Our gardens are finally starting to look better!! If you've visited my blog before, you've probably heard me whine talk about the many challenges we've encountered with the house we bought almost two years ago. While it is a newer home, it hadn't been maintained well inside ... [ Read More ]
Garden to Give
Has warmer weather reached you yet? Here in Michigan we literally went from a foot of snow on the ground to 84 degrees in a matter of days. My little momma and I made our first trip to the greenhouse yesterday. So my garden will be officially underway tonight... Last summer ... [ Read More ]
April Showers Bring May Flowers, Weeds & Snakes!
April showers bring weeds and May flowers here in the Mitten State and.... snakes. April showers bring May snakes, y'all! Almost 13 years in our historic neighborhood without a single sighting... I've now been terrorized twice by these slithery rascals already at the ... [ Read More ]
Missing Magnolia: Home & Garden Goals for 2017
Hello 2017! Is your new year off to a great start? Or should I really be asking... are your Christmas decorations down and neatly stored away? Mine are down... and stacked up all over the storage area downstairs waiting for me to get them "cleaned out and better ... [ Read More ]
Answering Readers’ Questions about Our New House Garden
Since I posted pictures of our new house, I've had a few people email me about the urns on our new porch... and about how we managed to add a whiskey barrel to our mailbox... AND... if the beat up old blue bike I plant flowers in will be moving to the new house or staying ... [ Read More ]