by Shelley Levis
15 DIY Bird Feeders This time of year food can be scarce for our feathered friends. Branches are picked bare and other food sources can be buried under several feet of snow. Putting out a bird feeder is more than just a free meal for the birds, it is also a...
by Shelley Levis
Forgot to Plant Those Spring Bulbs? It’s Not Too Late! If you bought a bunch of bulbs back in fall but never got around to getting them into the ground, you can still save them and get blooms by Easter. But you better not delay! There are a few steps to...
by Shelley Levis
22 Fall Garden Inspirations Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all. ~ Stanley Horowitz There is a ton of things to do in the garden in fall and it isn’t just raking...
by Shelley Levis
DIY Recycled Wood Pumpkins I was asked to create some fun fall projects for HomeTalk using recycled or re-purposed items that would be easy for the DIY’er. My husband is doing some Reno’s at our sporting goods store and he’s accumulated quite...
by Shelley Levis
Sometimes the best days are just going for a drive in the country and if you live in British Columbia…. you get more than just fantastic scenery, you get to breath, taste and experience what farm life is all about. A few month’s back I...
by Shelley Levis
Slider BBQ Burger Bar Party Are you planning to host a BBQ this summer? A burger bar is not new, but in my research for some yummy toppings, I realized that in order to try several variations… regular burgers were too big. So I created 14 different...
by Shelley Levis
Kitchen Gadget Garden Crafts Creative Mojo can come and go, but sometimes a challenge is just what you need to get it kick started again! A fellow member in a group of fabulous garden gals I belong to called the Garden Charmers asked us to come up with a garden...
by Shelley Levis
Lavender and Coconut Oil Bath BonBons While I was harvesting my lavender and tying them into bundles for drying, I tried to decide what to do with it all this year. My post last summer on 5 Ways to Use Lavender included an ice cream recipe, lemon lavender...
by Shelley Levis
I recently did a post on how to have Hanging Baskets that last all summer long by swapping out spring baskets with ones you planted up in mid-late May. It’s a great technique that will keep you in flowers right up to the first hard frost. But there...
by Shelley Levis
The DIY Spiral Herb Garden is a small space garden method that is not new but there are plenty of twists on it (twists…snicker). I’ve seen them made with all manners of materials such as garden stones, bricks, bamboo stakes etc. I decided that I...
