Building a raised garden bed is a straightforward landscaping project requiring just a few hours work. You can complete it in a single weekend.. Raised garden beds keep soil in place, and they an attractive addition to your yard. The accompanying video, courtesy of Lowe’s, provides detailed instructions from start to finish. The video starts […]

If you’re a beginning gardener, this P. Allen Smith video will help you succeed on your journey to a beautiful green plot. Check out these 5 easy tips: 1. Try a Minimal Garden Containers and raised gardens have high rates of success for emerging growers. Invest in a good pre-mixed base for your fail-proof soil. […]

Narrator Grant “The King of Random” Thompson goes through a step-by-step breakdown of how you can take some mundane diapers and convert them into water-storing gel that your plants will love, poses no harm to the environment and keeps your plants consistently hydrated; freeing up time that you might otherwise spend watering plants. Thompson’s recipe […]

This video from Lowe’s, shows how to extend your family time outdoors well into the fall season. Outdoor patios can be enhanced with the addition of a pergola. This creates a welcoming area where outdoor lights can be hung to lengthen the shorter fall days. Some outdoor globe lights also double as planters for use […]

This video, provided by Garden Answer, contains a tutorial on how to grow succulents in a planter filled with attractive layers of decorative sand. A glass planter that holds succulents above several distinct layers of colored sand looks stunning. Unfortunately, it is a bit difficult to provide the plants with a good growing environment while […]

Image by: Pretty Handy Girl If you have a small home without a yard, or maybe just not enough space to really add the magnificent garden of your dreams, a container garden is a great way to add color to the exterior of your home. One of the best parts of container gardening is picking […]

As we have said time and time again, gardens are not only simple places where some colorful flowers and maybe a few vegetables can grow. Gardens can be a beautiful space full of creativity and life! There are so many different ways you can express yourself through your garden, and these DIY bowling ball decorations […]

This DIY video tutorial demonstrates how to make a simple, durable, and aesthetically pleasing accent for your garden landscape. Decorative shiny or matte concrete balls are easy to create, cost little to make, and require no maintenance after they are placed in your garden. As clearly laid out in the video, you only need a […]

Are you ready for the fall season? Are you ready to prove it? If so, you may want to try to create a pumpkin flower planter centerpiece for your table at home. This is the perfect way to show off your excitement for the season and create something that you want to take a look at […]

If you’ve followed our site for any amount of time, you’re familiar with our love of DIY planters of all stripes. If there’s anything better than making your own perfect little container garden, it’s doing it for free with stuff you already own! What’s a better ready-made container than a boot? Not many items sitting […]

The world of gnomes and fairies is a mysterious one. You may be quick to write it off as fantasy, an illusion created long ago to explain missing socks and stolen cheese, and you may be right. But what if you aren’t? What if there is a whole world out there just beyond our human sight? We […]

Creating a lighthouse with terra cotta flower pots is a simple and fun project for your home. This project is so simple even your kids could help you! Make a tall feature for your garden or yard, or assemble a small one to use in your house. The color combinations are endless and the additions, […]

Whether you want a new feature to your garden or just like the calming sound of water trickling while you sit in your backyard, this video, from Builders Do It Yourself, is a must watch for any gardener or do it yourself home project enthusiast. The video demonstrates, step by step, how to install a […]

A do-it-yourself grow box will let you take advantage of a sunny space. Combine it with the yield-building power of vertical gardening, as shown in this video from Garden Answer, and you’ll be able to grow dozens of plants in a small area. This design creates 28 square feet of growing space by using all […]

This video, presented by Garden Answers, provides direction on how to build a large planter box with a rear trellis for climbing plants. This type of planter can be used for decorative plants and flowers, for vegetables and herbs, or even as a small privacy fence. The video covers how to measure, cut and assemble […]