How to Make Ghosts for Your Yard
Let me get straight to it: the sheet-over-a-stick ghost is a red flag for "I found this in my basement on October 28th." If you're going to commit to a yard ghost, commit. Your neighbors are watching, and they have…
How to Make Your Yard Scary for Halloween
A scary Halloween yard does not need to be packed with expensive decorations. In fact, some of the creepiest yards I have worked on used a handful of well-placed props, clever lighting, darkness, and one or two details that made…
Classy Halloween Yard Decorations: 17 Spooky Ideas With Style
After making hundreds of Halloween decorations and watching homeowners transform ordinary front yards into memorable displays, I have found that the best ones rely on restraint, lighting, texture, and a few carefully chosen focal points. You want neighbors to slow…
Halloween Yard Ideas: 17 Spooky Ways to Turn Your Yard into a Showstopper
A great Halloween yard does not need to look like a movie set. It needs a clear idea, a few strong focal points, and enough atmosphere that people slow down when they reach your driveway. After working on hundreds of…
What Do You Put in a Hummingbird Feeder?
If you want hummingbirds visiting your yard, the good news is that their feeder does not need an exotic recipe, expensive nectar mix, or a bottle of mysterious red liquid. You only need sugar and water. That's it. But the…
What Plants Look Good in a Rock Garden?
A rock garden is bound to be stunning when the plants and rocks look like they belong together, almost as if they have been sitting there for years. The trick is choosing plants that enjoy the same conditions your rocks…
How to Make Rocks Look Good in a Garden
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…
10 Outdoor Fall Planter Ideas For a Cozy Fall Porch
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,…
How to Keep Grass from Dying in Summer
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…
9 Things to Do with an Old Bird Bath
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…