Best Indoor Houseplants to grow in Winter   I spent a lot of time outside this past year, doing a lot of updates to my front yard and backyard. So I am going tino full prepared mode to be absolutely delighted when snow starts falling this winter. But one things always happens a week after the Holidays are over. ...

Hello friends!  Based on my actions over the weekend, I pondered if I should rename my blog. ...

The good, the bad and the ugly. A fall garden in transition when shrubs & flowers have been transplanted. Seems like sometimes gardening is full of "I should Have's"  or  "I need To's". ...

Have you ever had one purchase help everything fall into place when you're decorating? If you are a frequent flyer on my blog then you know that last year it took me two weeks to get my front porch decorated. I kept changing things, to the point of exhaustion and a drained camera battery! ...

Curb Appeal using a Cottage Style Garden August is here in the garden. Summer is going by so fast, I feel like I should give it a speeding ticket! ...

Succulents Succulents are such a popular and easy to care for plant these days, I admit to going a bit overboard in buying my share. I have found many decorative uses indoors as well as outdoors. However, I do live in a freeze / thaw climate and snow generally is not a succulents best friend. So I decided to do some research and find out  ...

Summer easy to care for perennials Let's take a tour and see how my zone 5 garden is handling this summer heat wave we have been getting. Indiana has been getting 90's temperatures with high humidity and some of my poor flowers are starting to show it. ...

July Blooms - Garden Inspiration and Ideas I wanted to share a couple of perennials that I have in my garden, that give me a lot of blooms, for very little work or care.  ...

Porch decorating for the summer Adding summer decor to my front porch and a picnic for the birds for fun. You won't even need to grab your favorite beverage, I have pink lemonade all set for you. Plus some delicious apples and bird seed if you're hungry.  ...

I thought I would give an update on the garden flower bed in the front yard. And play with my tripod as the sun goes down. ...

Garden Photos showing you what's blooming for late spring. ...

It has started! The River Creek Bed Project, or the expansion I should say.  ...

Adding touches of Spring to the backyard Patio. Warmer temperatures are abound here and I am spending it outside. So decorating my patio in the backyard for us to dine in rustic style was the only thing on my to do list today. Plus to enjoy the cloudless sky! ...

Relocating shrubs, flowers and arborvitae, plus digging in the dirt.  That's what I have been up too for over a week now.  ...

Backyard sidewalk project and new Garden bed can be called done. The native grasses are planted and the beginning of having a backyard oasis has begun. ...

Take a trip with me to the Garden Nursery for some Fairy Garden Inspiration. I admit it, this redneck thinks they're cute, and adorable. There I said it. ...

For a weekend project, we spent it installing our sidewalk in the yard using large concrete pavers.  We still have some tweaks to do, plants to add to this area and 2 pavers to re-level, but this is pretty close to being done. ...

Tulips planted in the Garden It's not Spring time until the flowers start to bloom. Last Fall I planted some Tulip bulbs, just to see if I had what it took to get gorgeous blooms. Guess what popped open just a day ago! ...

You usually get to see the pretty, when it comes to my blog. The staged home, the tablescapes or my Garden, flowers...the "pretty". My front porch, all spruced up for guests and the seasonal decor. Well, not today! ...

Seeing my front porch decorated for Spring, really tells me that warmer weather is coming. There are just some things I really like to wait for and that's to put the finishing touches of Spring decor on my favorite spot to spend a lazy day. ...