Outdoors Archives | Tips for Moms

House Plants That Are Toxic To People And Animals

You can love plants and love pets, but you have to be careful which kind of house plants you have around the pets – and children. You don’t want either of them to [...]

Landscaping In Rain Gardens

Rain Gardens are more often referred to as sunken gardens. They are planted lower than the surrounding ground level to better catch the rain water. It’s not hard to [...]

Gardening With Ponds And Other Water Features

One of the most peaceful sounds in the world is running water. One of the most peaceful places is a beautiful garden. Put water features in your garden to have a wonderful [...]

Xerispace Gardening: Low-Water Flower Gardens

Whether you grow in containers or in open ground, if you need to save water and reduce the amount of water your garden needs, low-water flower gardens are one answer to the [...]

Garden With Native Plants

Its a great idea to make a garden with native plants because you will save yourself a lot of maintenance and it will be eco-friendly. There are even more reasons that a [...]

How To Conserve Water in the Flower Garden

If there is a drought in your area the first thing the local government advises is to stop watering flower gardens. That might be due to the fact that water usage often [...]

Gardening In The Rain

It’s the only time that you have for gardening and keeping weeds away, but it’s raining! Here are some gardening tips that will help you take advantage of those [...]

Feed Birds With Bird Cakes| Crafts For Preschoolers

Children love to watch birds, and you can draw birds to your backyard by feeding them. Why not combine a fun craft with a good deed by making bird feeders and bird cakes with [...]

Backyard Wildlife Refuge For Winter

With winter coming on, you may want to do a kind deed and prepare your yard and garden for wildlife. Turning your backyard into a wildlife sanctuary and habitat is not [...]