Gardening Tutorials & Inspiration - House of Hawthornes

Create A Lush Summer Shade Container Planter

Pam Kessler — Thu, 16 May 2024 13:29:22 +0000

Creating planters and urns for a shaded area is more than just tossing a hanging basket of impatiens in an urn on your porch. Sure, we've all done that, but this year why not make one of those fancy planters like the garden center pros do? Today I'm showing you how to make a container...

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DIY Garden Hose Pot

Pam Kessler — Wed, 08 May 2024 11:00:00 +0000

Are you looking for a stylish solution to hide your garden hose? Are you tired of having to crank a handle to roll up your hose all the time? While looking for a new hose holder for my garden hose I saw some fancy copper bowls made to hold a coiled-up hose. Cool idea, but...

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Incredibly Easy Winter Porch Pot Hack

Pam Kessler — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 17:52:20 +0000

Do you think you have to spend tons of money or hire a professional floral designer to make porch pots for your holiday entryway? Not at all! Porch pots are VERY easy to make and today I am going to show you the absolute easiest and quickest way to throw one together. It takes less...

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Fall Mums Buying Tips (Chrysanthemums)

Pam Kessler — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 14:22:47 +0000

I am a firm believer you need to pick up at least one, if not one hundred and fifty, mums for fall decor. Whether you plant them in your flower beds or put them on your porch you just can't do autumn correctly without a few good chrysanthemums. There, I said it. The questions most...

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5 Simple Tips For Growing Clematis Vines

Pam Kessler — Sun, 30 Jul 2023 22:38:43 +0000

Clematis vines, what's not to love about them! Big, beautiful, in-your-face flowers! And lots of them! Some people think clematis are hard to grow or just downright finicky, but that is not true at all. You just need to remember a few things about clematis and you too can grow these lovely vines. BTW, the...

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Blooming on a Budget: 10 Money Saving Tips for Your Flower Garden

Pam Kessler — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 10:45:00 +0000

One of the things I love most about spring and summer is getting to plant all sorts of new annuals and perennials in my flower beds and in the containers on my porch. There's just something magical about watching those tiny little nubbins of plants in early spring grow into massive blooming beauties by mid-summer!...

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African Violet Care | Tips And Tricks

Pam Kessler — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 14:34:00 +0000

African violets are one of my favorite flowering houseplants. Why, you ask? Out of all the fantastic houseplants out there, why the African violet? Reasons To Love African Violets They are a compact plant that stays in a nice easily manageable mounded shape, so they don't grow all willy-nilly or outrageously huge and overtake the...

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Fabulous Fall Planter Ideas For Your Porch

Pam Kessler — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 13:25:33 +0000

Now that fall has pretty much officially started (hello, pumpkin spice lattes) and Labor Day has passed, my attention has turned to decorating my porch for fall. A big part of my front porch decor is a fall urn, container or arrangement beside my front door. It just shouts Hello, It's Fall! Let's get this...

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Mosaic Bowling Ball Yard Art

Pam Kessler — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 11:00:00 +0000

Bowling balls are one of the easiest things to turn into upcycled junk art for your garden. And they are readily available at thrift shops and yard sales. Psst - this post was originally published in 2011. I have recently updated it with a more current supply list, prettier photos, and a more complete tutorial....

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Repurposed Nautical Farmhouse Planter

Pam Kessler — Wed, 11 May 2022 11:00:00 +0000

So you're at the thrift store minding your own business looking for something fun to repurpose for this month's Thrift Store Decor Team's post. And you keep running across all these springform cake pans. Like an odd number of them. There were at least 15 of them at my local Goodwill! What's a girl to...

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