Lavender not only has a great smell and color, but it also serves numerous medicinal and health purposes. Many people think growing lavender is difficult, but it’s actually a fairly low maintenance plant. If you know what environment is best for lavender and what situations to avoid, then it shouldn’t be a problem at all! […]
Container Gardening
How To Make Gorgeous Winter Planters For Your Front Porch
Just because it’s winter doesn’t mean your front porch planters can’t be showstoppers! Winter definitely has its own kind of beauty, you just need to know how to take advantage of it. Here are some ideas to help you make gorgeous winter planters for your front porch. Gorgeous Winter Planters For Your Front Porch Tips […]
Surprise! Vegetables To Grow In Winter {As Long As They’re Indoors}
Is this what your garden looks like during the winter? Mine too! But thankfully, you don’t have to resort to eating bland grocery store tomatoes. Tomatoes are just one of the vegetables to grow in winter–indoors–while the snow drifts pile up outside. Let me show you some of the delicious vegetables you can grow inside […]
All You Need To Know About Rain Gutter Gardening
Do you have any pieces of old rain gutter lying around? You should consider putting it to use in the garden! Today I’m going to fill you in on rain gutter gardening. If you haven’t heard of it before, you’re missing out. Stick around and learn all you need to know about rain gutter gardening […]
Container Gardening For Beginners: I Think I CAN
Today at Bless My Weeds, we are going back to some basics with container gardening for beginners. Even if you’ve done some container gardening before, we can all use a little refresher course. We’re also going to look at how easy it is to begin container gardening with something we all tend to have a […]
Vertical Gardening: How A Wallflower Could Be The Star Of Your Garden
Vertical gardening includes quite an array of gardening methods. It is as simple as training your plants or vegetables to grow in an upward direction, to actually planting on a vertical space, like a wall. Today we’re talking mostly about vertical gardening on a wall. With this type of gardening, a wallflower could be the […]
7 Dwarf Ornamental Grasses For Container Gardening
There are potted flowers, and then there are pots that include dwarf ornamental grasses in addition to flowers. In other words, grasses have a way of elevating your containers to a whole new plane! Grasses literally add a much-needed height element to your container gardens. They also add a simple beauty and provide a backdrop […]
Soil Essentials For Container Gardening
Before you start a container garden, you need to know the soil essentials for container gardening. It’s a misconception that you can simply shovel some soil from your garden into your containers and call it good. But do you understand why that is? It’s all part of the soil essentials you need to know before […]
February Gardening Tips to Brighten Up Your Winter
Today we’ve got your February gardening tips! You might think you can’t really do much gardening during the gray days of February, but that’s not true. There is a lot you can do. Stick around while we show you! February gardening tips are tricky, because February itself is tricky! Gardeners who live in a warmer […]
Do It On Top: Rooftop Gardening Tips
So many people of the world live in urban areas that the idea of rooftop gardening is not new. Did you know that in countries such as India and Asia, urban rooftop gardens provide jobs for retired workers and housewives? However, in some areas of North America, rooftop gardening is a relatively new practice. Today […]