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Gorgeous Butterweed – She’s The Devil in Disguise!
This spring I had a beautiful yellow drift of daisy-like flowers in my backyard. These plants were bunched together near a narrow drainage “creek” for lack of a better word. It is the same area where…
10 Flower Meanings & What They Symbolize
Floriography – the Language of Flower Meanings Flowers have always had a symbolic meaning and we still connect some of those old ideas with flowers in the modern age. It goes back to very old times…
Persian Shield – That Pretty Purple Plant
Its name is Strobilanthes dyeriana “Persian Shield” and it is such a stunning color in your garden or containers. Be ready with that name because you will be asked time and time again. This beautiful plant…
Don’t Throw Away That Old Styrofoam Box!
Yes, there is another alternative for new garden planters. The next time you see a Styrofoam box being discarded, don’t let it go to the local landfill. Rescue it! Make a new and different garden planter! …
White Mold Growing On My Potting Soil?
So do I use it or lose it? A few weeks ago, I opened the door on my garden shed and found something looking like snow drifts on the surface of my potting soil! Truly, it…
What’s It Gonna Be? Vermiculite or Perlite for Hypertufa? What About In Soil?
Which do you choose to make your hypertufa? Vermiculite or Perlite? What is the difference to your hypertufa project? So many questions and I am exploring to see if I can offer some explanations from my…
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A Succulent Garden
An easy garden is the best garden. A succulent garden surely is one of the easiest types of gardens. These plants can be neglected but…
A Move To A New House – Can I Take All My Plants?
For me as a gardener and houseplant lover, I am not looking forward to a move to a new house. I have so many plants…
White Mold Growing On My Potting Soil?
So do I use it or lose it? A few weeks ago, I opened the door on my garden shed and found something looking like…
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…
Saying Goodbye To My Garden
Changes are coming in my life and the life of my family. If you don’t already know, my husband and I live with my daughter…
So Do Cicadas Bite? Depends On What You Call Bite!
Our Cicada invasion for 2021 is coming to an end here in Ohio as I write this, and I do want to address the question…