Best Wildflowers for your Wedding Bouquet
Whether your wedding colors are blush and bashful or burgundy and navy, cut wildflowers from your own garden will go…
Ripe for the Picking: Blackberry Harvesting Tips and Recipes
The blackberry is an iconic summer berry and right now they are ripe for the picking. Blackberries, rich with exquisite…
Bug OFF: Plants to Repel Mosquitoes
It is that time of year again when those tiny whining noises can be heard buzzing by your ear. Mosquitoes…
7 Ways to Drink a Strawberry
Summer is in full swing and it is HOT! With the heat, comes sitting on the porch enjoying a nice,…
Plant America – Red, White and Blue Plants
While getting ready to decorate and hang the flag high for the Fourth of July, think of your garden. Show…
Fixer Upper: Chicken Coop Edition
Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to Brooklyn’s newest chicken coop! Summer Rayne Oakes from Homestead Brooklyn…
Hydrangea Hype: Garden Inspiration
Beautifully flowering hydrangeas are a telltale sign of summer. The white, blue, pink or purple flowers paired with bright green…
5 Edible Flowers to Grow In Your Garden
When you think about an edible garden, berries, tomatoes and salad greens usually come to mind. However, nothing is quite…
Let’s Build a Butterfly Garden 🦋
What’s better than decorating your home with summer bouquets of flowers directly from your garden? Having a cut flower garden…
5 Unusual Containers to Grow Strawberries
There are very few things better than a sweet, juicy strawberry from your garden. Summer and strawberries go hand in…
Companion Planting for Beginners
Grouping certain plants together will actually help your garden in more ways than you think. Companion planting is planting things…
5 Reasons to Start a Cutting Garden
The temperature is only getting warmer, which means it’s time to start a cutting garden! From lilies, to dahlias and…