Tag: Backyard
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Looking for winter garden ideas to give your backyard a beautiful finish, even when the weather is dismal? The good news is that winter garden ideas can be just as stylish, architectural and even as colorful as those you might expect to see in a summer garden. Unsurprisingly, the best garden ideas are achieved by…
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Pamelajoemcfarlane/Getty Images As the weather cools and days grow shorter, many gardeners are getting ready to put their garden to bed. But you don’t have to stop gardening just because the warm season is ending. Depending on which USDA plant hardiness zone you’re in, now may be…
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[upbeat acoustic guitar] – Erin Warner: My horticulture journey professionally started much later in my life. I didn’t know where that was going to lead me, but I knew that it would make sense when I got here. We do the hydroponic strawberry you-pick operation, and that is about 18,000 plants. Every year, all the…
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A journey from Hawaii to Wisconsin landed horticulturalist Erin Warner a lead role at Warm Belly Farm in Fort Atkinson. Warner oversees the daily operations of a hydroponic strawberry farm. The “you pick” operation has 18,000 plants. Growing hydroponically means the strawberry plants are growing not…
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A thriving kitchen garden is something to be proud of. A place to grow your own – whether you’re vegetable gardening in raised beds, pots, from seed, or not, there is nothing better than using the freshest ingredients for the kitchen table, straight from your own backyard. Homegrown produce is not only tastier and healthier…
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Whether you are looking at a complete redesign, or simply want to improve and enhance your space with some new features, the key to successful backyard ideas is a considered mix of planting, landscaping and lifestyle elements. When deciding on the approach for your backyard makeover, it’s always best to start with the architecture of…
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Tropical plants add a lush, exotic touch to yards and container gardens. Not only can they can thrive in the Midwest, they can even be the stars of your garden with their striking foliage and bold colors. Some can be brought inside when the weather cools to cheer up your home or to overwinter as bulbs.…
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There’s a little plot of land behind nearly every house that holds untapped potential. Maybe it’s covered in weeds. Maybe it’s a patch of grass that gets mowed but never loved. And maybe—just maybe—it’s waiting to become a personal Eden. For more and more people, that transformation begins with two simple words: greenhouse kits. I…
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Follow the old adage of “what goes together well in the kitchen, grows together well in the garden,” Vallin Kostovick says. For example, plants like lettuce and tomato grow well next to each other because as the tomatoes grow taller, they provide necessary shade for the lettuce. 3. A slender garden Get the most out…
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Australian designers often face the challenge of unifying the old and the new. Considering the abundance of heritage architecture, many have become deft at sensitively melding historic facades with contemporary additions. And while Nat Wheeler knows how to approach this challenge on the inside of the home, it was a different story bridging the gap…