• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Cottage at the Crossroads

menu icon
go to homepage
  • Canning
  • Gardening
  • Recipes
  • Air Fryer
  • Desserts
  • DIY
  • Crafts
  • Holidays
  • Christmas
  • Recipe Collections
  • Fall Decor
    • Email
    • Facebook
    • Pinterest
  • search icon
    Homepage link
    • Canning
    • Gardening
    • Recipes
    • Air Fryer
    • Desserts
    • DIY
    • Crafts
    • Holidays
    • Christmas
    • Recipe Collections
    • Fall Decor
    • Email
    • Facebook
    • Pinterest
  • ×

    Flowers

    Gardening is a great hobby for any time of the year, but it can be especially rewarding during the spring and summer months. Flower gardening in particular offers many benefits as it provides fresh air and exercise, and allows you to enjoy your favorite flowers from indoors all year long. Below I'll provide tips on how to start a flower garden with some easy-to-follow instructions.

    • Red and white mandevilla 1
      Late Summer Blooms around the Cottage
    • Coral verbena and white million bells square
      Flowers around the Cottage
    • Bee on flower in vegetable garden
      The Benefit of Flowers in a Vegetable Garden
    • Pots on posts square
      Summer Flowers
    • Mezoo trailing red succulent square
      Mezoo Trailing Red (My Favorite Succulent)
    • Jacobinia square
      Jacobinia-A New to Me Perennial
    • Profusion zinnias
      Plant Profusion Zinnias for Color All Summer
    • Pink mandevilla square
      Flower Gardening Ideas
    • Zinnias in the garden square
      Zinnias and Flowers in the Garden
    • Blue picket fence square
      Changes in the Garden
    • Knockout roses 005
      Creative Garden Ideas
    • Garden and yard may 2013 147
      Drift Roses Bed
    • Spring flowers in painted pot square
      Spring in a Pot
    • Chairplanter square
      Chair Planter (Totally Free Project)
    • Thrifty deals 062
      Things are Blooming around the Cottage
    • Angels trumpets in oct. 0121
      Angel's Trumpets Put to Bed for Winter
    • Bookcase
      Potting Up Fall
    • Swamp sunflower 041
      Swamp Sunflower
    • Flowers july 2011 013
      A Break from the Heat
    • Roses and strawberry topiary 005
      The Roses are Blooming

    Primary Sidebar

    Jane @ Cottage at the Crossroads

    We're Jane and Leo!

    Thanks for stopping by! We're renovating and preserving our family's 100 year old home place where we garden, complete a few DIY projects, and do some cooking. Please leave us a comment so that we'll know that you were here.

    about →

    Reader Favorites

    • A garden journal with dividers and tabs
      How to Set Up a Garden Journal
    • Wooden garden obelisks
      DIY Wooden Garden Obelisk
    • Sweet cucumber relish - featured
      Sweet Cucumber Relish
    • Growing cucumbers in raised beds
      Growing Cucumbers in Raised Beds

    Gardening How-tos

    • Best way to remove weeds from large area
      Best Ways To Remove Weeds From a Large Area
    • Potting mix vs. Potting soil
      Potting Mix vs. Potting Soil
    • How to dry and store fresh garden herbs
      How To Dry Herbs
    • 1
      Instant Pot Canning Basics
    • Cookbook Reviews (2)
    • DIY (161)
      • Crafts (75)
      • Home Decor (18)
      • Outdoor Projects (34)
      • Painted Furniture (29)
      • Tablescapes (23)
    • End of Year Review (8)
    • Favorites (7)
    • Gardening (108)
      • Container Gardening (22)
      • Flowers (20)
      • Gardening How To (30)
      • Herbs (4)
      • Structures (20)
      • Vegetables (13)
    • General (18)
    • Holidays (160)
      • Christmas (71)
      • Easter (27)
      • Halloween (3)
      • Independence Day (7)
      • Thanksgiving (10)
      • Valentine's Day (19)
    • Our Cottage (10)
    • Printables (10)
    • Recipe Collections (71)
    • Recipes (260)
      • Air Fryer (81)
      • Appetizers (29)
      • Beverages (8)
      • Canning (33)
      • Desserts (42)
      • Main Dishes (25)
      • Salads (18)
      • Sides (41)
      • Soups (17)
    • Renovations (7)
    • RVing (1)
    • Seasonal (90)
      • Fall Decor (42)
      • Spring Decor (32)
      • Summer Decor (16)

    Growing Vegetables

    • Fall vegetable garden | cottage at the crossroads
      Our Fall Vegetable Garden
    • Garden and yard may 2013 132
      Evolution of a Garden
    • Our best tomato plants are celebrities
      How to Grow Your Own Tomatoes
    • Growing lettuce in containers
      Growing Lettuce in Containers

    Footer

    As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

    © 2021 Cottage at the Crossroads · All Rights Reserved

    Contact Us · Privacy