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African Milk Tree Too Tall- Time To Propagate -Making A Forest
I sure can’t complain when one of our houseplants gets too large. That is a wonderful thing to have to deal with, isn’t it? But right now, my daughter has a 3-foot tall…
Seriously, Does This Mushroom Taste Like Chicken?
My daughter and I took a walk in the woods. We were just looking to take some photos and ended up finding a mushroom, and I guess we hit the mother lode. This…
Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens – Beautiful Greenhouse!
Knowing that I love gardens and plants plus historic mansions and museums, I couldn’t help but want to stop and see the Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens in Akron Ohio. And it was…
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 amaryllis bulbs have finally finished blooming. Yes, it…
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 house. I had never had one before so…
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 decided to make one of my latest hypertufa…
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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…