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Gardening is one of the hottest topics on Hometalk. Whether you're gardening as a profession, or as a hobby, you'll find awesome gardening inspiration on Hometalk. Do you need to identify a plant? Post a photo of it, and a gardening expert will be able to identify it for you. Is your garden blooming in a spectacular way? Share the joy with fellow gardening buffs. All garden talk is welcome on Hometalk; so whether you're planting a flower garden, looking for green gardening tips, or researching the perfect gardening tools, you've come to the right place.



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  • 1. Gently wash the leaves, removing any garden debris.
  • 2. Lay out the leaves, sandwiching them between dry paper towels. Place them in the microwave.
  • 3. Microwave at 30 second intervals or until leaves are dry and crispy. Our usual drying time is 1 minute.

The Fastest Way To Dry Herbs

We want to make the most of every herb we grow this year. We also want to store some for later use. And we want to do it quickly. For small batches, the most convenient drying method we ...»
have found is...the microwave!

No thyme to wait for herbs to dangle about drying? Or maybe you live in a humid climate like we do? Try these simple steps to quickly preserve every last leaf in your herb garden.

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The Garden Stamp Frederick, MD 9 minutes ago
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    The Garden Stamp 3 minutes ago
    Also makes the house smell delicious!
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Gardening: Please name this plant

This plant sheds its leaves in winter and in May bears new leaves then buds then these white flowers with yellow centers. It is a perennial and very hardy. This shrub is very old and does not need pruning.
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Judy S 2 hours ago
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Gardening: This plant is very old. Just last year, I put 3 different smaller pots

together into this longer planter. They've lived outside all spring thru fall on my shady deck for years and have always done well. But look what happened this year. The now brownish and not-so-pretty areas were new growth, I believe. What do you suppose made this happen? Nothing bad is happening to them right now but I want to make sure it doesn't.
Louise
Louise Norcross, GA 4 hours ago
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    Frankie Laney 50 minutes ago
    These guys can do without a lot of water. Also, they do better in dappled sunlight or early ...»
    morning sun. No direct hot sunlight. I water about once a week and use time-release plant food.

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Gardening: My Iris have stopped blooming. Should I cut them back or what is best

When is best time to divide?
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Carolyn Ellison Belton, SC 2 days ago
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    Patricia Pierson 52 minutes ago
    Carolyn, I dead head mine but also cut the stem off. I like to cut into little pieces to make ...»
    compost around them or other plants. Irises are one of the easiest plants to not kill. Relax and enjoy them.

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Gardening: What are some good plants for starting an herb garden?

I'm finally ready to start a garden on my balcony and I'm looking to start with herbs since they're fun to cook with, they smell nice, and I've heard that they're relatively easy to care ...»
for and can survive in a pot. Where to start?? Please let me know if there are any plants that you would particularly recommend for a potted herb garden. And go easy on me, I'm new at this!;-)

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Naomi Bensalem, PA 14 hours ago
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    Donna Dixson 1 hour ago
    In a 12" pot you can plant 1 chive, 1 oregano and 1 thyme. If you put a Rosemary in a pot you ...»
    will need a very large pot and can expect for it to maintain well for about 3 years or so. Basil, cilantro, flat parsely, and curly parsley are short lived with a life expectancy of 1-2 years. Sage does 'ok' in pots but is somewhat more finicky with water (too wet or too dry).

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  • A combination of hot glue and twine worked to secure the pots.
  • English Ivy was the favorite plant added to our wreath
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DIY Living Wreath

I wanted a little something to dress up our garage door and provide a bit of inspiration.

I gathered a grapevine wreath and a few packs of tiny terra cotta pots and got to work ...»

securing them on the wreath.

A few plants from the garden center later, and I had a great bit of greenery to brighten up the garage near my chicken coop!

Full post and instructions are listed on my blog: http://justawhimsicalworld.blogspot.com/2012...

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JustAWhimsicalWorld Ogden, KS 2 hours ago
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Maintenance Free Shrubs

I once saw some plywood shrubs made for a stage play. I thought that would be pretty neat for me to have in the front of my house and it would give me way more room for the flowers I love ...»
to plant every summer. SO - My nephew cut out shapes of shrubs out of plywood and I painted them. Here they are! It's a fairytale look, don't you think?

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Linda B Trumbull, CT 2 hours ago
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  • Can I chop the flowering part off?
  • This is what my other 2 rhubarb plants look like.

Gardening: Rhubarb Help Please!!

I am wondering why one of my rhubarb plants is thinking it is time to go to flower? or go to seed? I am not sure what it is doing. ...»

Can I cut the flower part off? Are there male and female plants?

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Jayme Bellaire, MI Yesterday
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    Mikell Paulson 2 hours ago
    I always pull that one out. I never cut! Perhaps you should pull all the big stocks off and ...»
    let the new ones come up!

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Gardening: I bought a somewhat leggy tomato plant and upon looking online to see

how to plant it, I found a video that said to put it into the ground sorta lying on its side but then pull it up into the upright position. Said the part underground would form roots and send up new plants (I think that what's she said). Shown here is a screen shot from the video showing how she's lying part of it down into a long hole in the ground. She also said to put some bone meal into the planting hole to produce more tomatoes instead of more green parts. Ideas on whether any of this is a good idea?

Louise
Louise Norcross, GA 2 days ago
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    Mikell Paulson 3 hours ago
    I always plant my tomatoes real deep. Take the bottom leaf branches off an plant about 4 ...»
    inches deeper than it is in the pot I bought it in! I was taut that buy a tomato grower! I stepped on one by accident once, an the top broke off! all that was left was one branch. I had lots of tomatoes from that branch.

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Make Your Own Custom Flower Pots.

Did you know that you can print on tissue paper? Simply wrap it around a piece of printer paper and you can run it through your printer to get the exact graphics that you want. Then all ...»
you have to do is adhere it to a flower pot with ModPodge and you have a beautiful custom flower pot.

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Virginia B Fayetteville, GA Yesterday
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    Virginia B 3 hours ago
    Yes, I do use an ink jet printer. It bleeds just a very little but when I antiqued the pots ...»
    you couldn't tell. You could try putting it on with the image face down. Just remember if you do it that way and you have writing on the image, you will need to print in reverse.

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