*The Garden Frog Blog*

What the squiggly lines on my Aquilegia or other leaves in my garden? Do they harm the plants? How do I get rid of them? Click here

Create a garden art flower with concrete or hypertufa and a dollar store chip n dip tray for less than $3 a piece! I first found these chip n dip trays back in July 2014 at the Dollar Tree where I spent an hour or so looking for ideas for projects. I stumbled upon these colorful […]

Design your flower garden through the window. The view should be as beautiful from the curb as from the inside of your home

Build a garden planter box from dog ear fence pickets for around $5. A great way to save money and create rustic pots for the garden

Here's an idea for a rustic wood garden bridge you can create for under $10. Fence pickets and treated timbers or other treated lumber

Plant Iris in the garden for spring blooms and for the leaves as a backdrop to other summer perennials in the garden beds.

Variegated Vinca is a spiller used by many gardeners and is readily available at the big box stores. In the higher zones this can be an invasive plant

I love the color of the Blue Cardinal Flower (Lobelia siphilitica) in my garden where it receives morning sun and a bit of dappled afternoon sun. I have to keep it regularly watered because it does not like to dry out. It has reached about 32″ tall in the clay soil under the Oak tree and […]

Rose Rosette disease can affect Knockout Roses as well as your hybrid and tea roses. Check out what signs to look for in your garden.

Organizing does not have to cost a lot of money. You can easily create storage centers or work stations out of old dressers, crates, and in my case an old lateral filing cabinet. You do not have to be…

There are plans out there to build garden arbors, trellis, and pergolas but I am here to share with you how to build a rustic 6′ garden arbor for less than $50. In all reality, this will cost you…

Here's a gardening project that you can create with pine dog eared fence pickets. You can easily create a rustic picket garden planter box for under $15

The Rose of Sharon is a beautiful summer blooming shrub that can reseed and scatter itself in other areas of your garden.

Create an Artificial Tabletop Christmas Tree from wired garland and a dollar store toilet plunger