Latest articles by Emma Kendell
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6 Edible Flowers to Start Growing in May For the Prettiest Salads, Cakes and Charcuterie Boards Come SummerWhether you’re entertaining family and friends or simply pleasing yourself, edible flowers will raise your food to restaurant level as well as making your garden look good.
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Why Your Lawn Is Brown or Patchy in May – and How to Green Up Your Grass, Fast
The sun’s out and so are we, back in our gardens and ready to enjoy life outdoors again. But if your lawn didn’t get the memo, here’s what to do for quick, lush results…
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Scent a Path or Driveway With This Resilient Low Growing Plant – it Releases a Cloud of Fresh Fragrance Whenever it’s Stepped On
Creeping thyme has an incredible citrus aroma as well as pretty purple flowers: plant it in your driveway or entrance path to greet visitors and welcome you home with a heady burst of lemon scent.
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8 Best Plants For Patio Pots if You Want Maximum Flowers For Minimum Effort – These Perennials are as Low Maintenance as They are LovelyYes, you can fill your patio with wonderful color, year after year, without having to water every day.
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ALDI’s Solar Fire Bowl is the Patio Upgrade Your Backyard Needs – it’ll Bring a Cozy Ambience to Long Summer Evenings in the Garden
This elegant solar light fire bowl arrives in the middle aisle on May 6 and it's a backyard bargain – I’m wagering it won’t take long to sell out.
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10 Gardening Gadgets That Save Time and Stress – and the One I Use Most Costs Less Than $7
These are my ride or die gardening gadgets that help to make my backyard low maintenance.
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Ikea’s New Garden Cabinets are the Chic Space-Saving Storage Solution Your Backyard Needs
Storing garden tools and patio clutter just got a whole lot simpler and more stylish – it's time to ditch that rotten shed…
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ALDI’s Rave $15 Raised Planter Sold Out in Days Last Year & Now it’s Back – Get Yours While You Still Can For Small-Garden Style & No-Mess Crops
This elevated planter is simple, stylish and deserves a spot in your garden.
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Prune These 7 Garden Shrubs in May – Here’s EXACTLY How Much to Snip Off to Get Lots More Flowers Next Spring
Pruning is scary when you’re a beginner gardener, we know, but be brave and show these spring-flowering plants some tough love.
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ALDI Just Dropped a New Garden Range You Need to Know About – the Lemon Print Pruners & Kneeler Pad Will Style up Your Summer
Bargain alert: these garden goodies arrive on April 29 and they’re not going to stay on the shelves for long.
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10 Accent Plants Landscape Designers Love But Anyone Can Grow – Add the Wow Factor to Your Backyard This Weekend
Plant a standout but simple-to-grow garden centerpiece and get the designer look for less.
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These 5 Sense-Soothing Garden Plants Are Almost as Good as Therapy – and a Heck of a Lot Cheaper
Create a relaxing backyard sanctuary with plants that calm your body and clear your mind.
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Chic Wildlife Houses to Welcome Beneficial Critters & Control Garden Pests This Spring – Natural Pest Control Never Looked So Good!
These stylish wildlife homes work as gorgeous garden decor as well as providing habitat for ladybugs, birds, toads, bats, bees and butterflies who all help to control backyard pests.
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Ants Leave My Patio Alone All Summer, Thanks to This One Plant – and it’s So Cheap & Easy to Grow From SeedIf you’re only going to add one plant to your garden this year, make it this one: it gets rid of ants on your patio and smells amazing.
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7 Trailing Plants That Look Terrific Cascading From a Hanging Basket – April is the Perfect Time to Add Them to Your Garden Planters
These thriller spiller plants will add plenty of drama to a hanging basket and they're all easy to grow, even if you're a beginner gardener.
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The $1 Slug Hack That Works Better Than Anything Else I’ve Tried in My Garden – My Seedlings Are Finally Safe!Forget copper tape, beer traps and even nematodes: cost per slug captured, this cheap and easy hack is my best-ever method of controlling slugs and snails in my backyard.
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Meet Your Perfect Rose to Plant Now, With a Scent to Match Your Favorite Perfume & Fill Your Garden With a Fragrance You Adore
Roses have all sorts of different scents from sweet honey to spicy cloves, with fruity as well as floral notes, so use your favorite perfume to guide you to the exact right variety that will fragrance your backyard with an aroma you love.
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4 Magic Ingredients to Make Hanging Baskets Low Maintenance and Produce Lots More Flowers, All Summer Long
Hanging baskets are a beautiful addition to any backyard, but are they hard work? Not if you add these little extras that take all the stress out of growing a stunning suspended container.
