Category: Round Ups

  • Winter Garden Views in January

    Winter Garden Views in January

    The weather outside does not lend itself to gardening right now. We recently had a snow storm that dumped about three inches here in North Carolina.  Looking over my snow soaked garden gave me the idea to have a share day on my Facebook page. I asked my Facebook fans to share their Winter Garden Views and […]

  • Creative Garden Art

    Creative Garden Art

    Turn everyday items from around the house to make these creative garden art creations. Garden containers can cost an arm and a leg if you purchase it from garden centers.  But this does not have to be the case. It is easy to create instant interest in the garden by making use of recycled or […]

  • My North Carolina Winter Garden

    My North Carolina Winter Garden

    My North Carolina winter garden is a sight to behold right now. Winter storm Jonas has been all in the news this week. It left a blanket of snow and ice from the South in the US right up the corridor to New England.   Winter storm Jonas may break some records on the east coast! […]

  • The Garden Charmers Share their Favorite Facebook Pages

    The Garden Charmers Share their Favorite Facebook Pages

    Facebook has so many great pages devoted to gardening, but the way the site now shows the content of pages, it is sometimes hard for them to get seen on news feeds. Facebook is one of the most popular of the social media channels. I thought it would be fun for the Garden Charmers (a […]

  • Raleigh Botanical Gardens Visit

    Raleigh Botanical Gardens Visit

    One of my favorite things to do when I have some spare time is to visit Raleigh Botanical Gardens.  I love the new perennial and annual plants that I learn about and it just de-stresses me like nothing else seems to do. Raleigh has a great Botanical Garden called JC Raulston Arboretum. The beauty of […]

  • The Garden Charmers Share Winter Comforts

    The Garden Charmers Share Winter Comforts

    Feeling cold and not too motivated? So are my friends in the Facebook group called The Garden Charmers.    This is a talented group of cooking, gardening and DIY ladies who love to blog and also love to share and promoted each others content.  We were recently discussing how to beat the cold temperature.  We decided […]

  • Frost Flowers – Natural Beauty in Nature

    Frost Flowers – Natural Beauty in Nature

    Nature’s Beauty:  Frost Flowers My husband loves National Geographic nature shows and watches them often.  The other day he told me about a show that he had watched on a phenomenon called frost flowers. I had never heard of these, so I wanted to research the topic to do an article for the site.  What […]

  • The Garden Charmers Trick and Tips

    The Garden Charmers Trick and Tips

    The Garden Charmers on Facebook are a diverse group of ladies with one common theme. They love nature and gardening. I asked the ladies in the group to share their top tricks and tips.  Some gave me gardening tips. Some had home and decor tips. All were great ideas to save you time and energy, […]

  • 8 Gardeners Share Their Fall Planting Ideas

    8 Gardeners Share Their Fall Planting Ideas

    I belong to a Facebook Gardening Group called the Garden Charmers.  One of our favorite ways to help promote each other is to feature our blogs in various round ups. The topic of this roundup is Fall planting ideas.  I asked the ladies in the group to show me what they do in the fall […]

  • Garden Seating Areas – Favorite Places to Sit, Hide and Dream

    Garden Seating Areas – Favorite Places to Sit, Hide and Dream

    Garden seating areas are a place to site, to hide or to dream. Which of these ideas come to mind when you think about your garden seating areas? A garden sitting area can mean something very different, depending on the person you ask and their perspective. It can be as simple as two chairs on […]

  • Creative Garden Planters – Garden Bloggers Share Creative Planter Ideas

    Creative Garden Planters – Garden Bloggers Share Creative Planter Ideas

    What is better than an idea for a creative planter?  Why, many creative garden planters, of course! I recently asked some of my gardening friends to share their creative planter and container ideas and they did not disappoint. Their ideas are a cascade of fun and will add a great look to any garden setting. […]