Happy Hearts At Home

We've got a bad case of the flies this year in our compost.  Here's a few things that are working for us: - Turn more brown int...

Our dollar store has seeds out!  I picked up veggie and wildflower seeds, and I'm preparing the beds with leaf and twig mulch, kitchen ...

It finally cooled off and stopped raining, so we were able to build a fire in our homemade fire pit and make smores. It's not as aest...

It's almost that time of year again. Time to cover your garden beds for the winter with hay, and you'll be ready to combat spring...

I just noticed that Lowes will recycle your discarded plastic plant containers. I always hated throwing those out when I purchased new p...

A mix of wildflowers and vegetables - cucumber and green peppers. I used this bed as a kitchen compost heap and added used grounds from Sta...

I crush up eggshells every morning and toss them into my garden to add calcium to the soil and deter slugs and snails. Here are seven o...

Directions are here . I am going to try this inside my the kitchen!

So clever! See here.

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Our backyard has a good number of oak trees, which is wonderful during our hot summers, but means growing and maintaining a grass lawn...

Source: bhg.com via Alexandra on Pinterest Great photo identification slide show for "weeds". Identify them and then ...

Broccoli! A volunteer found in the back of my garden. I've already cut off a few florets to eat.

Working on my Hugelkultur garden today! I've been throwing composting material in it as well as leaves, twigs, and some rotting l...

Source: manditremayne.blogspot.ro via Alexandra on Pinterest See here.

"Hugelkultur is a German term that roughly translates to “mound culture”. The hugelkultur gardening method has been used in Eastern E...

I love this idea. I'm going to try to make this for inside the house. Tutorial here. Source: indulgy.com via Alexandra on Pinte...