Wellness Ideas, Tips & Guides

Life, as I like to remind my sons, isn’t always fair. All things are not equal, no matter how much we’d like them to be and some are in fact far better than others, a truth brought home to all of us eventually. Hence the expression “garden-worthy”, that brilliantly concise description used to sum up a particular cultivar or variety’s outstanding qualities.

If you’re short on space, you often have to get creative with your layout. In the kitchen of a small apartment, an island might not fit or feel the most practical. However, many designers and decor influencers have opted for a different choice: modular kitchen islands. 

Cosmos flowers are for harmony and balance, so if you’re looking for these things, it would be a great choice for you. Let’s see what they represent and get into these.

Not all bedroom styles remain popular forever, and interior designers are pretty quick to pinpoint a few design schemes that they're ready to say goodbye to for good.

Wild mushroom collecting is a practice that helps people discover local food sources and the bounty generated by their own neighborhood forests. Of the many different species in North America, almost all of the mushrooms are technically edible, but many are too fibrous to consume. Only about 250 are considered significantly poisonous.

How to Propagate Bleeding Hearts from Stem Cuttings

It may take up to four years for these plants to start bearing fruits, but our selection of fruit trees are also excellent ornamentals with decorative foliage for your home! Read and bookmark this list of a dozen fruit trees that grow well indoors and in small spaces.

Dearest gentle readers, are you dreaming of a day frolicking through pastel flower beds, idling away in romantic gardens? Well, if you’ve caught the latest season of «Bridgerton», that wouldn’t be surprising.

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Craving some Instagram-worthy greenery for your home? Indoor vines are trending as the best plants to decorate your home with! Make your drapes, walls, columns, and windows come to life with climbing plants, and replenish your selfie deficit with these easy green home decor hacks!

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Verbena is a varied genus of plants, mostly native to South America. They tend to be short-lived, but the abundance of nectar-rich flowers more than makes up for this.

Begonia tattoos are bursting with color and meaning and come in all shapes and sizes. But before you head into the nearest tattoo studio, here are some Begonia tattoo ideas to inspire your next piece of body art!

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We love helping you prioritize your outdoor spaces when the weather finally gets warm. If your space only boasts an outdoor dining set and a large umbrella, why not try transitioning your indoors out and making the most of these warm weather days?

Marchelle Farrell

One of the most satisfying gardening jobs is laying mulch for the first time. When done well, it creates an instantly defined, crisp appearance to your garden beds, and can make any landscaped area look polished and beautiful. 

When and How to Deadhead Cosmos Flowers

Butterflies are drawn to the scent of nectar, fragrant blossoms, and bright, bold colors. So, if you’re building a garden to tempt these stunning pollinators, it has to be one with extraordinary foliage and sweet fragrances, and these Climbers and Vines are exactly that.

Are you curious about how to get rid of slugs naturally? Slugs and snails might be lovable for their cute storybook-character looks and because they’re just cool creatures. But slugs and snails in the garden that are eating away at your plants are not so lovable: Along with those adorable optic tentacles comes a voracious mouth that files through leaves and fruit, ruining it for the rest of us.

It's time to start making the most of your living room, no matter how small it is in size. Here, interior designers share the top six mistakes that people make when it comes to laying out and decorating a small living room.

If you are looking for an option to save money while enjoying fresh coriander sprigs right at your home, then learn How to Grow Cilantro from Stem Cuttings!

While we love keeping an eye on what’s trending in outdoor decor here at The Spruce, we’re also well aware that just because something looks great doesn’t always mean it's worth buying.

When it comes to nutrition, oatmeal water packs a punch for plants. It nourishes the soil and is an affordable home food for your botanical babies. Now, oat water may not be as effective as commercial fertilizers, but it definitely boosts plant growth. Let’s dig in and see if it’s worth a try in your own garden as well!

Making the most of your boundaries enhances your garden and can really show off your plants, as well as fulfilling practical needs such as securing your plot, creating privacy, filtering wind, containing pets or simply demarcating the edges. A good-looking fence adds immeasurably to the look of a garden, so consider a wealth of creative ideas that can really personalise and boost your garden’s boundary.

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The bamboo palm (Rhapsis excelsa) is an elegant evergreen fan palm. It has bamboo-like stems and fronds of long dark green leaves with blunt ends, making it an unusual, yet attractive, house plant. Several other house plants are also referred to as the bamboo palm, including Dypsis lutescens (also known as the Areca palm, golden cane palm or butterfly palm) and Chamaedorea seifrizii.

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Garlic is one of my favorite vegetables to grow. I love that I get two harvests from the bulbs I plant in the fall. The first harvest, because I plant hardneck garlic, is the long, loopy garlic scape. Then a few weeks later, I pull the garlic bulbs to dry and store through the fall and winter. In this article, I’m going to share tips on trimming the scapes, as well as when to harvest garlic. I usually spread my garlic crop out over a couple of my raised beds. If I still need space, I’ll pop a few extra here and there i

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Houseplants are great, but finding space for them can be tough. Have you ever thought of suspending them from the ceiling? But not with that boring way of hanging planters–try out these plant chandeliers indoors.

Long before modern pharmaceutical companies did their best to persuade us to rely on a battery of synthetic chemicals to treat pests and diseases, gardeners used a wide variety of planet-friendly methods to keep our plants hale and hearty, utilising natural materials found close to hand. Great for plant and soil health and kind to the environment. They’re also cheap and easy to make.

Brie Passano