This DIY cold frame garden box was designed for garden boxes in areas of the country that receive frost. You can plant your vegetables earlier in the season and maintain them later in the season as well.
Overwintering Geraniums
I try to keep myself busy with a multitude of home and garden projects during the winter. This year, I wanted to test a theory a friend passed along about overwintering geraniums.
Creamy Ham Pasta Salad
Creamy Ham Pasta Salad
Spring and summer scream pasta salads. I make a variety of pasta salads because I don’t have to cook lunch for the children. It is easy for them to grab a quick bowl when they are ready to eat.
Ridges Sanctuary Door County Nature Preserve
The Ridges Sanctuary in Baileys Harbor, Door County, Wisconsin
The Ridges Sanctuary in Baileys Harbor is one of the most distinctive nature preserves in Door County. Known for its winding boardwalks, wetland trails, rare plants, and quiet woodland scenery, it is a place where you can slow down and explore a very different side of the peninsula.
Spread across roughly 1,600 acres, The Ridges protects a unique landscape of swales, ridges, wetlands, boreal forest, and shoreline habitat. For visitors who enjoy wildflowers, birding, photography, and peaceful nature walks, it is one of the most rewarding places to visit in Baileys Harbor.
11 Birds that Eat Oranges
11 Birds That Will Eat Oranges
Birdy, birdy here’s a sweet treat.
Sure to make you tweet! Tweet! Tweet!
DIY Toadstools for Your Flower Garden
This project is simple and cute! By recycling a vase, bowl and decorative pieces of glass or broken plates you can create your own DIY toadstools for your flower garden.
Slow Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup
Slow Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup
This slow cooker chicken tortilla soup is one that I enjoy making because my family members think I slaved all day creating it. In reality, it starts with shredding a rotisserie chicken, chopping an onion and opening a few cans.
How to Tell Male and Female Monarch Apart
Ever wonder how to tell male and female Monarch apart? Maybe, the thought never crossed your mind. Well, to capture the lifecycle of the Monarch you would need to know your male from your female. How to Tell Male and Female Monarch Apart Distinguishing between male and female Monarch butterflies can be challenging, but there … Read more
Sweet Simple Things Miller Lane Collection
Add to the vintage-inspired charm of your farmhouse decor with this Sweet Simple Things Miller Lane Collection of Old White Barn quad wall art set. This farmhouse rural grouping of images was all processed using the same approach. Images can be printed in easy-to-find department store frame sizes of 5×7, 8×10, and additional popular sizes.
Spa Sock Cupcakes
Spa Sock Cupcakes
Make your own sweet treats that will be warmly received. Spa sock cupcakes make wonderful gifts. You can even make “baby” cupcakes using baby socks for shower gifts.
Antique Metal Tubs with Handles
Antique Metal Tubs with Handles Antique metal tubs with handles add visual appeal to any yard, deck or patio. Their size is perfect for being able to plant and grow a vast amount in the tubs. The handles make an easy way for two people to carry the containers into the garage to avoid frost … Read more
Growing Basil From Cuttings
Growing Basil Cuttings
Winter is coming. Growing basil cuttings from your outdoor plants will make sure you have fresh basil to use indoors throughout the season.
Digging Horseradish Roots for Winter
Digging Horseradish Roots for Winter
Digging horseradish roots for winter serves two purposes. Preparing horseradish sauce and also storing the root for those that DO NOT get frost.
Making Raspberry Freezer Jam
We have been blessed with an exceptional berry season this year. After filling the freezer with plenty of berries for the winter and making a few tortes my daughter and I decided to try our hand at making raspberry, blackcap and blackberry freezer jams and also experiment with natural dying of clothing using raspberries.
Growing Cactus Outdoors in Cold Weather Climates
I was giggling when I overheard an employee at our local home improvement store telling a customer that you couldn’t grow any form of cactus outdoors in Wisconsin. Oh, really? I beg to differ. Growing cactus outdoors in cold weather climates is possible.
Simple Creamy Cucumber Salad
Simple Creamy Cucumber Salad
This light and refreshing Simple creamy cucumber salad is infused with a lemon kick. Perfect to use those fresh garden cucumbers, onions and dill.
Vegan? Exchange the Mayo in this recipe for vegan mayonnaise for a tasty dish.
Collect Seeds From Your Rhubarb Plant
Collect Seeds From Your Rhubarb Plant
Question. “Can we plant the seed that is growing from our rhubarb?” Short answer. Yes, you can. However, there is a certain time to collect seeds from your rhubarb plant.
I’ll answer all your questions on what to look for during the growing season if this is what you wish to do.
Grow Rhubarb From Seed From Your Own Plant
Grow Rhubarb From Seed From Your Own Plant
Did you know you could harvest seeds from your rhubarb plants? Well, you can. Grow rhubarb from seed!
Gear for Birdwatching
Warblers, Binoculars, and Spring Light: Simple Gear for Birdwatching in Wisconsin
Glorious spring mornings in Wisconsin have a way of pulling you outside, whether you planned to go or not. For me, it started with warblers. I became slightly obsessed with tracking down and photographing every species said to pass through our corner of Green Bay. Each migration felt like a treasure hunt woven into the woods.
Repotting a Money Plant
Repotting a Money Plant
Today, I’m repotting a money plant. The money tree plant is a hardy, climbing plant that will grow in just about any soil or even flourish in water. Besides being called a Money Plant it is also called Devil’s Ivy and Golden Pothos.