Halloween decorating ideas such as black cats, ghosts, and witches pop up all over front lawns and porches as Halloween approaches. “Boo!” is the refrain heard across the land as leaves turn color and drop. Halloween decorations are suddenly popular as the temperatures drop for the scariest of holidays. In October, it's time to switch out your summer porch decor for the autumn season. Halloween decorating ideas can start with bundled corn stalks, a straw bale, some pots of flowering mums, and a few small gourds grouped together. These quick fixes are a great way to welcome fall and set up a base for more ambitious Halloween decorating ideas. Of course, if you don't have easy access to traditional fall decorations, you can always get Halloween Decorating Ideas from Amazon. A scary carved pumpkin is a must! Adding fabric ghosts hanging from the porch lights is always a nice touch. At the very least, switch out your front door wreath seasonally. For Halloween, try a grapevine base … [Read more...] about Halloween Decorating Ideas for Home and Garden
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How to Create a Goth Garden
Halloween marks the beginning of the trifecta of big Fall and Winter holidays. Whether you are into scary gardens, a witch’s medicinal ‘cures and curses’ herb garden, or a Goth garden full of vampires and zombies-- creating a Halloween landscape doesn’t have to be a nightmare. But trends being the way they are, Goth gardens aren't just for Halloween anymore. A sinister-looking Goth garden can be awesome all year long. A Goth Garden and the love of Goth gardening is inspired by the dark, brooding Gothic gardens popular in the Victorian era. Quite simply, a Goth garden suggests a fascination with cemeteries and death. Themes of death and decay dictate the use of black plants. Today, expressing your inner dark side with homemade or store-bought tombstones, gargoyles, flickering lights (no open flames, please) and cobwebs will add drama as uneasy guests make their way to your front door. A Scary Goth Garden Creating a Goth garden is the perfect time to repurpose any lifeless … [Read more...] about How to Create a Goth Garden
