Holidays

Revive Your Flower Beds: Halloween Decorating Tips for Your Front Yard Now that Halloween is upon us, why not put those flower beds (you know the ones you thought had been laid to rest for the winter) to good use? It’s time to dress up your front yard for the Fall. Here are some tips to make your home look wonderful, even when the weather may not be. Leaves of Many Colors - Fallen foliage is a perfect fertilizer to help keep your yard and flower beds in perfect growing condition for the spring when it’s time to start planting flowers and such again. They also make a great base for your Halloween decorations. Who says flowers are only for the spring and summer months? Here is a partial list of flowers that will make it through the autumn months. These flowers are hardier than their spring and summer counterparts and will last a lot longer too. Chrysanthemums Joe Pye Weed Chelone (also known as Turtleheads) Even veggies have their place in your Halloween yard décor. Now is the perfect time to pick up gourds, squash, and pumpkins from a neighboring farm or store. Not only are they decorative, but you can eat the squash, carve the pumpkins, or make pie too! For those who live in the country and like to attract wildlife, deer enjoy pumpkins after the season as well. Fall pumpkins and Halloween sorta go together. Liven up your yard with a lot of Halloween pumpkin designs. Seasonal decorations to adorn your yard are fairly easy to come by this time of year. Check your local dollar store to pick up everything from bird feeders to scarecrows and more. Here are a few other ideas for sprucing up the outside of your home this Halloween. Bird feeders adorned with black crows Scarecrows for your garden and flower beds – You can purchase these or make your own. Get the whole family involved and spend some quality family fun time together. Pumpkin arrangements – Using hay bales, create your own pumpkin and scarecrow scene or village. Using fallen limbs and sticks from the trees create stick Halloween characters. Always popular at Halloween are Frankenstein and his bride along with ghosts hanging from the bare tree branches. Rake all those leaves that have fallen from the trees in September and early October. Put them in black or orange garbage bags to prop up throughout your yard and beds. You can purchase ones with jack-o-lantern faces already [...]