This year has been pretty rough on the consumers pocket. With the cost of food and energy going up at blinding speeds who can keep up and is there an end in sight to relieve us of ongoing inflation costs?

Well the end of high food prices and energy might not be in the near future but there are some things that you can do around your home and landscape to help reduce energy costs through the summer and winter months. Proper landscaping practices are the key to reducing those high energy costs. Take a look at a few tips from Deb Babcock on how she recommends you cut into those high energy bills by doing proper landscaping around your home and garden.

If you enjoy gardening then you know one of the aesthetic benefits of planting and working the land are all the little creatures that come to enjoy the labor of your hard work. Butterflies are one of the beautiful creatures that like to come and observe all the pretty plants that you have added to your garden landscape.

Adding plants that attract butterflies to your garden such as daylilies, marigold and daisies can make your garden a butterfly paradise. Watching butterflies dance from plant to plant on a hot sunny lazy day  is one of my joys of summer and you can enjoy butterflies also with a few tips that we have to help you create your own butterfly garden to enjoy.