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Melissa K

Blythewood, SC
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Gardner to the bone, want to develop a more efficient water collection system, looking for ways to improve home and landscape. Disabled with MS and Lupus, but I am a fighter

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Upcoming projects: Have a double back porch that I want to incorporate. Consists of an enclosed area cut into two rooms measuring 24x10 ft. freezers, washer/dryer, clothes storage. Looking for the perfect dyi project or pictures


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Something for Nothing ~ Raised Bed Update

In mid-April, I built two raised garden beds from shutters discarded by our neighbors. Seeded, planted and thriving, we are now enjoying homegrown salads and greens and looking forward to ...»
Barb Rosen
Barb Rosen Wilmington, DE
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Gardening: What is this?

This flower is jsut blooming, looks like a double daffadail, but to late in the season. Plant is years old and has never bloomed until now??
Laurie
Laurie San Miguel, CA
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  • Choose the rhizomes you wish to replant from what you dug up and separated.
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Replanting My Iris After Dividing

How I replant my iris after digging up and dividing. For more information just pop on over to my website/blog, please.
Pamela Groppe
Pamela Groppe Arnold, CA
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    I was always told that irises needed full sun, but as you can see in a pic posted much ...»
    earlier, I have a butterfly bush (large and sprawling) that has an iris under it. This iris gets so large and throws out a bloom like crazy, so I just left it alone.. BTW, the younger butterfly bush I asked about moving earlier...well I moved it this spring and it promptly tried to die. Keep you posted.

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6 Tips To Eliminate Weeds In Your Garden!

Weeds. The enemy of gardeners the world around! They are responsible for choking the life from vegetable and flower gardens, while stealing life-giving nutrients away from our plants. ...»
Old World Garden Farms
Old World Garden Farms Newark, OH
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Old World Garden Farms Newark, OH
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Old World Garden Farms Newark, OH
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Gardening: Can Anyone Identify What These Are?

Bought my home in VA 1 1/2 yrs. ago. This was part of my landscape, but have no idea what it is. One I thought was liriope, but it definitely is not. Any help would be appreciated.
Eulalia
Eulalia South Boston, VA
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    I have this plant also and don"t mind it. True it does reseed itself anyplace it likes, but it ...»
    is welcome in my garden. I cut off the dead blooms and a few weeks later it blooms again, all season. It has only been in the wrong place a few times and I remove it from the shrubbery. But in the right places, as Paula suggested, it is okay and looks good since it makes clumps, you don't have to nurse it, and it fills in voids in fields and woodlands well. If you don't want it, just dig it out, but you have to get it all.

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The Make Your Own Zone Wyoming, MI
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