#PhotoaDayMay: Pink

This absolutely gorgeous fuchsia flower is in a hanging planter on my back porch. When several buds had begun blooming late last week, I snapped a few photos of them and they came out so good that I’m using one of them as my desktop background right now. Seriously, I can’t get over the vibrant color and how beautiful these flowers are. To boot, this plant attracts hummingbirds that frequently stop by for a snack which has been really awesome to see. Nature is good.

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#PhotoaDayMay: Something You Made

I am not a big maker of things. I’m not very crafty and I don’t possess much natural artistic ability, so the list of things I have actually made is quite short. I have made quite a few websites (design/graphics/coding), including this one, but posting a screenshot of this website just seemed like it would be a total copout. So here is a picture of flower bulbs I planted a few weeks ago in what just may be the coolest planter ever, which I picked up at Walmart on a whim for about $20. The flowers, a type of lily I can’t recall the name of at the moment, have grown quite a bit in the past weeks and I really can’t wait to see what they look like when …

#PhotoaDayMay: 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 …