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  • Chelsea Lipford Wolf on Deck with Small Bug-Repellent Container Garden
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    Easy Way to Keep Mosquitos Away

    August 25, 2020 /

    These Plants Naturally Repel Bugs If you’re looking for an easy way to keep mosquitos and other bugs away, plant a container garden full of naturally-repellent plants! It’ll enhance your outdoor patio or deck while repelling those tiny pests! Bug-Repellent Plants Isn’t it great there are plants that bugs are naturally prone to dislike?? You don’t need chemical sprays or anything fancy to keep mosquitos away. Just a few trusty plants! Any combination of these plants will work:

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  • Mother's Day Giveaway Hanging Planters from Southern Patio
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    Chelsea’s Choice: Hanging Planters for Mom

    May 1, 2018 /

    Enter Below For a Chance to Win Hanging Planters for Mother’s Day! **This giveaway has ended. Scroll down to see winners and click over to my giveaway tab to see my next giveaway! I. Am. Obsessed. with these planters! I mean just look at how cute and modern they are! They really play off of the macrame trend that’s seeing a resurgence lately. But they are made of traditional kiln-fired ceramic, so you know they’re going to last for many Mother’s Days to come. What’s great about these for a Mother’s Day gift is they don’t come with a hole pre-drilled. So Mom can hang them inside, maybe in the…

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    December 27, 2017 /

    If you subscribe to my newsletter, then you know way back in October (seems like so long ago!) I traveled to Tulsa, OK for an episode of Today’s Homeowner. And the episode is airing this weekend!! (You can check your local listings here to see when it airs in your area!) But since I’m super excited about this project, I wanted to give you, my readers, a preview of what Dad and I did in the episode! We joined forces with the Home Builders Association of Greater Tulsa to makeover a patio for a great cause! This is the backyard area of Manna House, a residential community primarily for young…

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    June 7, 2017 /

    Our back deck is right outside of our kitchen and sunroom. So it’s a great place to keep plants and herbs we use when cooking. You may remember last year I created a centerpiece with some small pots and fresh herbs. This year, though, I thought I’d mix it up a bit. So that’s just what I did by creating hanging herb gardens!

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  • How to Water Plants on Vacation Giveaway
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    Chelsea’s Choice: Plants on a Vacay

    April 27, 2017 /

    **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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  • Hydrangea Planted with Self-Watering Insert for Easy Watering
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    Easy Way to Water Container Plants

    April 26, 2017 /

    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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  • Convex Bell Planters from Southern Patio Giveaway
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    April 6, 2017 /

    **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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  • Picking Planters with Online Design Tool
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    May 19, 2016 /

    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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  • Giveaway

    Chelsea’s Choice: Tomato in a Whiskey Barrel

    May 2, 2016 /

    **This giveaway has ended. Scroll down to see the winner and check out my latest giveaway before it ends June 30th, 2016! I love the look of a rustic whiskey barrel planter. Plus they can hold so much, so they’re perfect for a lot of plants or just a single plant that requires a lot of space. The downside is they can be really heavy, even before adding potting soil! Unless, of course, they are from Southern Patio! (1) winner will receive (3) of these beauties in the hand-detailed Kentucky Walnut finish that mimics traditional wood barrels. They’re from Southern Patio’s HDR line of resin-based planters which makes them lightweight…

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