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My Great Grandmother's Heirloom Bean Seeds
Anyone who is interested in organic gardening has most likely heard of heirloom seeds. With all the talk of GMO seeds, heirloom seeds (those that are passed down from one generation to the next) are very much in demand by gardeners who want a "true" vegetable.
My great grandmother was an avid gardener. I can barely remember her, but I do remember her garden. She was also a seed saver and she passed her seeds to her daughter who did the same. ...»
Coleus, the Beautiful Annual Grown for Its Leaves
Coleus is a hardy annual that is grown for its colorful leaves. It does have flowers but they are fairly indiscriminate and I normally just cut them off when they appear, since this makes my plant get bushier.
The plant comes in so many varieties now. They take easily from cuttings dipped in rooting power, so I will often buy three or four and pretty much strip them down into dozens of cuttings. A few weeks later, all of my garden beds are growing the beauties. ...»
Tabletop Flower Trough Centerpiece
As I was perusing through the Pottery Barn catalog one day, I came upon a photo with this flower trough centerpiece with beautiful hydrangeas sitting on it. It immediately made me think
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It looks great Beckie!! Love that gray weathered wood!
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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Aren't they a lot of bang for the buck, Cheryl Royster !
You Can Take Cuttings of Tomato Plants to Make More Plants
Propagation is the art of taking one plant and using parts of it to make another. Sometimes this is done by division, such as with perennials. Other times, a leaf or a stem is used to make a new plant. Most of the time when cuttings are mentioned as a means of propagation, it is with house plants. I decided to try it this year with tomato plants.
I had my doubts. For some reason, I just had not thought of ever trying to take cuttings of veggie ...»
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Great Idea! I am saving it!
Touring Our Backyard
H and I have been working quite a bit in our backyard this summer, We both enjoy gardening and I wanted to share some photos of our progress!
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Everyone wants to visit your house! I think you posted earlier pictures of the front if I am ...»
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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Great information! I have learned that if you pull to many suckers off a tomato plant the ...»
What is this plant?
This plant (the two bright green spikey-looking ones) grows in the area of WV where my husband is from, but we have no idea what it is. He says it reseeds itself every year and the plant itself gets very tall, around 4 or 5 feet. I would appreciate any comments.
No Power Tools? No Problem! Garden Art You Can Make
If you don't have power tools or don't want to use them, there are still a lot of creative projects you can make from recycled items.
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Your title LOL!. Thanks for sharing. I can see you are okay with you., Great!