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Geranium Care — How to Grow Annual Geraniums

Laura — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 15:51:20 +0000

How to grow annual geraniums — also known as pelargoniums — including watering, pruning and taking cuttings for new plants. A complete geranium care guide! One of my fondest memories is when I was a young child taking piano lessons, and the wonderful woman teaching me had a giant picture window where she placed all...

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How to make weathered fairy garden beach chairs

Laura — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 15:19:06 +0000

How to make weathered fairy garden beach chairs — because even fairies need a break from their gardens! Wait until you see how easy this is to do! Where do fairies go when they want to take a break from their gardens? They hit the beach. A magical, private beach just for them. This fun craft...

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Fall Decor: Antiqued Outdoor Pumpkin Urn

Laura — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 00:33:30 +0000

Make this Fall Decor for your front entrance by painting a craft pumpkin and a garden urn with outdoor paint! This is a sponsored project for DecoArt. The project idea and tutorial are 100% my own. Special thanks – as always – to DecoArt for their support! Love them! The key to painting anything for use...

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Lantana: A flower garden rock star!

Laura — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 15:30:36 +0000

Why is Lantana a garden rock star? Here’s just a few enticing answers: non-stop blooming time; easy-care flowers; and the color combinations are ah-MAZ-zing! Pull up a chair and let me tell you more . . . Lantana is a must-have for your flower garden. This plant — which can be grown as an annual or...

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Make a Festive Fairy Garden Bench!

Laura — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 15:40:38 +0000

Make a festive fairy garden bench with colorful ribbon scraps and buttons! It’s so easy – and really fun and satisfying – with this inexpensive craft kit from Laura Kelly Designs. Fairy gardens will never be the same! Laura Kelly has always created fun crafts with her own signature colors. Whenever I see colorful buttons...

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Bulb by Anna Pavord: the ultimate gardening book about bulbs!

Laura — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 22:32:38 +0000

I treated myself to the book Bulb by Anna Pavord. And what a great treat it has been! This book is heavy, literally and figuratively, because of the content as well as the wonderful paper the text and photos are printed on. How heavy? I weighed the book and – according to my bathroom scale which...

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DIY Faux Copper Patina Planters: an update!

Laura — Sat, 14 Jun 2014 14:00:00 +0000

Now that Summer is almost here, I’m in the midst of gardening heaven! I’ve been planting both perennials and annuals, and tending to our existing shrubs and flowers, most of which bounced back nicely after all of the Winter snow and freezing temperatures we had this year. In January, during one of the Winter storms,...

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Container Garden Care: Fertilizing!

Laura — Fri, 16 May 2014 19:03:00 +0000

One of the most important steps you can do to help your container gardens thrive is to feed them regularly with a good fertilizer. It’s almost as important as remembering to water your plants! See my easy tips – along with fertilizer suggestions of what I use – over at Live Creatively Inspired! Click here:...

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I Love Petunias!

Laura — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 17:31:00 +0000

If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know that I love perennials and try to use them whenever possible in our gardens. But there are some annuals that also have my heart, like petunias. With the official beginning of Spring just a few days away — and even though we’re getting another 6...

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Easy Faux Copper Patina Paint Finish

Laura — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 23:21:00 +0000

This tutorial will show you how easy it is to turn wood into metal. OK. That’s not possible! But it is possible to make a wooden object look like beautifully aged metal with an easy faux copper patina paint finish. I’ve shared faux paint finish techniques here before, and I’m super excited about sharing this...

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