Gardening, Cooking & DIY Living
When it comes to defending your outdoor living space from pests, nothing quite compares to battling mosquitoes. Whether it’s working in the garden, sitting under the pavilion, or enjoying a night around the fire pit, we love to be outdoors.
Want to stop slugs from ruining your vegetable and flower gardens without having to resort to using pesticides? Then we have you covered! Slugs can cause serious damage to all kinds of plants in the landscape. From tender young vegetable
When it comes to keeping rabbits out of our garden and flowerbeds, we never had much of a problem. That is, until recently. We planted our very first garden at the farm in 2011, and there was not a single
When it comes to battling stink bugs in the home, the fight got very personal a few weeks back. Way too personal! It was a beautiful Saturday evening. Actually, one of the few we have had during this so-far, very
Natural Methods To Deter Spiders From Your Home As the weather becomes cooler, we begin to close up the windows and doors and get out our warm clothes to wear. Because spiders can’t close up their outdoor living environment, and
When it comes to destructive summer garden pests, tobacco and tomato hornworms might just top the list! The ugly green creatures can measure 4 to 5 inches long, and devour tomato and pepper plants overnight. Hornworms are found in almost
Winning the war against summer garden pests without harsh chemicals. Summer is here. And so are the myriad of insects, animals and pests that love to invade you and your landscape! From Japanese beetles, tomato hornworms, aphids, cabbage worms, slugs, rabbits, and
Anyone who has ever grown cabbage, broccoli or cauliflower knows the damage cabbage worms and cabbage moths can do! One day your plants are healthy and vibrant, and then suddenly it looks like they have become riddled with holes like
Yes, you can help repel mosquitoes simply by growing plants! It won’t be long until summer is here. Unfortunately, with the warm weather comes the nasty issue of pesky mosquitoes! Nothing can quite ruin a perfect outdoor evening like a swarm
Japanese Beetles can certainly cause a lot of damage to plants in a short amount of time. For us, I’m not sure if it was the warmer than normal winter – or it just happens to be one of those years,