July is the best month for tackling essential home and garden chores that keep your outdoor spaces vibrant and functional. With warm, dry weather and long days, it is the perfect time to address a variety of maintenance tasks that enhance your home’s beauty, safety and functionality. From refreshing your grill for summer barbecues to …
My backyard has always been a place to retreat to when life gets stressful. With so many uncertainties in our lives on any given day, it is good to have a place that we can sit back and just watch nature all around us. Since moving to East Texas five years ago, I have been …
Combining productivity and a hobby you love into a working environment is such a good idea for actually enjoying what you are doing. Striking a balance is vital, especially when working from home. Creating a space that helps you to focus and also maintain your well-being can help you achieve tasks more easily, enhance focus …
In the rush of life, we often forget to engage in activities that make us truly happy and content. Gardening is one such activity that many choose to pursue later in life, but I am here to say that there are remarkable benefits of growing your own garden at any age! With rising stress levels …
If you love gardening and are trying to make the most of your garden, there are many ways in which you can add something, no matter the size. It might be easier than you think. Whatever it is that you might have in mind, generally you are going to need to have enough space for …
If you love hummingbirds and routinely attract them to your yard with hummingbird feeders, you may love putting in a hummingbird garden. Your hummingbird garden can be large or small and provide you with hours of time to observe these fascinating birds in your own backyard.
When you bought your house, maybe the selling point wasn’t the backyard and garden. Maybe it was the kitchen with the huge island or the fact that is was close to the kids’ school and your office. Or maybe you wanted a house in the city, and what you sacrificed was your yard size. Regardless …
contains affiliate links The weather is warming up and it makes me SO happy! Even though we live in Texas, the warmer temperatures are a welcome relief, if the winter happened to be a mild one. I love everything about Spring. The color brought back to the outdoors, a warm, shining sun, baby animals, and …
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 …
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 …