It’s day 4 of my 12 days of Christmas gift ideas and today we have some fun ideas of gardeners. If you are anything like me, I really miss faffing […]
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How to Make Seed Paper
It’s been a weird year for gardening but I got hold of a packet of cosmos seed in the spring and just bunged them in the ground. Now I have […]
How to create a planting bed for your garden.
So, the new house I have moved to in Chicago is brand new, and as lovely as that is, the garden is void of anything but grass. The growing season […]
DIY Petal Votive
My summer has been hectic. Long story short, I have had to say goodbye to beautiful Pennsylvania and am now back in the not so beautiful Chicago area …sigh. The […]
Drying Gomphrena Flowers
Many Amish ladies here in Pennsylvania grow flowers in their garden to sell at farmers markets or even on little roadside stands where you can select a pretty bouquet and […]
Home Made Aphid Spray For Roses
Our little town house here in Pennsylvania doesn’t have much of a garden, we have quite a large corner lot but little in the way of flower beds. All of […]
Floral Action
A little Chicago heat and my garden has gone berserk! When I saw my purple clematis had popped open overnight I was drawn to grab my camera and do a […]
Drying Summer Herbs
Dear Chicago House, I would love to have a huge vegetable garden and fill my kitchen with a bountiful harvest. Alas that is not the case but I do grow […]
Tutorial: How to Make an Ice Lantern
Dear Chicago House, There is nothing like bringing in the New Year with a blast of Arctic cold is there? With temperatures colder than my freezer last week I put […]
A Garden Party
Dear Chicago House, Chicago teen threw a fun garden party yesterday and despite a rainy start to the day we had a lovely sunny afternoon. As usual she put […]