Rocks can make a garden look finished, natural, and expensive without spending a fortune on plants or complicated features. But there is a catch: rocks look good when they appear to belong there, not when they look like someone dumped…
When summer flowers start looking tired, your porch and patio do not have to follow them into retirement. Fall is one of my favorite seasons for containers because the cooler weather opens up a completely different palette of rusty reds,…
Summer can turn a beautiful lawn into a patchwork of brown grass, bare soil, weeds, and crunchy footprints surprisingly fast. The good news is that your lawn does not need to be babied every hour of the day. It needs…
An old bird bath does not automatically belong in the trash. After years of sun, rain, algae, dirt, and weather, even a tired bird bath can have plenty of life left in it. The trick is deciding whether to restore…
A bird bath can be one of the prettiest features in your garden, but you don't need a fancy basin or an expensive pedestal to make it beautiful. The secret is knowing what to put around the bird bath, what…
Everyone wants their bird bath to pop. To be the star of the garden. A little statement piece. Unfortunately, birds do not care about your garden aesthetic. What they care about is survival. And a bright, eye-catching bird bath doesn't…
A good dust bath looks deceptively simple. You put dry material in a shallow area, give birds room to move around, and wait for them to discover it. But if you have ever built one and watched birds ignore it…
A bird bath doesn't have to stand alone in the middle of the yard looking like an afterthought. Pair it with the right plants, and it becomes the centerpiece that catches your eye from the kitchen window while giving birds…
If you've ever admired a garden that seemed full of color from the first warm days of spring until the crisp air of fall, you may have wondered what the secret was. Here's one of the biggest surprises. It isn't…
If your garden looks tired by August, you're not alone. Many spring flowers by this time have faded, summer heat has taken its toll, and empty patches suddenly seem to appear everywhere. When you experience this, it's tempting to assume…