Grow a Family GardenĀ
Bug Hotels: The Ultimate Guide to Building a Backyard Insect Shelter
The ultimate guide to building a responsible Bug Hotel! Find out how to create fun spaces to help out your garden’s beneficial insects.
Classic Milk Carton Bird Feeders
Looking for a fun but simple project that will shift the whole family’s attention outside? Make some classic milk carton bird feeders together. Sometimes our favorite crafts are oldies but goodies for a reason!
Beneficial Garden Insects for Beginners
After planting fall seedlings, our garden was swarming with little flies. We decided to try introducing beneficial garden insects as a natural pest control solution, but we had no idea what we were doing! Click here to find out what we attempted, where we went wrong, and an overview of how 10 common beneficial garden insects can help you grow a healthy garden.
10 Vertical Garden Systems You Can Build on a Budget
We wanted to add more plants to our small patio garden, but we were quickly running out of room on the ground. Time to look up! This post is all about building our new vertical garden plus our favorite DIY budget friendly vertical garden systems from around the web.
What is a community garden (and will they let us join)?
In the first installment of the Bad Gardener Chronicles, I share our valiant attempt to grow sunflowers during the summer of 2020, and how that experience led to us seeking help before moving forward with fall veggies.