Tag: gardening
group name: gardening101
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April 05, 2008 12:49 PM EDT --
Normally, Matt and I don't garden from seed, but this year we are trying it.
We have quite a variety of seeds, but I need help on how best to set things up and ensure a good "crop". . . . more
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August 05, 2008 02:23 AM EDT --
This unique plant.that flowers is indigenous to the Carolinas and recent clinical studies in Germany and several other European countries have made claims that it
contains the most powerful immune booster . . . more
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August 01, 2008 12:19 PM EDT --
A plant suffering from phyllomania is producing too many what?
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July 26, 2008 03:21 PM EDT --
Amazing how much our garden has grown in just under 2 months time.
This is June 2, 2008. We planted the garden May 4. so this is a little under a month since planting. It was . . . more
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May 17, 2008 12:48 AM EDT --
Flowers and plants have a rich folklore of symbolism and meaning. The Victorians developed a whole language of them to help express their deepest thoughts and feelings.
Using specific flowers to . . . more
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June 12, 2008 03:12 PM EDT --
This plant sometimes has the rather unattractive nickname, Dead Nettle. It is very pretty, a ground cover with pink or white flowers (some say it has yellow flowers in some varieties) I love it! I use . . . more
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May 27, 2008 12:05 AM EDT --
The garden is coming along despite my inability to do much with it so far this year. Here is the view out my bedroom window.
The Dwarf Korean lilac is almost in bloom as . . . more
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July 08, 2008 05:08 PM EDT --
Teaching kids about the benefits of living an eco-conscious lifestyle is both fun and rewarding for parents and kids. One small change is worth the effort. When it comes to making choices . . . more
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March 11, 2008 08:30 PM EDT --
We have an area off to the side of our house that apparently was intended to be a flower garden by the people we bought the house from. I've never been the green thumb type so it's pretty . . . more
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April 26, 2008 10:15 PM EDT --
It is a bit cooler today than it has been, but I find myself starting to believe that Spring is really here to stay. Maybe, just maybe, we won't again . . . more
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June 09, 2008 11:25 PM EDT --
We are gardening in a big way this year and....amazingly...everything is doing well. I've been a bit worried about how much sun to give my tomatoes and I'm discovering that the cherry tomatoes . . . more
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August 03, 2008 05:39 PM EDT --
I was fortunate to be selected to receive a copy of the book " Grow It Cook It !" published by DK publishing from Gather this past month. I agreed to share a photo essay of . . . more
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June 18, 2008 10:07 PM EDT --
I have written about my siblings and I working hard back in March and part of April cleaning out our parents' home of 54 years after they moved to an assisted living facility. You can read it . . . more
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May 01, 2008 04:02 PM EDT --
Last year I had an excellent place, a large bench on my deck, for an herb garden. Never having had an herb garden before, I decided to give it all a whirl. . . . more
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March 20, 2008 11:57 AM EDT --
I am not a professional gardener by any means. However, I have had a great deal of luck with shade gardens (will try to get up some photos sometime, still a bit early in the year now) and I always . . . more
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July 17, 2008 06:00 PM EDT --
At my new house there is a plant that started blooming in the last week. We are not sure if it is a bush or a tree. It has had green leaves all along, but in the last few days beautiful white flowers . . . more
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May 24, 2008 10:39 AM EDT --
While we have always grown our vegetables in the ground, we have some raised containers this year for several reasons:
1. I'm adapting some devices for an elderly gardener, a relative . . . more
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May 07, 2008 12:08 AM EDT --
Tomorrow we're going to our nearest Home Depot with my $150 HD giftcards in my hot little hands to buy plants for the yard.
There are certain places in the yard where annual plants are necessary. . . . more
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July 29, 2008 06:10 PM EDT --
Thanks Gather!! I received my copy of DK Publishing's Grow It Cook It & my set of seed packets.
I can hardly wait to get growing food the natural way, with these plant-by-plant instrucyions . . . more
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May 28, 2008 11:50 PM EDT --
Before anyone think I've lost it completely, there are various ways of growing tomatoes upside down and it seems to be the in thing in tomato growing this year. Since I got wind of this a bit late . . . more
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