Does using sugar water to shock transplants work?

A popular myth in gardening circles claims that sugar water is a good fertilizer for plants and can help plants recover from transplant shock. It’s easy to see why this…

How to buy the right gardening book for everyone on your list – The Medium Sized Garden

November 27, 2022 Posted in: Shop Each one is worth buying gardening book on this list twice – once for a gift and once for keeping yourself. Or you can…

5 Cozy Cottage Scrollable Wallpaper

Welcome to the FIRST Scroll stopper post in 2023!! Scroll stoppers is a weekly post here on lizmarieblog.com where I collect some inspirational posts that stopped me in my scroll…

Ask Danny | Ep. 26: When to plant and when to prune

In this episode of Ask Danny, arborist Billy Allen offers his expert advice on planting and pruning. (3 Echoes Content Studio) In this episode of Ask Danny, arborist Billy Allen…

This year’s top tips from garden design experts… – Medium sized garden

December 3, 2022 Posted in: Garden trends and design What was yours? best advice for garden design this year? In the mid-sized garden, I talk to many wonderfully diverse garden…

13 home projects on our list for 2023

It’s time to share our annual list of home projects we plan to do in 2023. Along with setting family, personal, and financial goals, Chris and I are taking the…

This beautiful backyard makeover cost only $200

If you’re currently stuck in the middle of a dreary winter (hello, Northern Hemisphere), you might be focusing on projects you can do in your home to make it warm…

A timeless storybook Christmas home

I had the opportunity to showcase this amazing home earlier this year and it still remains one of my favorites to this day (you can see it here, if you…

Nice winter decor from the field – Winter decor of a comfortable cottage

Winter decor seems to get a bad rap sometimes because it’s complicated because it’s not Christmas decor but it’s not spring yet, but if you’ve checked out my Winter Decor…

New year, a tour of the new house of our modern colony

We’re about to start making our list of projects for 2023, but before we tackle anything, let’s pause and admire all that we’ve accomplished in 2022. We’re renovating this home…