Category: Bringing the garden inside

Here you will find the recipes that show off the fruits of your labor in the garden. I also will share with you inexpensive craft projects for the home that bring the garden inside. Fairy plant pokes made from monkey balls and acorns and more!

Building a Repurposed Windows Greenhouse

Repurposed Windows Greenhouse

It all started with three antique windows. I had no idea why, but at $5 each, they had to come home from that yard sale with me. As my new treasures sat in the basement, my mind started percolating ideas on how to put them to use in our garden. They were too fancy for

Here you will find the recipes that show off the fruits of your labor in the garden. I also will share with you inexpensive craft projects for the home that bring the garden inside. Fairy plant pokes made from monkey balls and acorns and more!

Here you will find the recipes that show off the fruits of your labor in the garden. I also will share with you inexpensive craft projects for the home that bring the garden inside. Fairy plant pokes made from monkey balls and acorns and more!

DIY ~ Garden Hose Wreaths

Hose Wreath with Watering Can

 DIY ~ Garden Hose Wreaths      I have been wanting to make hose wreaths for some time now. Unfortunately, all our garden hoses are in good shape, so I actually broke down and bought a 25 foot garden hose! It was held together with four large, black twist ties which I reused in the

Here you will find the recipes that show off the fruits of your labor in the garden. I also will share with you inexpensive craft projects for the home that bring the garden inside. Fairy plant pokes made from monkey balls and acorns and more!

DIY ~ Spring Wreaths

Naural wreath made of dried plant materials.

    I am all about using natural materials, making pretty things and spending little or no money doing it! Here’s a little project that would be a sweet gift or home accent for yourself. These wreaths made of dried plant materials can be colored to suit your decor or left as nature intended. Best

Here you will find the recipes that show off the fruits of your labor in the garden. I also will share with you inexpensive craft projects for the home that bring the garden inside. Fairy plant pokes made from monkey balls and acorns and more!

A Visit to Longwood Gardens Orchid Extravaganza 2015

Longwood Gardens Orchid

February is the longest, shortest month of the year. Winter is dragging its heels, the wind is blowing and the landscape is bleak. What a wonderful time for a dose of spring encapsulated in a four-acre conservatory at Longwood Gardens. The annual Orchid Extravaganza is in full bloom now through March 29th. Thousands of orchids, spring

Here you will find the recipes that show off the fruits of your labor in the garden. I also will share with you inexpensive craft projects for the home that bring the garden inside. Fairy plant pokes made from monkey balls and acorns and more!

Be My Valentine! (Win an Amaryllis!)

Cross Stitch Heart Sachet

     Valentine’s Day is right around the corner. Time to dream up some ways to make your family and friends feel extra special! Here are some suggestions from Our Fairfield Home and Garden and a give-away from Longfield Gardens!  Cross Stitch a fragrant sachet or knit something warm for your loved ones. Remember that

Here you will find the recipes that show off the fruits of your labor in the garden. I also will share with you inexpensive craft projects for the home that bring the garden inside. Fairy plant pokes made from monkey balls and acorns and more!

Flowering Holiday Bulbs

Flowering Holiday Bulbs

    Flowering holiday bulbs create an extra special touch to your holiday decor and make wonderful gifts. Paperwhites and Amaryllis are two of the most popular bulbs for indoor forcing. Often sold in kits, be careful to inspect the bulbs first. Select plump, firm bulbs when choosing them individually at a nursery or garden

Here you will find the recipes that show off the fruits of your labor in the garden. I also will share with you inexpensive craft projects for the home that bring the garden inside. Fairy plant pokes made from monkey balls and acorns and more!

Crack-Me-Up-O-Lantern Contest Results!

Third Place Winner http://www.newhousenewhomenewlife.com/2014/10/crack-o-lantern-pumpkin-decorating-contest.html#sthash.kPX8nBfc.qmTb7joP.dpbs

The votes are in, the results are tabulated and we are now announcing the winners of the 2014, 1st Annual “Crack-Me-Up–Lantern” Pumpkin Decorating Contest” (say that 10 times fast, I dare you!).   There were such a bunch of wonderful, imaginative entries in our just-for-fun, non-competitive competition, all vying for the title of Creator Of The

Here you will find the recipes that show off the fruits of your labor in the garden. I also will share with you inexpensive craft projects for the home that bring the garden inside. Fairy plant pokes made from monkey balls and acorns and more!

Field Trip ~ Chrysanthemum Festival at Longwood Gardens

opening bloom

Longwood Gardens Chrysanthemum Festival just began this week and runs through November 23rd! Many of you readers aren’t able to get there, so I took lots of pictures to share ~ a mini tour. Although you aren’t there in person, just imagine walking into a huge conservatory filled with chrysanthemums of every kind everywhere you

Here you will find the recipes that show off the fruits of your labor in the garden. I also will share with you inexpensive craft projects for the home that bring the garden inside. Fairy plant pokes made from monkey balls and acorns and more!

DIY ~ Free Fall Wreath Using Hydrangeas

Hydrangea Wreath

  Bring those blossoms that are drying on the bush inside and enjoy them all winter long by making yourself a fall hydrangea wreath.   If you already had an old grapevine wreath lying around, like me, it will cost you nothing but about half an hour of your time!   Our Limelight Hydrangea had

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