When I finally sit down to have a little "me" T.V. time, my default channel is HGTV! I have been watching this channel for years, from way back when Carol Duvall got me feeling crafty and Gardening by the Yard got me ready to dig in the dirt.

So imagine my happiness when I saw that HGTV's website had added a new feature: HGTV Gardens. Yay! It is full of tips and tricks and knock your socks off pictures, like this one:

Courtesy: HGTV Gardens

Be honest, don't you wish you could smell this Hyacinth right about now? Yeah, me too!

I had to share this wonderful new site with you and their contest: Be A Show-Off: Enter our Editors’ Pic of the Week Contest! 
Enter the HGTV Gardens photo contest by uploading your garden photos : HGTV Gardens


So get out there and dig in the dirt, snap a picture and enter to win.


The weather is going to be nice here in middle Tennessee this weekend so that's what I'll be doing.


Have a great weekend!

I am so excited to partner with Tip Hero on this event! I am all about spring cleaning right now and I know lots of my readers are too.

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Vivid Spring fabrics

Light and feminine Spring Fabric

It is the first of April, the 91st day of 2013. As I turned my calendars and planners to today's date, I felt a surge of happiness. To me April is a month full of energy. It lights our morning skies and whispers in the breeze... Wake Up.

Courtesy: Melissa K. a.k.a. Ms. M.

April is a busy bee type month and I for one am glad it is here. My calendars show a month full of celebrations and activities and work and promise.

Not just here on our 5 acre home place, not just on my blog; both have jam-packed To-Do lists. No, there is energy inside of me as well, an internal cleaning of the house so to speak. 

 

April is my month to change my thoughts into deeds. Dreams that have lain dormant during the cold winter months can come out of hibernation. 

April calls, it sings to me: Wake Up. Get up. Go. Do. Be.

What does April mean to you?

Our seeds: Sunflowers, Foxglove, Sweet Pea, Hollyhock, Baby's Breath.

But wait! Don’t plant just yet. The USDA changed hardiness zones last year. Now is the time to double check your number.

Courtesy: USDA 2012 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map is the standard by which gardeners and growers can determine which plants are most likely to thrive at a location. The map is based on the average annual minimum winter temperature, divided into 10-degree F zones.  It's easy to check your zone: go HERE, type in your zip code and/or state to see your personalized map. This site puts my hardiness zone as a 7 as seen on the above map.

Courtesy: B.H.G.com