They are hobbies laden with practicality and other good reasons for spending hours working in the garage or in the basement. The cost and effort to keep your home safe is small in comparison to the expense, hassle and grief of replacing personal belongings. Once upon a time, only the grandest homes had private bathrooms connected to bedroom suites. According to the National Wildlife Federation, plants are key to attracting wildlife into your garden. Thus, it's possible to tailor planting schemes to attract specific birds and animals.
Gardeners are fickle.
They're always looking for a juicier tomato, sweeter sweet corn, a hotter pepper, a longer cucumber, a more nutritious carrot. When I went outside this morning, seven hungry faces peered up at me, eager for breakfast. The fragrance of a garden is part of its welcoming allure, and putting sweet-smelling specimens at the entrance is a great idea, says Iris Miller, associate professor of architecture at the Catholic University of America. News coverage and editorial content provided by The Herald-Times . Created by htInteractive Media , a division of The Herald-Times.