Starting A New Garden
If your summer days allow and you have a little room left on your land, consider adding some texture to your gardens by adding a raised bed. Raised beds make an excellent garden for plants that require good water drainage. Find out the drainage required for every plant you buy, and make sure that it [...]
Read moreSchool’s Out and the Kids Are In The Garden
School’s out for another year and the kids are tugging at your sleeves. “Mom, what’s there to do?”
Without camp, without after school sports, and with no interest in digging along side you in the garden, children are wondering what to do and, for at least part of the day, need some structured activity. Sadly, most [...]
Creating Compost
If you garden, flowers or vegetables, you either have a compost pile or you want one. At least you should want one. Compost heaps, bins, buckets or piles put to use all the organic waste left over from grass clippings to leaves, dead plants and vegetables that are of no human use.
Unfortunately, too many families [...]
Tilling and Plowing the Fields or Your Garden
Lawn tractors and mowers as well as garden tillers (for small spacers) are easy on your budget and cut your workload down to a manageable size when you live in the country.
But if you have a lot of land to plow, till and plant, and you haven’t invested in a tractor just yet, don’t dismay, [...]
The Best Mosquito Control System
I’ve had a lot of trouble in the past with the theories and the costs of mosquito control systems. Not to mention the fact that I’ve never been entirely convinced of their effectiveness.
However, living in ‘bug country’, watching my animals huddle in the barn on the worst of days, and being completely fed up with [...]
Got Your Own Maple Sugar Bush?
It’s Time Then, to Learn to Make Syrup!
If you have a woodlot on your property with a few maple trees, let’s call it a personal sugar bush and get you into the age-old tradition of making your own delicious syrup.
Collecting sap from a maple sugar bush and rendering down into syrup is a tradition us [...]
Making Maple Syrup or Sugar
Once you have collected sap from your own sugar bush, you are ready to begin making maple syrup. Select your spot to create an outdoor fire pit — alternatively a shed with a heat source. Be warned however, if you’re making syrup inside a shed, sap evaporation will result in a sticky film on walls, [...]
Read moreYou’ve Landed in My Country Garden!
Wow am I glad you’re finally here…sometimes I feel like gardening is a solo sport and it’s always great to share this passion with others who have a similar interest in country gardens specifically.
Flowers, Vegetables and More!
This section of GoodByeCityLife began as a self-reliance resource for country living – you know, growing your own vegetables, [...]
Garden Paths Define Your Space
A country garden pathway made of stepping stones is a true delight to the gardener (keeps everyone out of your garden beds) and visitors alike.
These walkways – especially in the country cottage garden – are enticing, winding paths to something truly unique right around that corner – at least that’s what your garden guests will [...]
Gardening Tools You Need in The Country
There are actually very few tools you need to garden, but certainly many that you can own to make the job easier!
Spade
Trowel
Watering Can
Hose
…and you’re good to go!
That is, as long as you have plants or seeds to grow into that garden of yours.
If you’re starting annuals from seeds, you might like a potting [...]
