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From Trash to Treasure, Remaking a Teapot
I love transforming thrift shop finds to something useful for the garden or home. I bought this teapot for 50 cents, how could I lose?
DIY Herb Thank-You Gifts
A pretty and practical way to say "thank-you" at the end of a school year or as a party favour.
June 17th ~ Blooms of the Day!
Come walk around the garden and see the blooms of the day here in Our Fairfield Garden in Delaware.
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Always happy to be of service to my fellow gardeners
Use Your Old Coffee Grounds in the Garden.
Are you a big coffee drinker? If you are, you will have used coffee grounds. Don't throw them away...used them in the garden.
There are many ways to use them. Camellias, hydrangeas, and roses are all nitrogen loving plants so the coffee grounds help.
The grounds are also a great deterrent for slugs and snails around hostas and other plants that the pests love.
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Something ignored my mint, parsley and basil but devoured my cilantro. Any ideas?
How To Tell What's Wrong With Your Vegetable Plants...And Fix It!
This time of year - most of the questions that come to us are centered around plants in the vegetable garden - and what might be the cause of this or that symptom. We thought for this
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Information that all of us home veggie gardeners can use, thanks!
Gardenia or Camellia
Which is it ?? Live in zone 8 and it gets maybe 2 hours of sun in the morning, shade the rest of the day. I just fertilized it 2 days ago and put some straw around it.
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Gardenia
How to Build a Rock Garden
Have you ever wondered how to build one of those fabulous rock gardens? We did just that by using recycled driveways. From elaborate rock gardens to rock walls, read about it here.
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awesome.
Can Anyone Tell Me What Type of Plant This Is?
I was given this plant a few days ago, but was not told what type it was, aside from it being an indoor plant. When I received the plant, the leaves were almost black with bugs and the starting to turn a yellow color. I washed the leaves last night which seemed to help it a bit, but the leaves are still turning yellow. The plant was bone dry, so I watered it a bit and put it in a sunny location, but not direct sun light. There are also little bulbs that are there, but the gal that gave
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Looks kind of like a type of Anthurium to me! I would repot it, loosening the roots.
ROSES GROWING BEAUTIFUL WITH COFFEE GROUNDS
MY ROSES ARE LOVING THE COFFEE GROUNDS AND ALL THE RAIN WE BEEN GETTING I LET THE GROUNDS DRY THEN SPRINKLE AROUND THE BASE THEY ARE JUST BEAUTIFUL
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Coffee grinds are a perfect addition to compost.
Popular Hardy Waterlilies for Your Pond
Hardy waterlilies are mildly fragrant, day-blooming plants characterized by floating flowers and leaves and are available in a variety of colors and sizes. They'll survive outdoors in
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