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Avid gardeners love being outside, getting their hands in the soil and watching young seedlings sprout to maturity. For many of us however, the season is too short or we live in apartments and condos where outdoor gardening space is limited.  Indoor house plants are the next best thing.  They …

Fruit flies (also known as Vinegar Flies) are common in households. Generally harmless, a fruit fly infestation is pretty disgusting, and for great reason. They use ripening and softening food (mostly fruit) to lay their eggs in, where the young larvae (they look like little white worms) crawl through the …

No matter how much time we spend in the garden doing battle with unwanted pests, we will never win the war.  There is no such thing as a perfect pest free garden. What we all have to do is learn the best way for pest management through the use of …

No matter how diligent and experienced you are as a gardener, things don’t always go as planned. Mother Nature has many ways of frustrating our efforts through weather, varmints, disease, garden pests, etc.  Slugs and snails can be one of the most destructive creatures we face every season.  They are …

Trees can be distinguished on the basis of several factors like their height, support and rootstock. Both of the dwarf fruit trees and the miniature fruit trees are relatively smaller in size but they have different rootstocks’ (stump or part of roots that is used for grafting of cutting or …

Aside from the visual aspects of gardening and enjoying the sights and smells of flowers, another natural element to introduce is sound. Creating an audio element from DIY wind chimes is a great way to add to the ambience of a garden. Creating homemade wind chimes can be a fun …

Summer is the time to make the most out of DIY garden ideas that are found browsing online throughout the year. There are many clever and simple ideas that many gardeners have implemented into their own gardens to create amazing landscapes. Garden projects don’t need to be complex or expensive, …

With the hotter summer weather and getting back to some type of normal daily activity, it is a great time to get back to some DIY projects to enhance outdoor and sustainable living. Planning a garden these days can require many steps and hours of preplanning, creating garden beds and …

Homemade firestarters are a fun craft to make with the kids plus the craft is very useful indoors or outdoors. A warm, cozy fire in the fireplace on a cold winter evening is wonderful, but you have to get the fire started with something. Store-bought fire sticks can become costly, …

If you’re looking to add charm to your garden or yard, look into different DIY wishing well plans we have collected for you. A wishing well is a decorative piece that adds an enchanting touch to your exterior. Of course, you can also use your wishing well as a functional …