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Saturday, September 24th, 2011 | Home Improvement |
The growing of flowering or foliage plants on window ledges is
a form of gardening in which most people can indulge. Those who
live in flats, and others who have no gardens, and especially
invalids who are confined to their rooms, derive an enormous
amount of pleasure from this form of gardening.
Window ledge plants would be more popular if it were not for the
fact that a considerable amount of work is involved in filling
and emptying the boxes. In addition there is the watering
problem, ...
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Saturday, September 17th, 2011 | Home Improvement |
What could be more relaxing than gardening on a nice summer
morning? Listening to your wind chime while you garden! Wind
chimes are not only fun to look at but they add much more to
your garden then just visual appeal.
Wind chimes have tones and vibrations that soothe and calm the
mind helping to release all your stress. When you dig in the
garden and connect with the earth, listening to your chimes
tinkle in the breeze can help you also connect with your inner
spirit. Chimes have been used for ...
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Saturday, September 10th, 2011 | Home Improvement |
I hope you don't think I'm a bad person for admitting this to
you. I was feeling a little bit jealous of my sister. Let me
explain...
Every year, I visit my sister Joan in Houston -- and every year,
her garden just keeps getting even more beautiful. On my last
visit, she had a dazzling display of fabulous cutting flowers
that absolutely took my breath away.
When she saw how impressed I was -- and how inquisitive I was
about how she had created such a magnificent garden -- Joan
finally let me in ...
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Saturday, September 3rd, 2011 | Home Improvement |
Everybody asks about Easter lilies! Can they go outside; can I
plant them in my garden? And to this I reply, "Why not?" Like
other bulbs,there
are two options if you plant your leftover Easter lily bulbs -
either they will live and flower for many years (it is perfectly
hardy into zone 4) or they will immediately die. If you don't
plant the bulb, it will definitely die. So you have nothing to
lose by planting. Once the Easter lily bloom has faded in the
house, cut the stem back as far as you ...
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