re an apartment dweller right now reading this with a grimace on your face because you’ve been wanting to start a garden …

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With gardening season now in full swing, leisurely strolls down the plant food and fertilizer aisle are frequent for many avid and novice gardeners. This year, I am a novice gardener. I have two large pots sitting in the middle of my not at all cleaned out or ready garden area, hence why I’m starting out with growing in pots, with tiny little green sprouts finally beginning to emerge from the soil. It’s hard to believe that they will soon be tomato plants, but they will be, and I am excited.

The reason why I and why many others start a vegetable garden, besides curbing …

Care for Your Lawn Easily with the Scotts® Snap® Spreader System

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When my partner and I first looked at the house that would soon become our home, one of the definite draws of the space was the large backyard. Up until this time, neither of us had ever had a yard of our own, but because we moved in the beginning of February when everything was still covered in inches of snow, the true state of our lawn was a complete surprise we didn’t get to see until just recently.

As warmer temperatures have settled in, our yard has been bursting with green and the grass has been growing faster than we ever expected. However, we have quite a few problem areas….

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Ever since moving into our new house and seeing the two small vegetable gardens the previous owner had set up, and the abundance of plant life that has been sprouting back to life as spring settles in, I have been planning (with a wish and a hope) of having fresh vegetables and beautiful flowers that I’ve grown myself come summer. There’s only one small problem with this–my inexperience with gardening has made me weary of getting out into my yard and beginning work on anything.

Luckily, there are products available that can give novice gardeners a little boost of confidence to venture out into their outdoor spaces and begin growing crops and flowers with lovely results. In …

Wordless Wednesday: Coming Back to Life

It has been a while since I’ve done a Wordless Wednesday post; let’s jump back on this bandwagon, shall we?

In the past week, plants all over the backyard have started to bloom. We bought this house in the middle of winter and moved in during the second week of February, so the only state we have seen the backyard in is snow-covered and dead. I’m really looking forward to the next few months and seeing all of the plants and flowers out there come to life. I wonder what it’s going to look like!

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Bulbs. Dig, Drop, Done. Shows Just How Easy Growing Beautiful Flowers Can Be

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Last month, my partner and I moved into our first home. Not only is it my partner’s first single family home ever, having spent his whole life up to this point living in small apartments, and my first home since moving out of my family’s house as a teenager, but this is also the only time either of us has ever had a big yard. A wide, amazing open space that is ours, that we can do whatever we desire with. It took me no time at all to dream up a lush garden full of bright, beautiful colors. The only problem with making my imagined garden a reality is that I …