11 Easy Ladybug Crafts for Preschoolers

Easy Ladybug Crafts for Preschoolers

Is your living room floor currently a minefield of dried pasta, stray sequins, and half-empty glue sticks? I’ve been there. My first year as a “DIY mom,” I tried to make a life-sized ladybug out of paper-mâché that ended up looking more like a soggy, red boulder. It took three days to dry and eventually … Read more

13 Fence Line Landscaping Ideas

13 Fence Line Landscaping Ideas

Your fence line is probably the most neglected piece of real estate in your yard. Most people treat it like a property boundary and nothing more, leaving it to become a graveyard for weeds or a boring stretch of sun-bleached wood. I’ve spent way too many Saturdays staring at my own cedar fence, realizing it … Read more

11 Side Of Driveway Landscaping Ideas

Side Of Driveway Landscaping Ideas

Stop me if you’ve seen this before: you spend a fortune on a beautiful paver driveway, but the edges look like a neglected construction site. Or worse, you’ve got that “landing strip” of weeds and gravel that makes your whole house look tired. I’ve spent fifteen years trying to tame the narrow, often-baked, and salt-crusted … Read more

11 Creative Hypertufa Projects for Tiny Gardens

Creative Hypertufa Projects for Tiny Gardens

My back still aches when I think about the year I tried to haul three-hundred-pound limestone troughs into my backyard just to get that “English cottage” look. I nearly broke my spirit and my favorite shovel before I realized there’s a much lighter, cheaper way to get that weathered stone aesthetic. If you’re working with … Read more