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How Long Did My Clearance Amaryllis Last?
If you have seen my video on my YouTube channel about my Clearance Amaryllis this year, then you can appreciate my excitement that my four…
Star Magnolia – So Many Early Spring Blooms
When we moved into our newly purchased home last summer, I discovered that I had a Star Magnolia Tree at the front corner of my…
How About Making A Hypertufa Crevice Garden?
Easy to take care of? Not much watering needed? Sounds like an ideal garden for a busy lifestyle right? So that is why I have…
Planting Up Cuttings In Spring
I am choosing to plant up my cuttings in spring now, but I will also plan to have these grown full enough that I can…
Planning New Garden Beds and Borders
It is high time for me to try and start planning new garden beds and borders at my new house. This spring will be my…
Snake Plant Blooming – My Sansevieria Had 3 Bloom Stalks
Whether you call it Sansevieria trifasciata or its new name Dracaena trifasciata, I just know that I have a Snake Plant blooming! I certainly didn’t…
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Are You Battling Gnats? Maybe There IS A Solution
When we love houseplants, we just plain love houseplants, no matter what troubles and heartaches they might involve. Depending on how many houseplants you may have, your problems could be small in comparison to another person…
Curing Hypertufa – What Is The Right Way?
Well, one of my previous video and post was about the Hypertufa Making Marathon that we did a while back. But I have a whole big bunch of hypertufa planters to cure now. So I thought…
I Bought One Huge Oak Leaf Ivy!
Many years ago, I had a Grape Leaf Ivy or Cissus rhombifolia and I really enjoyed that houseplant. I have been searching for this type of ivy for a long time. Some of the information available…
Lower Sodium Mississippi Pot Roast – Just As Easy and Good!
Mississippi Pot Roast is the most scrumptious dinner to cook for all us Meat Lovers at my house. We love meats so you can understand that a good beef roast is my go-to meal. And there…
Texturizing New Hypertufa – Give It That Aged Look
Old and pitted, lichens and moss embedded, that’s the look. I love the look of the old stone troughs, those that look like the real thing: That ancient stone trough that some farmer carved from rock…
Trying To Make Foaming Hypertufa – You’ve Heard of AirCrete? – Will It Work? FAIL!
I have attempted an experiment for a different variation of hypertufa. I know we make hypertufa for a lighter version of concrete planters, so having recently read about foaming concrete or AirCrete, I thought why not…