Last weekend I made a road trip to Philadelphia to pick up my kids after a week with their cousins. It was a perfect opportunity to finally visit one of the Terrain garden centers that I have long been admiring online. While there is a store outside of Philly, I stopped in the Westport, CT shop and found so many wonderful treasures… not the least of which was an entirely new slate of plant ideas for Deer Resistant gardening. More

We've analyzed the pros and cons of having tech in your bedroom. If you were one of the people who advocated having as much tech as you want, here are three awesome devices that will make any bedroom more efficient, and a bit cooler too. More

As much as I love having greenery in my home, I am probably the most notorious plant assassin in Chicago. I can barely keep succulents alive. But after hearing so much about the simplicity of air plants, I'm ready to give them a try. Because they don't need soil, the display options are nearly endless, so of course I hit Etsy for some inspiration. More

We're in the middle of summer now, but many stores are already marking down their outdoor and patio products. If you see a pair of large, inexpensive flower pots you like, grab them. No, they aren't for plants this time. If you add a dollar store pizza pan on top, you can make an awesome, sculptural side table that works both indoors and out. More

Today's One Minute Tip comes from shop owners Jordana (and Kasey) Henke, curators of a new vintage living handmade co-op in Des Moines, Iowa. More

I went a bit overboard planting herbs this year. I love cooking, but I'd need a restaurant to use all the mint and rosemary I have - even with drying it, handing it out to friends, and using it in recipes. Then I remembered a pretty herb-and-flower arrangement I saw at a friend's dinner party last summer — easy to emulate and a great way to use up more of my bounty. More

Randy Sarafan is the Technology Editor at Instructables, so you know when he tackles a problem like keeping tabs on properly watering house plants, he's going to do it in enviable DIY fashion. Randy teamed his DIY skills with a soil sensor and an Arduino-controlled water pump to build himself a black thumb-proof plant watering system! More

This is it, the moment you have been working toward all year long. Mites, bears, stings, sticky hands, and hours of sweating in your bee suit--all of these challenges will seem trivial as you grasp the handle of the extractor, give it a good spin and watch your first batch of honey begin to flow from the spout. How sweet it is indeed. More

Dahlia season is here! I'll probably have lots more to say about these spicy beauties soon, but today I just had to show you this overachiever: a nearly perfect dahlia sphere. Any flower that's this excited to be in bloom is my kind of flower.. More

While visiting a friend in Minneapolis over the weekend, I came across an article in the Star Tribune about the resurgence of American made products. It was in this article that I learned about Jordan, Minnesota-based outdoor furniture manufacturer By the Yard. More