Let's face it. Often spring is a tease. "I'm here! I'm gone! I'm back...wait, not yet!" We are bounced from 60° days to 15° nights in a blink of an...

The temperatures in my area are supposed to remain below freezing all week, so it's time to make some ice mobiles.   https://youtu.be/jFrqcqL_a_Q...

I decided to revisit the instructions I wrote a few years ago for creating a lighthouse garden ornament using a galvanized chicken feeder.  You can...

If you grow Amaryllis bulbs, and keep them from year to year, you've probably had one or more fall over from the weight of the huge flowers. If this...

With a botanical name like Selaginella kraussiana variegatus, it's no wonder that this plant has been given the common name of frosty fern. But...

Yesterday I "fallified" my front porch. I used several types of pumpkins and some ornamental cabbages and kale. Let's start with how the porch...

Small, Sweet and Not Much Root Room There are times when we not only need a small plant for an equally tiny container, but when we'd like to have a...

The area under a bird feeder is a heavily traveled zone. Birds, squirrels, chipmunks, fox and wild turkeys are routinely seen under my feeder and...

If you go to Google Image and put in "champagne chairs" you'll get many pictures of just how creative you can get with these. Mine are a bit rustic...

If you have something that's made of wire, you have the beginning of a great plant craft project or succulent display.  Since succulents don't need...

I volunteered to provide the April centerpieces for a horticulture group I belong to, and I had a vision of honoring plants and their spring...