The Beauty of Ice and Frost
Ice and frost are so beautiful and their beauty is worth another look when you see it forming on these
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Backyard Flower Garden
Loving My Miniature Plants
I am so pleased with my hypertufa plants this year. The plant choices I have made these past years have
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A Promise of Spring – Forcing Paperwhite Bulbs!
How about forcing paperwhite bulbs into bloom in January? If not, you are missing a wonderful chance to get out
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Poinsettia – A Christmas Flower, But Is It Poisonous?
How beautiful is the poinsettia? We can get it in many colors at Christmas time and it wouldn’t seem like
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10 Gifts For A Gardener’s Christmas Wishlist
Well, I am not throwing any hints to my husband and family…. First of all, I thought I would be
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Renewing Old Planters. A Little Paint & We Saved $$$
Have I ever mentioned that I like to save money? You may have read my post about being an Economical
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How Do I Stop Ground Ivy Weeds – It’s Green All Winter
It is winter in my garden in Ohio, and when I walk through the garden as weather permits, it is
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Skeletal Leaves , A Great Craft Project, They Said
I had high hopes for a great craft project, a leaf project. Seeing a delicate and fragile display of skeletal
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Growing Bulbs In Hypertufa Pots – Spring Planning
Anyone making plans already for next spring? We are gardeners, so of course we are all making our plans. We’ve
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Let It Snow – An Almost Wordless Wednesday
Just let it snow. Nothing anyone can do about it anyway. Just get the shovels and blowers ready! Here in
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Planting Seeds in Winter – Heard of Winter Sowing?
Planting seeds at the winter solstice. Outside in containers buried in the Ohio snows. Excuse me? Since it’s almost time
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The Century Plant – An Alien-Looking Plant
It’s not a cactus but it sure looks like one. I saw these huge six-feet tall Century plants in Florida
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Transplanting Perennials -Going Against The Rules! It Worked!
This past winter, we sold our house and moved to a new house. Since we put it up for sale
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How To Save & Store My Dahlia Tubers – My First Time
I had the most beautiful dahlia these past two years. It was the Mystic Illusion and I wrote about it
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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
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