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How to Turn Your Backyard Into a Fun Outdoor Living Area

| Published on Sep 20, 2024 Your backyard offers endless possibilities for making it a space that helps to expand your living area. By reimagining this underutilized space, you can create a retreat for personal relaxation, entertaining family and friends, and devoting time…

Container Gardens Seasonal Guide Sustainable Gardens Upcycle Garden Urban Gardening by Home & Garden Overload September 13, 2024

Plant These Speedy Fall Vegetables for a Last Hurrah!

Yes! You can still plant fall vegetables to harvest and eat this year! There is still time in the late summer and early fall to plant fast-growing edible plants in your vegetable garden and have them on your plate in just 15-30…

Advice Green Thumb by Home & Garden Overload May 30, 2024

Buying a Plant: 6 Tips for Choosing Seedlings for Your Garden

Don’t just grab the first plant you see! Pick up your seedling and give it a thorough check with these tips on how to choose garden plants and veggies. Spoiler alert: avoid buying a plant that’s already flowering. If I’m being honest,…

DIY Projects Landscape Inspiration by Home & Garden Overload April 15, 2024

Make This Simple Rhubarb Leaf Concrete Bird Bath

Adding a bird bath is one of the best ways to increase the number of songbirds and wildlife in your garden. When set on the ground, birds use it for drinking, bathing, and cooling down. Here’s how to make your own DIY…

DIY Projects Green Thumb Landscape Inspiration Lifestyle by Home & Garden Overload April 8, 2024

How to Design a Cut Flower Garden

A cut flower garden is one of the most rewarding spaces you can grow. I mean, who doesn’t love flowers?! Whether you plan to grow them to enjoy yourself, to give to friends and family, or even to sell and make a…

Ideas Landscape Inspiration Outdoor Living by Home & Garden Overload April 5, 2024

7 Fundamentals for Achieving a Cottage-Style Garden

Text by Holly Seng Bring enchanting cottage charm to your outdoor oasis with the help of these essential elements. Sit & Stay Awhile Overflowing with splendid sights and fragrant floral notes, the beauty a garden brings is meant to be enjoyed. Take pleasure in…

Travel by Home & Garden Overload April 3, 2024

Rare Vegetables and Fruits You Can Only Grow

You won’t find these at the grocery store! These rare vegetables and fruits are hard to come by unless you grow them yourself. Out of the thousands of options of edibles out there, here are a handful of my favourites. Radish pods When…

Green Thumb by Home & Garden Overload March 31, 2024

An Interview with the Organic Gardener and Writer

Claire Ratinon is a self-described “career changer grower,” a former documentary producer who fell hard for gardening after a chance visit to the Brooklyn Grange (a rooftop farm in New York) led her to trade in the cameras and lights for compost…

Advice Green Thumb Herb Garden Sustainable Gardens Urban Gardening by Home & Garden Overload March 27, 2024

Raised Beds vs. In Ground—Which is Better for Gardening?

Raised beds have taken the gardening world by storm, and just about every vegetable gardener claims at least one raised bed in their design. But are raised beds better for gardening? People feel passionate about gardening in raised beds vs in ground…

Advice Green Thumb Ideas by Home & Garden Overload March 13, 2024

5 Quick Fixes: Plastic-Free Ways to Start Seeds

Buying plastic starter pots and trays certainly isn’t going to tip the world into a climate disaster, but when there are so many plastic-free options these days, you have every reason to choose sustainable over synthetic. Below, five Gardenista-approved, Earth-friendly options for…

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