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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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to keep slugs off plants; crumble up egg shells and scatter around your plants. Slugs won't ...»
Pomegranate Tree
I have been growing this bush for 3 years, out for the Summer in for the Winter and this year I am making some Pomegranete Margaritas for sure.
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Pour one of those margaritas for me, Luis, and we'll sit and chat about gardening : )
Landscape Project!
We re,moved most of what was left of our Asian Jasmine after our drought had destroyed most of it. We then cleared and leveled and brought in river rock.
Garden Divas
Two new garden divas have joined my garden and are putting on a show for all to see! Hydrangea Macrophylla "Nantucket Blue" (zones 5 to 9) is a reblooming hydrangea that will bloom June
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They are just showstoppers, Luis Curbelo , I agree!
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Douglas we are eating beans right now.I have not been able to get down into the garden due to ...»
Some of the 'Characters' in My Landscape
As my profile indicates, I love the hunt for vintage finds, and that includes items for the garden. Over the last decade, these are some of the characters that have taken up residence
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Thank you and yes, Donna, that's a weeping cedar atlas. Its span is so wide now it's hard for ...»
My Garden and Yard After the Rain
There was a break in the rain this morning, so I ventured out with my camera to capture some of the amazing growth that's happened with all the rain here. Come see our flowers and garden.
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Thanks, Marcy and Douglas!
Gardens of Dan330
We had a long winter and a spring that never really showed up. It just kind of got warm after our last snowfall in May. Our garden is running about month late and finally we have some
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The peonies are doing well up to about half shade. The real question is will the petunias ...»
Flower Arranging, in the Yard and in a Vase
This time of year I find it especially easy to keep fresh flowers in the house. I'm often able to cut a few from my yard and then buy the rest at the market. Read
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Thanks, I wish we could grow lilacs in Southern California.