Hello and welcome to another edition of the Lovely Greens Newsletter To make sure that you never miss an email from me, add my personal email addres

      Forward  
Top-Image

Hello and welcome to another edition of the Lovely Greens Newsletter

To make sure that you never miss an email from me, add my personal email address to your contact address book. It's tanya@lovelygreens.com

Ideas for your edible garden

DSCF1835

Seaside garden on the Isle of Man

It might be cold and dreary, but from here on out signs of spring will begin popping up all over. Snowdrops are beginning to bloom in my garden and daffodils and perennial onions are already sending up new leaves. Time to get a move on with planning this year's garden! Here's some inspiration for getting you started.

1 -- 7 Perennial Fruit and Vegetables: crops that will produce for years Blueberries, Raspberries, and Globe Artichokes are all plants that you only need to plant once to get harvests for years. There's plenty more to come in this list of edible and easy-to-care-for perennials.

2 -- 15 Unusual fruits & vegetables for the home garden Achocha, Pineberries, and Cucamelons. Are you excited by the idea of growing totally unique edibles this year? These are some of the best.

3 -- 7 Easy to Grow Fruits & Vegetables Some plants require more attention or are affected by pests more than others. These 7 should make gardening easy!

lazy-gardener

Tips to save you time and effort in the garden

Indoor DIY & gardening ideas

calendar-diy-project-750x635

Calendar artwork gift tags

With snow on the ground and the soil too wet to work you might be more open to indoor DIY projects. Here are some ideas to keep you creatively busy from the comfort of your home.

1 -- How to Make Natural Liquid Soap This is how you can use bar soap to make three different types of liquid soap: shower gel, liquid hand soap, and whipped soap. Use your own handmade soap or soap bars from the shop.

2 -- DIY Sea Glass Stepping Stone Making stepping stones for the garden involves just an old pan, concrete, and pretty stones and shells to decorate the tops with. Here's a DIY on making them with colorful sea glass.

3 -- How to start a Blog If you've been thinking about doing it for a while, then now's the time to start blogging. Here's my advice on how you should get started from the technical side of things.

What's new at Lovely Greens

egyptian-walking-onions

Late January in the Allotment Garden -- The climate is mild on the Isle of Man so you can really get some garden work done in January. This is what I've been up to: planting soft-fruit, tidying my strawberry bed, and digging and dividing the Egyptian Walking Onions

diy-pallet-project-640x427

Readers make their own Strawberry Pallet Planters -- I scoured the internet and found so many people who have made my design for the Strawberry Pallet Planter. I love these interpretations but especially the red one. It's even got wheels on the bottom so you can scoot it around the patio.

manx-bees

How my Honeybees are doing in January -- We had some extremely warm weather in the beginning of the month so I was able to look in on my bees and tidy up the apiary. I also got stung on the face and discovered a mysterious burrow.

***
tanya-lovely-greens2

You're receiving this email because you subscribed to it (thank you!) but you can unsubscribe anytime below. If you do like what you're reading, connect with Lovely Greens on social media. Links are below.

See you again in a couple of weeks ♡
Tanya from Lovely Greens
Learn more here

facebook instagram pinterest twitter youtube
1px