A number of our gardens seem to be compartmentalized, mimicking our own lives. We wake up, go to work, go to lunch, drive home from work, pick up your children, prepare dinner, and watch TV and head to bed, just to repeat the process the following moment. The backyard spaces where we surround ourselves are […]
Month: February 2019
You will realize this project as a simple window box, however you should not restrict it to just a window. This planter can go in almost any spot where you are able to drive a few screws in, make it a wooden fencing (as shown here), a blank wall or near that window. If your […]
The final month of summer is bittersweet, even though I’m swatting mosquitoes left and right as I weed in my shade garden. With significant rains in the Northeast in June and July, the mosquitoes are especially awful in August. Many homeowners are visiting the harmful effects of storms dirt driveways that are partly washed out, […]
On occasion a garden that’s filled with crops of similar heights, especially those lower than 3 feet, can become drab. Add flair with tall tickseed (Coreopsis tripteris), a long-blooming, heat-loving, butterfly-calling skyscraper. Benjamin Vogt / Monarch Gardens Botanical name: Coreopsis tripterisCommon name: Tall tickseed, tall coreopsisOrigin: Native in areas from the central and southern Great […]
Classical architecture continues its reach into localized design and likely defines over a few houses in your area. But your neighbor may be residing in simpler or more openly formed houses, and these designs have deep roots, too. To locate them, traveling back into the interval approximately 800 years after the fall of Rome (in […]
Very few folks dislike the look of stained wood. It enriches the beauty of the grain and above time patinates into a rich sheen that entices you to run your fingers throughout the wood’s surface. However, the process of applying an oil-based stain is really a chore. First you will find the fumes, which need […]
Baths will be the lowest priced rooms in the home for most of us. In addition they need the maximum upkeep and cleaning. That is part of why white is so seductive in a bathroom: It produces an awareness of space, and it looks bright and clean. But there are additional reasons to appreciate the […]