DIY ~ Prom and Special Occasion Flowers

DIY ~ Prom and Special Occasion Flowers

Have you seen what prom flowers cost these days? And that’s not for anything special, either. I set out to make some memorable prom flowers for my sweet grandson. And you can make special occasion flowers, too!   Depending on the time of year, come up with a floral and foliage combination that you like.

Our Fairfield Home & Garden ~ 2023 Garden Tour

2023 Garden Tour ~ Our Fairfield Home & Garden

  On Saturday, June 17th, the Delaware Center for Horticulture featured our suburban garden on tour. It was the fruition of preparing through seven weeks of drought, record high and low temperatures, smoke and then torrential downpours the week of the tour! Our garden was still lush and ready thanks to established perennials, shrubs and

Filing Cabinet Planters

Filing Cabinet Planters

              Have you seen the price of large plant containers these days? You can easily spend a couple hundred dollars for a big planter. I wanted a couple to place along the back fence on our property but didn’t want to drop that kind of money ~ here’s my

Wheel Rim Planters

Wheel Rim Planters

If you are an Our Fairfield Home and Garden blog reader, you probably know by now how much I love using repurposed items in the garden. The rustier and crustier the better! This idea for Wheel Rim Planters came from a recent junking trip I made to the Renewed For You Shoppe. There I found

Field Trip ~ Going Junking

Field Trip ~ Going Junking

After following The Renewed For You Shoppe on Facebook for awhile and enjoying their posts, I found out they are only fifteen minutes away from me! How good does it get? I can shop local and find the kinds of vintage and rustic items I love, too. Driving up, I could see this was my

Winter Outdoor Decor ~ Use what you have!

Winter Decorating

Want to decorate for winter and have it last a few months? Use what you have in the yard already! Birdhouses, garden accents, seed heads and cut greens will do the trick! Repurposing keeps your costs to a minimum ( I spent no money at all on the decorations in this post) and lend a

Plant Miniature Hostas in a Strawberry Pot!

Plant Miniature Hostas in a Strawberry Pot!

After finding a beautiful blue strawberry pot at a garage sale, I knew exactly what I was going to plant in it! Miniature hostas! A great tip I learned years ago from a seasoned gardener is to make a watering pipe for a strawberry pot. This little trick solves the problem of uneven watering and

Make Your Own Plant Supports

Make Your Own Plant Supports

Need something to hold up your floppy flowers and shocked at the price of commercially made plant supports? Make your own plant supports from tomato cages for next to nothing! I picked up used tomato cages in different sizes at a recent yard sale for a couple bucks. Some were a little bent and wonky,

Summer Window Boxes ~ mixing annuals, houseplants and perennials for all-season impact

Summer Window Boxes

To create window boxes that will look great all summer, consider a combination of annuals, houseplants and perennials. Keep in mind the sun exposure of your window boxes when choosing plants. Our window boxes get lots of indirect light but only a few hours of direct sun in the morning. Because of this, I chose

New Tools ~ Spring Gardening at Our Fairfield Home and Garden

New Tools

Recently, I was contacted by a new family run business named Emerging Green, offering me some of their garden tools to try out in the garden. Of course I said, “Yes” and was eager to give them a spring road test. Upon arrival, I unboxed a large Hori Knife in its own sheath and a

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