I would try anything and everything to keep my hanging baskets alive, but as soon as September hit, they were all dead. That was a letdown, since nothing looks worse…
When summer came to a close, my porch used to be pumpkin spice perfect to sad and empty. I'm not sure how it got to this point, but the part…
Every summer I would look at the corner of my backyard and say, "I wish I could make that straight. I didn't want to do this work; I just mowed…
My porch felt sad on September 2. Then I began creating fall porch planters that really get strangers walking their dogs to say "wow". Over the years, I've tried so…
September is the time for a complete makeover of my porch. The summer petunias fade away, and mums, pumpkins and lots of trial and error come in. There are lots…
Each September I go to my own front yard and get that feeling. The summer annuals look stressed. The grass is patchy, and I know it's time for a change…
I used to have ideas for my yard, and they would get absorbed by my back of house landscaping. When people came over, it was big, blank and, well, embarrassing.…
I purchased a house with a backyard, which was essentially a cliff, and I panicked a bit when it was first spring. There would be no growth of grass. All…
In the spring, my side yard was just a mud slide waiting to happen. I worked on sloped side yard landscaping issues that most people don't consider until it's too…
My backyard used to go down into my neighbor's yard every time it rained. Two summers of steep hillside landscaping by the hard way. The biggest lesson I learned was…