As the weather warms up big time here in Chicago, I am super thrilled to get back out in my garden, which, to a Brit like me, means yard to […]
Garden
How to Make a Seed Pot from Junk Mail
I can’t say I have ever been more excited to receive junk mail! It usually goes straight into the recycling bin but today it was put to the perfect use! […]
Gift Ideas For Gardeners
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 […]
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 […]
