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Greener Gardens Challenge #1: Trying To Be Greener

19 hours ago by Bon

This year has really been an eye opener for me around the house.I used to spray Raid on nearly everything to get rid of bugs and ants.Until this year I really never thought anything about the harm I was doing.Especially to the birds and the bees.T...

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Greener Gardens Challenge #1: Announcement

1 day ago by Michal Bulla

I’m glad to invite you to our first challenge with the support of Eco Options, brand of Home Depot Whether you are a hard-core environmentalist or are just mildly “green” all gardeners hold the earth in great respect – it’s ...

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Photo Host Change

1 day ago by dustynewt

I have recently relocated most of my photos to Flickr from Photobucket. I had some issues with pop-ups, one the said I had a virus and caused me to force quit my terminal. So I didn’t feel too secure at my old photo host and went to this one...

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Our Gardens #4: May Road Trip

1 day ago by MsDebbieP

May 13, 2008 Today was my sister-in-law’s and my monthly road trip. We started at Canning Perennials and then went to a smaller centre in Muir, followed by the big Oxford Insta-Shade, lunch, and then one of Courtland’s antique store...

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Messages in the smallest of things

1 day ago by Treefarmer

Yesterday was a bad day…no a really bad day…no a really rotten stinkin bad day! I had some lousy news in the morning. I went to work anyway…couldn’t really concentrate much on what I was doing so went home. Moped around the...

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Iris

2 days ago by Jerrica

When we bought our house, there were these beautiful irises all along the front of the house. Last year, they didn’t bloom at all, and at the time, I was worried I had done something to kill them. Now I know it was just the late frost we h...

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My Container Gardens #7: It's Done!!!

4 days ago by GrandmaT

Today has been a quite busy day. Hubby and I headed up to our Farmer’s Market early this morning. Grabbed a cup of yummie coffee and strolled around the Market checking out all the flowers. I bought Wave Petunias in two colors, Periwinkles, ...

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Gaining Control of our Yard

5 days ago by dustynewt

It has been really dry here in Central Florida. No rain for five weeks now. It’s crazy when other parts of the country are flooding, (i.e. Arkansas) They are teasing us with a thunderstorm Monday. Mowing our yard, a.k.a. weeds, is out as ...

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Around the Yard #1: Blooming Around The Yard - Back From Flu

7 days ago by Scott Hildenbrand

Well, been gone for a while due to the flu. Really knocked me out and ended up getting stuck in my lungs which made it painful and difficult to breathe. Anyway, thought I’d post what’s in bloom in the yard. I’ve also got anoth...

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My flowers! #1: First to bloom!

8 days ago by Eklectic

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Still putting in plants, almost out of pots

9 days ago by Louise

Getting close to the end of my stock of pots, today I’m planting gerbera daisy’s and zinnia’s these will go in my sunny spots, they make for great splash of color. I have my other helper today this is flossie, she’s not mu...

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Magnolia

9 days ago by dustynewt

This magnolia (grandiflora?) is about five years old. My wife started it from seed. Quite a process. She took the fruit from the tree in September, removed the pulpy red outer layer to reveal the seed kernels. She then put them in a ziploc with so...

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Today the sun is out and it's 80° and time to work in the garden

10 days ago by Louise

Well today is a great day for garden work the weather is warm and I have plenty of plants to work with today. Can’t wait to get started This is something new that I planted about a month back it’s called Japanese jack in the pulpit...

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My columbines are starting to bloom and Moses In The Cradle

11 days ago by Louise

My columbines are starting to bloom it’s one of my favorite flowers it’s a shame it doesn’t last longer. In another week or two they should all be in bloom, can’t wait to get photos of the rest. I’m also trying a ne...

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New Deck #8: Finished the second bench

12 days ago by Karson

Well today I got to working on the second bench. I assembled it and brought it over to the deck and trimmed up the straight bench and the curved bench so that they fit in the corner of the deck. I then went and got the trim router with a...

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PRECISION SEED SOWING

77 days ago by MIKE CRIPPS

THIS IS MY VIDEO DEMONSTRATION OF MY INVENTION IN ACTION WITH MY INVENTION ITS CHILDS PLAY TO PICK UP TINY SEEDS ONE AT A TIME AND SOW THEM IN PLUGTRAYS OR SEED TRAYS . HAVE A LOOK !http://s247.photobucket.com/albums/gg137/miketheglass/?action=vie...

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Landscaper's Challenge

109 days ago by gardenmentor

A few years ago I was invited to participate in HGTV’s Landscaper’s Challenge. Although I have my own company, Garden Mentors, I do take subcontracted design work from time-to-time. My connection to the show came with a company for who...

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Our Pond #1: From a speck of water to...

307 days ago by MsDebbieP

As we build our personal retreat in the backyard, we seem to just go with the moment and build/add whatever feels right. For example, last summer my son and his family moved from Ontario across the country to British Columbia. They left behind ...

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