As many of you know, I am a big fan of plants and gardening. While I consider myself an amateur at both, I love growing plants and spreading the joy by giving away some of my baby plants. For the past few years, I have had a little garden outside for growing our own food and expanded a bit this year, but my true love is succulents. With them being some of the easiest to grow … [Read more...] about A Family Guide to Terrariums for Kids Book Review
Garden & Plant Books
Kitchen Garden Revival Book Review
Since the start of the pandemic, many people have decided to create their victory gardens. While I had planned on having a garden before all of this started, the pandemic changed the scope of my garden. Rather than having a small, cute garden, I decided I want to create something that would that wouldn’t just last us through the summer, but things I could preserve to keep us … [Read more...] about Kitchen Garden Revival Book Review
Garden Alchemy Book Review
Do you purchase potting soil and various chemicals for your garden? While I try being as organic as possible with my garden, it doesn’t mean we aren’t buying organic soil and other things for my potted plants. This can get very expensive, especially when you are purchasing organic mixtures, which are usually about three times the cost of the non-organic varieties. Even before … [Read more...] about Garden Alchemy Book Review
The Complete Book of Ferns Review
Do you decorate with plants inside your home? Ever since I was a small child, my mother kept a variety of house plants in her kitchen. Most were ferns and typical house plants, things that oddly enough, I don’t have in my own home. While I have a money tree and a variety of different succulents, I don’t really have a lot of plants around my house since I have always had cats or … [Read more...] about The Complete Book of Ferns Review
Shrubs and Hedges Book Review
As someone that focuses mostly on fruits and hedges are both fairly new to me. I know a handful of these plants, but most of the ones we have around our own home came from the previous owner and what was initially planted by the builder over twenty years ago. For those of you who understand builders, you may also realize this means we are pulling up trees that looked ‘cute’ for … [Read more...] about Shrubs and Hedges Book Review