MIRACLE GRO® FED FLOWERS: BEFORE & AFTER
Miracle-Gro® sponsored this blog post. The opinions and text are all mine. I love having pretty flowers on our front porch. Each year that we have lived in The Mad House, I have planted hanging...
View ArticleREPOTTING SUCCULENTS IN SPRING
I have been growing succulents with a medium amount of success for the past few years. While medium success doesn’t sound that great, it is huge for me. I have the worst black thumb, so any plants...
View ArticleGNOME GARDEN
I realized I never showed you where my little polymer clay gnomes ended up living. Shame on me! I have a number of succulent planters around The Mad House because succulents are the only houseplants...
View ArticleFOILED GEOMETRIC SUCCULENT PLANTERS
Sometimes you just need a trip to Target. I was out of ideas, which is something happens to me almost every February. I told my mom that I couldn’t think of anything good to put on the blog, and she...
View ArticleREPAINTING DOLLAR STORE FAIRY HOUSES WITH OUTDOOR PAINT
For me, the worst part of painting outdoor decor is knowing that I will likely have to repaint it in a year. I have repainted my garden gnome several times already because Michigan summers and...
View ArticlePOTTING PROPAGATED SUCCULENTS
A little over two months ago, I sat down to begin propagating new succulents from my mature succulent plants. I have shared the plants’ progress over those two months on my YouTube channel, be sure...
View Article15 MINUTE DOLLAR STORE FAIRY GARDEN PEDESTAL
It’s time for another round of Craft Lightning! This month we are creating projects with inexpensive terracotta pots. I stopped in the dollar store to pick up my pots and found a ton of cute fairy...
View ArticleGUIDE TO GROWING RHUBARB
flickr user: gabbysgarden I know that some people consider rhubarb plants a nuisance, as they can be hard to get rid of once they are established. Personally, I love rhubarb everything – pies, sauce,...
View ArticleCARING FOR YOUR SUCCULENTS IN THE SPRING
Spring is the ideal time of year to propagate and split your succulents. If you follow these tips for caring for your succulents before the growing season you will be rewarded not only with healthier...
View ArticleSUCCULENT PATIO TABLE PLANTER
Having a centerpiece on an umbrella patio table is tricky. The umbrella apparatus takes up the prime real estate for flowers or decorations. This is a simple way to get around that problem…...
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