15 Clever Ways To Decorate With Gourds, Pumpkins And Squash

If you love pumpkin everything—lattes, butter, bread, and grocery store offerings—then you likely enjoy all that autumn has to offer, setting the scene with gourds and other seasonal décor. Nothing screams “fall” more than a porch decorated with pumpkins, gourds, and squash fresh from the garden, local pumpkin patch, or farm stand. Even though it’s always fun to carve or monogram them with…

How To Build A Simple Raised Bed

There are a whole lot of reasons to build raised vegetable gardens—the kind that sit above ground within a frame made of wood or other material. If your land has sandy, claylike, or hard-packed soil (or if you don’t know and don’t give a hoot about the difference), you can provide perfect conditions for whatever you’re…

How to Grow Healthy Succulent Plants

Succulents are booming in popularity for two simple reasons: they are beautiful and nearly indestructible. Technically, a succulent is any plant with thick, fleshy (succulent) water storage organs. Succulents store water in their leaves, their stems or their roots. These plants have adapted to survive arid conditions throughout the world, from Africa to the deserts…