Lake County Indiana Master Garden Walk - House 4 Hi Garden friends! Welcome to part four of the Lake County Master Garden Walk in Northwest Indiana. This beautiful garden I am about to show you was tucked into a serene and thought out neighborhood, and the homeowner was as sweet as could be! ...

Lake County Indiana Master Garden Walk - House 3 Welcome friends! I hope you're ready for the third house on my Lake County Master Garden Tour. Just to do a quick recap, there were approximately 8 houses on the tour and I made it to 5, so 3 were skipped by me due to parking issues, heat and a hungry tummy. ...

Lake County Master Garden Walk - House 2 This is the second home on the Lake County Indiana Master Garden Walk that I got to tour and it was the one that stands out the most to me. Take a tour with me and hopefully the attention to color, detail and texture will come across the camera lens as it did in person. ...

Lake County Indiana Master Garden Walk House 1 I had the opportunity to go on the Lake County Indiana Master Garden Walk 2019 and jumped at the chance. I took over 100 pictures so I am breaking this Master Garden Series up into several posts so you can see each home individually.  ...

Hi Friends, Here is the video I promised of the front garden bed. ...

Hi friends! Greg and I spent the entire day yesterday outside and it felt great. He did a quick diy project for me by making a firewood holder and I dug dug dug in the dirt. I moved things, I planted things and I fed the dog treats. ...

The garden is starting to fill in and is starting to really look good. All the rains we have been getting is paying off for us. ...

I have spent almost every free minute in the flower beds for the past 2 months and it has given me such a perspective on how varying color and texture really matter in the garden. So, I'm hoping these pictures will help and also show you some of the progress I have made this season so far. ...

Hi Everyone. I took this video about 2 weeks ago when the Alliums were popping open. I am working on getting another video for the front and back showing the new shrubs and contains that I got planted. So stay tuned! ...

Hi Guys. I am trying out another video showing my backyard in all it's mess. You'll also see some items still on my to do list and to plant list. Plus to pick up list. We just had a pretty bad round of storms last night and many to the west and North of us had Tornadoes, but thankfully they missed us. Just a lot of wind and heavy rains. ...

Morning friends. I am trying something a bit different today. Instead of taking several photos and spending time editing and naming them, I made a quick video with my phone of my front yard. It is uploaded to Youtube, so if you'd like to see a bigger version, you can click on the YT icon on the video and be taken directly to it. ...

Early Spring Garden Tour Hi! I hope you have had a wonderful weekend. I was able to spend time digging in the dirt and had time to take some pictures to share. So let's take an early garden tour to see what's going on in the yard. ...

Winter Interest in the Garden   When I first started gardening years ago, I thought gardening was only for Spring and Summer. I believe that was the first time in my life, I openly admitted I was wrong. I almost thought I wasn't going to be able to write this article due to our abnormally warm and snow-less Winter. I was wrong. Again.    ...

Over 50 of the worst plants to have in your Garden An invasive plant can be a gardeners best friend or worst enemy. In my down time (winter) I always start thinking about what new or existing plants I want to add to my garden next season. I create lists, add pins to pinterest, take screenshots on my phone. After having a few fails of hard to control perennials and weeds enter in my garden I always try and do a bit of research before I go crazy and just order everything I love from catalogs or buy seed packets. Because what works for one gardener can burden another or worse, take over their garden.  ...

I know, you're hot and tired after a nice summer of planting and watering. The last thing you want anyone to tell you is that you have more work to do.  But at least now it's in cooler weather.  Be sure to use the free printable for Fall Chores that I'm providing, at the end of this article. ...

You know one key ingredient that it takes in any project a homeowner does, that they never tell you about is? Patience. Which I never have unless I'm unconscious. ...

When you've seen one pot, you've seen them all. Maybe not! I saw this pot above featured in a video, (I'll put a link below) and it was custom made. The down side was it is not being sold in stores, the bigger down side was I wanted one. ...

Hiring a contractor to do work on your home is one of the most daunting tasks for a homeowner. Finding the right one who will do the job correctly and in a timely fashion is stressful for a lot of homeowners. So since I just had a new fence installed I thought I'd share a few tips. ...

Summer heat, flowers and BBQ season has begun and here at my house is no exception. I hope you are ready for a HUGE flower carpet ride because I have taken a ton of pictures of both the front and backyard flower beds. ...

Every garden has a trouble spot or one of those areas that you just never get right the first time you design it. For me it is the front flowerbed right up against the living room window. ...