Happy Birthday Mars Express!

As the summer season approaches, it's crucial to ensure that our beloved pets stay healthy and comfortable amidst rising temperatures. From proper hydration to protection from the scorching sun, there are several essential summer tips for pets that every pet owner should know. In this article, we will provide you with a comprehensive guide on how to keep your furry companions cool and safe during the hot summer months.

With just 15 minutes and a can of spray paint you can bring new life to a distressed wicker chair. Today, I will show you how to paint wicker furniture!

I love to upcycle old stuff into new stuff and I am always looking for new techniques and tools to recycle unwanted things. So imagine how excited I was to find out that you can fuse small pieces of glass in your microwave! It's not like I really need an excuse to drink more wine but seriously wine, beer and liquor bottles do come in some pretty colors. :-)

Greenery plays an important role when it comes to adding positivity and calmness to one’s life. If you want to know How Houseplants Make You Happy, then we have listed some amazing scientific facts that’ll make you go wow!

The Portland Rose Jacques Cartier is one to seriously consider.

If you have ever dreamt of building and living in your own tiny home then this article might just make your dream come true. It is not hard to see why Tiny Houses are a thing these days. Not only does it let you avoid huge sums of debt, they also let you embrace life in the serenity of nature. So in this article, we have a list of 37 DIY Tiny House Plans that are pretty easy to build without incurring too much expense.

Anything grown in a pot can give your house a little bit of greenery. But can you imagine the beauty a greenhouse and the best greenhouse plants can add to your homestead?

Swing sets are quickly becoming relics of the past, which is quite depressing. There was a time when kids stayed outdoors right from the moment they were done with school for the day until it was pitch dark at the night. From tree forts to play sets, kids loved getting muddy and sweaty in the sun, but that has declined ever since technology took over. So, if you’re looking to change the course of this tide and make your kids proactive, healthy, and in love with the outdoors, then you should definitely make them a personalized swing set.

How you transplant your plants while potting them sets the stepping stone for their health for the years to come. Do These Things Before Planting Any Houseplants to ensure they stay happy.

Back in early May I mentioned that I was making big changes out front, well, I never did say it was to our garden!

When it comes to select a perfect, thoughtful birthday present for your loved one, nothing can beat the fresh and fragrant beauty of gorgeous flowers packed in a bouquet. The idea to offer flowers as a gift never gets old. To make it easy for you, here’s an article featuring theBest Happy Birthday Flowers for a gorgeous present!

On Being a Botanical Pedant Over New Year I went to the Stanley Spencer exhibition ‘Heaven in a Hell of a War’ at Somerset House and found it extraordinarily beautiful despite the depictions of  both the brutality and banality of war.  I would recommend that anyone who is in London makes the time to visit it – it’s on until January 26th and admission is free.  But – here is where the pedantry comes in – as a gardener I always make a point of examining the botanical content of paintings very closely – there’s many a Madonna that gets overlooked as I focus on the detail of the flowery mead at her feet, and portraits of noblemen and women take second place to the views of their gardens that form the background.  In the Stanley Spencer exhibition there were two wrongly identified plants  – a  beautiful vibrant portrait of Papaver orientale was labelled as Papaver rhoeas. P.rhoeas is the field poppy, symbol of fallen soldiers, while the oriental poppy is a blowsy, gorgeous border flower and oddly out of place in this exhibition.