Five Favorites for the Winter Garden Most people don't realize that you can have a winter blooming garden in the depths of January and February in large areas of the U.S. I live in the mid-Atlantic region and we can get some heavy snow falls, and days where the temperature dips below freezing for a good …
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Heart Space with Water Feature To prepare for your journey in the labyrinth space, you enter the small space immediately at the entrance to the main labyrinth which is called the Heart Space. This area gets you ready for the zen experience of walking the path. If you have someone in mind when you walk, then bring something …
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 5 Bizarre Plant Favorites You know the saying "a face only a mother would love"? Keep that in mind when you gaze on some of these unusual and sometimes scary plants. As a confirmed 'plant geek', I love to discover the more interesting plant varieties out there, kind of like A Little Shop of Horrors! Here …
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PowWow Wild Berry Echinacea Yes, That is exactly what I said when I heard about "PowWow Wild Berry" Echinacea a couple of years ago! I have tried dozens of Echinaceas that the garden hybridizers have churned out in the last couple of years and was not impressed. They flopped, fizzled, or just faded away, never to be seen …
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Proven Winners' Goji Berries- The Next Super Food I checked out the Proven Winners' introductions at Spring Meadow Nursery at the latest MANTS show, to see what is the latest and greatest in shrubbery! Goji Berries are the new berry bush that is being promoted as a healthy and tasty berry addition to the landscape. I …
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Everything New (and Old!) in the Gardening World Every year right after New Year's parties have wound down and the confetti is a recent memory, I make my annual pilgrimage to the MANTS Show (Mid-Atlantic Nurseryman's Show) at the Baltimore Convention Center. I look forward with anticipation to see old friends, new ideas or old re-packaged ones, …
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Cranberries and honey- two great things for your health!
It doesn't seem possible to be able to use the words 'chainsaw' and 'art' in the same sentence. The chainsaw is such a workmanlike and crude tool that it is always surprising to me what beautiful carvings can be made within a couple of hours with the right kind of wood and a noisy, sawdust spitting, dangerous …
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Color in the Fall Golden Rod A succession of color and flowers is easy to produce in the spring and early summer, but once September hits, the show of blooms peeters out and it gets harder and harder for the garden to be colorful. That is why I am sure to plant some stellar standouts, that …
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I ended up with some free Okra seeds this spring and thought I would try them, not thinking at all about eating them, but just to enjoy the beauty of the plants. Now they are 6 feet tall and producing tons of okra pods every few days so I am trying to use them in cooking.  I did …
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