4 Examples That Will Inspire You To Use Your Landscaping To Decorate

4 Examples That Will Inspire You To Use Your Landscaping To Decorate

Does your landscape inspire you?  Personally, mine didn’t and I was sick of looking outside at weeds and dirt all the time.  I was ready to make a plan and create a beautiful landscape.  My new dream became to create a yard I could use, 

How To Replace A Rotting Fence Post

How To Replace A Rotting Fence Post

Nothing is more picturesque than a beautiful white picket fence.  Unfortunately, our fence is far from white picket (which I hope to change someday) and is definitely not picturesque.  Several of the post are rotting out and the entire fence is leaning in spots.  It 

My New Ebook: The Ultimate Plant Guide To Decorating *Now Available!

My New Ebook: The Ultimate Plant Guide To Decorating *Now Available!

Writing my first eBook has been an amazing journey.  I have had to learn a lot and it has definitely taken me longer than I wanted, but I am finally so close!  It has been my own personal desire to create a dream landscape and 

All Things Landscaping From Flowerbeds To Flagstone

All Things Landscaping From Flowerbeds To Flagstone

Yesterday life slowed down around us for a brief minute.  I laid in the grass with my daughters and we looked up to watch beautiful white flowers float down onto us.  Our giant Crab Apple tree is in full bloom and it looks as though 

5 Things To Consider When Starting a Garden

5 Things To Consider When Starting a Garden

A garden is full of function and beauty with a touch of adventure.  It can come in any shape and size!  Yet, starting a garden can be a little intimidating.  If you are starting from scratch it will take some planning to get it just 

How To Lay A Flagstone Pathway

How To Lay A Flagstone Pathway

I have love flagstone pathways, but I had always envisioned them in grand landscaping.  So the thought of having one in our own yard was quite exciting, but intimidating at the same time.  What I learned from laying our own flagstone pathway is…flagstone makes any 

Landscape Project Part 4: Putting Down Woodchips

Landscape Project Part 4: Putting Down Woodchips

Can I just take a minute to jump up and down, we finally made it to woodchips!  From the moment we first moved in, three years ago, I wanted to put them down.  At this point in our landscape journey, we had the flowerbeds shaped, 

Landscape Project Part 3: Preparing the Flowerbeds

Landscape Project Part 3: Preparing the Flowerbeds

Creating clean cut edges for the flowerbeds made a huge difference!  Yet before we could throw down the woodchips, we needed to prepare the flowerbeds.  We decided not to lay down landscape fabric for a couple of different reasons.  First of all, it is difficult 

Landscape Project Part 2: Shaping and Edging The Flowerbeds

Landscape Project Part 2: Shaping and Edging The Flowerbeds

Removing all the unwanted plants and trimming all the overgrown landscape was a huge task.  However, with everything removed and trimmed the flowerbeds looked so much better, even if now they were still filled with dirt, rocks and weeds.  We knew we were heading in 

Landscaping Project Part 1: Where To Start?

Landscaping Project Part 1: Where To Start?

I stood there looking at the dirt, and what used to be landscaping…thinking oh just a little wood chips and it will look great.  The thought process was correct, but three years later I was standing in the same spot and thinking the same thing.