Last week Kathy Sandel shared her former garden in Calabasas, California, and today we’re back visiting her current garden in Sacramento:
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Not everyone’s house is suitable for large gatherings. Although it may have felt big when you bought it, even a relatively large house can start looking smaller the moment you add three, two, or even one extra person into the mix.
But that’s why the outdoor space is so important. One of the biggest mistakes homeowners make is overlooking their patio as an entertainment area. Yes, you might be using it for a few flower pots or to hang up your washing, but the patio can offer so much more when it comes to welcoming people and creating an entertainment spot.
Now, at this point, you’re hopefully asking: but how can I turn a mundane patio into a welcoming space? And we’re glad you’ve asked that because we have all the tips you need to achieve it. Here are three decor tips to transform your patio, making it the best room/non-room in your home:
The first thing a lot of people think about when transforming their patio is garden furniture. After all, if it’s going to be an entertainment space, you need to make it comfortable for guests to sit down.
But you’ve got to ask yourself: what, other than space, will make guests want to sit down here, rather than indoors? One of the best answers to this is creating a makeshift gaming area. This can include an antique card table, a poker set, or even an outdoor chess set.
We know it’s 2023, and most people prefer playing with decks of cards (Wat kost gokken jou? Stop op tijd. 18+) on their phone, but the point is that it doesn’t have to be used – it’s just something fun and different to entice people beyond comfortable furniture.
Continuing in this vein, we think it’s a great idea to make a bold statement somewhere in your patio. We could sit here and walk you through the furniture you should
Last week Kathy Sandel shared her former garden in Calabasas, California, and today we’re back visiting her current garden in Sacramento:
I have stored my seeds in many ways—in jars, in plastic storage containers, in used bubble mailers, in cute “binder” gift books, in Ziploc bags. Keeping seeds organized can be a challenge, especially when you grow an extensive vegetable garden. There’s the question of how to organize and categorize. But did you know that your seed storage conditions can also affect the viability and germination rate of your seeds? In this article, I’m going to share some tips on how to keep seeds and container options for storing them.
When to Plant Succulents in the Northwest
Seed saving is the art of collecting the seed from your crop and using it in subsequent seasons to grow new plants. Even if you save only small quantities of a few crops, understanding more about the life cycle, breeding tendencies, and botany of your crops will help you manage and care for them more effectively.
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Tips for Growing Strawberry Geraniums Outdoors
While some may be familiar with Japanese sacred lily (Rohdea japonica, Zones 6–10), Rohdea pachynema is an uncommon species that is indeed a Rohdea less traveled. Found only in the Chinese provinces of Yunnan and Sichuan, it is an intriguing member of the Asparagaceae family that is slowly becoming more available to gardeners. It was formerly known as Campylandra sinensis or C. pachynema, but recent DNA work has moved it into the genus Rohdea, whose name commemorates German botanist Michael Rohde. We can find no documented common name for this species, so we have dubbed it “yellow thread rohdea” since pachynema means “thick thread” (referring to the colored central stripe on the leaves).
The Isles of Scilly are like an idealised version of England – where the sun always shines, the food is wonderful, there’s no traffic and no one locks their doors! To say the sun always shines is an exaggeration, but they’re among the sunniest and mildest places in the UK – sea breezes mean it’s never too hot or humid and thanks to the Jetstream, they almost never have frost.
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Boasting some of Britain’s most beautiful countryside, the Lake District, in the north-west corner of England, is a draw for anyone with a love of the outdoors. Its hills and mountains, including England’s highest, Scafell Pike at 978m, attract walkers and climbers, while in the valley bottoms, vast lakes, such as Windermere and Ullswater, invite quiet contemplation.
While growing plants from seed is less expensive, it does require extra steps when compared to growing plants or starts from your local garden center.
Would you like to maximise your cantaloupe harvest? This list of good companion plants for cantaloupe will help you give your plants the best chance of thriving and fruiting.