We have already enjoyed a strawberry crop! See my Secrets to Growing Strawberries here. Growing Strawberries: Know Your Variety You can ask your local nursery owners, but typically we can choose between a few varieties. If you want an early harvest you can select June-Bearing Strawberries. These will fruit early in the year and have a large crop during the month of … [Read more...]
Why Marigolds are Important for Your Vegetable Garden
Why Marigolds are Important for Your Vegetable Garden - 5 Tips! Benefits of Marigolds in Your Garden: When starting our vegetable garden, we were excited to get a few tips for the best possible results. I was surprised to learn Marigolds are great for companion planting along with tomatoes! Although I'd seen my relatives plant them in the past, I never realized how many … [Read more...]
10 Reasons to Grow Rosemary
I wanted to share my 10 Reasons to Grow Rosemary. See why I included it in my spring garden this year. It's a Natural Air Freshener: Just walking by the Rosemary you can sometimes pick up its scent. After you harvest it, make your own natural potpourri by combining several sprigs of fresh rosemary, a slice of lemon and orange in a small saucepan. Fill with water … [Read more...]
How to Make a Garden Trellis
How to Make a Garden Trellis - See our latest outdoor DIY! DIY Garden Trellis: I am so excited about how our backyard garden is coming along. We have completed several bigger DIY projects as well as some maintenance on our Garden Makeover from last year. The latest project involved putting up a DIY Garden Trellis in one of the raised beds. It's the perfect spot for … [Read more...]
5 Ways to Improve Your Garden
5 Ways to Improve Your Garden - See Our Latest DIY! Disclosure: We were given a few of the things below to experiment with for this post. We are in full gardening mode here in central Oklahoma! April is officially half over and Easter is around the corner, both good markers on the calendar for when you can jump into gardening. Read about our latest DIY... our back … [Read more...]
