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Sunday, November 30, 2014

Updating Outdoor Planters to Winter Arrangements

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Now that winter is here and I can no longer look out at my lovely gardens so I decided I would update my plastic planters by turning them i...

Poly Rake Product Review

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This year we bought one of those large poly lawn rakes from Lowes.com garden center. This rake has no metal on it and is lighter in weight ...
Monday, November 24, 2014

Winter Care for Ajuga Reptans/Creeping Bugleweed

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Now that the warm days of autumn are coming to an end I thought it would best to take care of my ajuga creeping bugleweed for winter. Norm...

Scotts Organics NaturesScapes Mulch Review

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Today I went to Lowe's garden center to buy Scotts Organics NatureScapes Advanced Sierra Red Mulch. I used this mulch in the spring ...
Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Trash to Treasured Patio Light

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The trash to treasure trellis was recycled into accent lighting for my patio and considering the total cost for this light was $0.00 ...
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Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Stocked up on End of Season Spring Bulbs at Lowe's

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The other day I was quite pleased with my spring bulb purchase that I had gotten at Lowe's nursery center. I thought the 40 medium-siz...
Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Plants That add Interest to Winter Gardens

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Normally after a hard frost I will go out and cut back my plants in my garden however some plants I leave because they will provide interes...
Saturday, November 8, 2014

Admiring my November Garden

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Looking out my picture window I can see hardy copper, red and purple coleus , white inpatients, and purple wandering j ew  plants that are ...

Getting Ready to Plant Daffodils

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Today while shopping at  Loews  garden center I picked up 40 daffodils Dutch master bulbs for $9.99 and I intend on planting them in my gar...

Transplant Sweet Autumn Clematis

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I transplanted some sweet autumn clematis vines so they would grow my privacy fence the runs down my driveway. I thought the vines would lo...
Thursday, October 9, 2014

Flowers Blooming in My Garden: Photo Gallery

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Even though the weather has changed and the evenings have been dipping into the low thirties there are still flowers blooming in my gardens...
Saturday, September 27, 2014

Early Fall Yard Work: Trimming Grass / Brush

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For the last three days my husband and I have been working together to clean up the yard and gardens.  The weather is cooler and we find i...
Sunday, August 10, 2014

Gardening to Relieve Stress: Great Therapy

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In my desire to rid my body of stress, I put on my gardening gloves and went outdoors to do some hand-pulling of weeds in the flower garden...
Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Gardening in the Heat of the Summer

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Now that the peak heat of the summer is here I make a point to get up at dawn so that I can get whatever yard or garden work completed.   D...
Monday, June 16, 2014

Transplanted Herb Plants During Growing Season

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A couple days ago I transplanted my indoor herbs into outdoor containers because they weren't doing so good indoors and thought t...
Friday, June 13, 2014

Summer Season Gardening Checklist

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Now that spring has come to an end, I find that I need to get my garden ready for summer. Today I went into the garden with a clipboard so ...
Friday, June 6, 2014

Preventing Bug Bites While Gardening

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If I was ever going to enjoy the garden again I knew I would have to take steps to prevent the bugs from biting me.  This year the biting ...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Gardening Today: Cutting back Brush

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Gardening today took me to the side yard where there was a lot of underbrush as well as low-hanging tree limbs that needed to be trimmed....
Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Pavestone Adds Definition to Flower Garden

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Today I am working on my side flower garden and decided to make it more interesting so I added 12-inch pavestone and also a pea g...
Sunday, May 11, 2014

Michigan Bulb: Honest Business and Product Review

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Michigan Bulb company has been in business for 60 years and as a kid, I recall seeing their shade and sun garden collection in the circular...