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Chelsea’s Choice: Thrilling Plant Barrel
**This giveaway has ended. Scroll down to see winners and click over to my giveaway tab to see my next giveaway! There’s nothing like an overflowing container to make my plant-loving heart go pitter-patter! And this time of year there are flowers aplenty adorning decks, porches, and patios. There’s a simple way to achieve that full-planter by following the thrill, fill, spill rules. Essentially you have one tall plant in the middle surrounded by mounding filler plants with a third type of plant that spills over the edges of your planter. You can read more about “Thriller, Filler, Spiller” planters in this article I wrote for Southern Patio last year.…
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Chelsea’s Choice: Plants on a Vacay
**This giveaway has ended. Scroll down to see winners and click over to my giveaway tab to see my next giveaway! Summer is upon us and hopefully that means you have a few fun trips planned away from the house! Summer also means high heat and plants that require frequent watering, especially if they’re in a container. But you don’t have to worry about your plants withering away while you soak up the rays on the lake or sea shore with my latest giveaway!
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Easy Way to Water Container Plants
It’s really starting to feel like summer here in Alabama. The highs most days are already up in the 80s! I’m scared for what that might mean for July’s and August’s temperatures!? Of course warm weather means more time outside. And I don’t know about you, but the more I’m outside, the more I want to plant flowers around my house and deck! So that’s exactly what I did this past weekend. But with all of the trips I’ve been taking for work lately (Dad and I taped a segment in Atlanta last week that will air on HLN!), I’m not always able to water my potted plants when they’re…
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Chelsea’s Choice: Patio Pack of Planters
**This giveaway has ended. Scroll down to see winners and click over to my giveaway tab to see my next giveaway! It’s springtime! And if you’re anything like me, you’re itching to get out in the yard and get planting! It’s also the time to update the plants in your containers or maybe even the containers themselves! Thankfully, Southern Patio is making it easier than ever to dress out your porch, patio, or deck with beautiful containers! These Convex Bell planters come in 3 different sizes to fit a variety of plants and flowers. So you can mix and match sizes in the same color for a clean and sophisticated…
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Upcycle: Potting Bench
I don’t know if you’ve noticed this about me lately, but apparently I’m on an upcycle and repurpose kick. I really do love giving something new life! Especially when it comes to cheap or free furniture pieces. That’s where this large-and-in-charge potting bench comes into play. On a recent episode of Today’s Homeowner, we transformed a shed into a gardener’s potting shed paradise for homeowner Delores.
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Living Space Designer
After completing my herb garden centerpiece, the area to the left of my outdoor seating area was looking a little bare. (Tutorial on my outdoor painted rug can be found here.) The obvious solution, since I love having plenty of plants around this time of year, was to get some planters and plants to fill the void. But instead of just running off to my go-to home improvement store and seeing what they had, I uploaded a photo of my deck and virtually added planters and plants!
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Weeds Be Gone
This is probably the most revealing thing I’ve shared on this here blog, but I know I can’t be alone! When it’s cold outside (i.e. Winter), yard maintenance is practically nonexistent at my house. No weeds are pulled, no beds edged, nor any grass mowed. Add in a newborn and I’m embarrassed to claim my yard as my own. But that’s why we have Spring! A season of renewal. You see, when I first bought my house it had sat vacant for over 3 years. So the yard was just gross and overgrown. After we pretty much demolished and rebuilt the landscaping, I took it as a personal goal to…
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Chelsea’s Choice: Planters a la Marilyn
**This giveaway has ended. Scroll down to see the winner and check out my giveaway tab on May 1st for my next giveaway! Monroe, that is. This week’s giveaway is all about the Monroe planters from Southern Patio. I’m not sure how they got their name, but I’d venture to guess it’s because they’re curvaceous and “well-constructed”. But what’s great about them is that while they have a beautiful natural stone finish, they’re made with resin and stone powder so they aren’t as heavy as a real ceramic planter would be. And with their neutral color, I’m sure you’ll find they match just about any style of decor your outdoor…
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Herb Garden Centerpiece
Last summer I put a little effort into beautifying my back deck by painting an outdoor area rug. I then followed that up by purchasing some outdoor throw pillows that tied the rug together with my worn-out green sofa cushions. Now I’m back out back with a few more tweaks for Spring! First up, creating a fun, multitasking centerpiece for the table.
