DIY Project: Contemporary Garden Water Feature Less than $30

Designing a DIY water feature can be a challenge if you are on a tight budget. It can be even more of a challenge if you are looking for a contemporary water feature to fit in with an updated garden space. Here is a g

Creative Tips for Container Gardening

Container gardens can create a natural sanctuary in a busy city street, along rooftops or on balconies. You can easily accentuate the welcoming look of a deck or patio with colorful pots of annuals, or fill your windo

Garden Pond Basics

Why Choose A Garden Pond? Do you enjoy spending time in your garden or outdoor space? Do you gain a sense of relaxation and well-being from the sound and feel of your natural surroundings? Do you enjoy the sound of bi

Make an Easy, Elegant and Inexpensive Birdbath

Bringing birds to your garden is one of the great joys of any gardener. Aside form providing food, providing water is must in creating a wildlife friendly garden. Here is a quick and easy and cheap birdbath that looks

Build an Easy Garden Fence: Low Cost Ideas

If you want to add a wonderful country touch to your garden, building a country style fence is not as difficult, or as expensive as it might seem. Here at The Garden Glove, we wanted to add a gothic picket style to th

How To Prune Your Roses For Stunning Results

Pruning and deadheading are essential to proper rose care. Alas, there are nearly as many opinions about how and when to prune as there are roses in need of pruning. While seasoned rosarians have their favorite tried-

How to Landscape Patios and Small Gardens

Due to the small area available to some homeowners and apartment dwellers, patios and small gardens may seem like a challenge to landscape. What follows are a few simple tips and strategies designed to maximize space,

Gardening – Fill Your Cottage Gardens With Free Plants!

I love to dream – and one of the things that I love to dream about is my cottage garden. I pull out back issues of my favorite magazines, gardening books, and seed catalogues to add to the plethora of ideas alre

Small Space Gardens: How to Make Cheap Containers

When gardening in a small space, one of the largest budget busters is purchasing containers for your plantings. Even at the discount stores, buying containers for your garden can take a huge chunk out of your wallet,

How to Build a Pond; Easily, Cheaply and Beautifully

Building a pond for your garden is not nearly as complicated as I first supposed. I built a pretty little pond in my front yard just off the front walk and next to the porch where I could sit and enjoy the sights and

A Brief Look At Three Common Lawn Diseases

Lawn disease can be a real pain in the neck. They can do serious damage to your lawn in a very short time. The main culprit for lawn disease is fungus. You can recognize fungus from the emergence of spots, circles, pa

Making the Garden Safe for Kids

When your garden contains toxic plants, it is imperative that you make yourself familiar with the possibilities of what can happen. While not all children will be so inclined as to want to taste those pretty red plant

Herb Gardening With Your Children

Herb gardening with children is a delightful way to engage children in gardening as a hobby. Both your teenagers and young children will enjoy herb gardening. Teach them about the history of herbs and their many uses.

Making a New Lawn From Seed or Sod

A lawn is one of the most important features in a garden. It provides an important refreshing green foil for colorful flowering plants and a place for the family to relax and play. However, in order for it to be a suc

The Best Trees and Bushes to Attract Birds

Hearing the melodic songs of birds, seeing the bright red of a cardinal, or the quick, dipping flight of a chickadee are the things that make me say, "Yes, it is a good day". Planting the right bushes and

Enticing Butterflies To Your Garden

Enticing butterflies to your garden is fun and simple too. Butterflies are easy to attract to your garden if you plant a garden where the caterpillar (pupa step) has plants to eat and then the butterfly has flowers fr

Using Herbicides: Weed Control for Lawns

Weed control is necessary throughout the year, as there is no specific season for growth of weeds. Effective control of weeds does not mean blatant use of strong herbicides. Doing so can have the adverse effect of dam

Lawn and Garden Care From Your Kitchen

Winter rains bring lots of beautiful wild flowers, but also the wicked weeds. While some people may be tempted by the seemingly simple solution, herbicides, their environmental effects outweigh any benefit. Herbicides

Small Garden Design – Creating Illusions Of More Space

While designing small area gardens does have some of its own special challenges, the opportunity for creativity is multiplied within these small spaces. It is possible to create more atmosphere and impact with less. A

Quick and Easy Garden Container Project

Looking for a quick and easy garden container to add some flair to a boring deck, yard or patio? Here is a before and after project that will take less than 30 minutes, can be inexpensive and is a creative take on ord