Tag: garden
group name: showandtell
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June 25, 2007 01:47 PM EDT --
In my last summer before I went back to college for the second time, I worked at the Town of Penetanguishene, on their Ecology Garden Project. Mostly, my job involved writing proposals for funding; we . . . more
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August 06, 2007 09:12 PM EDT --
I live in Missouri, climate zone 5b. Missouri has every climate, from Arctic to tropical. The problem is that each sub-climate lasts only about two weeks before an opposite climate takes its . . . more
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September 13, 2008 08:42 AM EDT --
So earlier this summer I decided to try my hand at having a flowerpot garden. My plantings, which consisted of 1 green pepper plant, 1 yellow pepper plant, 2 tomato plants and a watermelon plant, failed . . . more
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August 08, 2007 09:40 PM EDT --
As some of you may remember, I spent the beginning of the planting season with garden envy. In fact, I even confessed to an unhealthy obsession with gardening and lawn care shows. I still have garden . . . more
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August 01, 2008 10:51 PM EDT --
Me again with my twilight garden shots. A lot has changed since last time. My garden really comes alive from July through October.
I want to take the opportunity to share that I use no chemicals . . . more
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June 21, 2007 10:36 AM EDT --
Yesterday, I stopped working long enough to throw a few boulders around in my yard and weed the herb garden. I hadn't been back there for a while, so I was pleasantly surprised that some of my herbs . . . more
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July 11, 2008 07:54 PM EDT --
For the past two weeks I've been doing little things around the yard. I've planted a few more flower pots and added some different flowers to the mailbox garden. I also spent some time trimming . . . more
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August 24, 2008 04:37 PM EDT --
We brought in some more veges from our little back yard garden. Actually my husband and daughter planted the garden. I just call it "our garden" because I eat the vegetables too.
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June 07, 2007 05:11 AM EDT --
The tenants in our apartment building started our first urban garden this April. One of the first decisions we made was that it would be an organic garden.
When I hear "organic garden" I think . . . more
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May 28, 2008 02:39 PM EDT --
First I want to let all the readers know that I am NOT and never have claimed to be a GREEN THUMB. I got lucky, though, because we actually rent a home that was previously owned by a MAGICAL FLOWER PERSON. . . . more
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May 14, 2008 05:43 PM EDT --
I received an email on Monday telling me that the bird bath I had ordered for my latest garden flowerbed was delayed and wouldn't arrive till 5/19. So Imagine my surprise when I received a ship . . . more
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June 19, 2007 08:57 PM EDT --
June is bustin’ out all over according to the song but in my yard things start really happening in July. The lilacs and irises of May are but a colorful fragrant memory. June is a time for . . . more
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July 02, 2007 10:49 AM EDT --
If you are anything like me, you try to stay away from using pesticides in your garden. Hot red pepper is especially good for using on your cabbage. Mix 2 tablespoons of dry hot red pepper . . . more
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May 27, 2008 12:05 AM EDT --
The garden is coming along despite my inability to do much with it so far this year. Here is the view out my bedroom window.
The Dwarf Korean lilac is almost in bloom as . . . more
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May 20, 2008 10:25 PM EDT --
So I finished up filling in the flower beds today after a quick trip to Home Depot for six more of the 99-cent plants. I got four impatens and 2 white begonias. I also planted my clematis finally after . . . more
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June 22, 2008 09:06 AM EDT --
I had $75 in Home Depot gift cards from the triple points promotion arrive last week. Hard to believe I didn't run right out to spend them, but I am saving the bulk of my Big Orange earnings for the . . . more
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January 12, 2008 02:20 PM EST --
I don't know how many of you about my obsession with frogs...but yes, I do have an obsession with frogs! HA!! I collect all things frog. They have taken over my house and yard! My mom bought . . . more
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August 24, 2007 12:32 AM EDT --
Have you ever noticed that after good thunderstorm your plants and grass have a growth spurt, and are even healthier? That is because Lightning creates natural a natural fertilizer.
Most of the . . . more
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June 05, 2007 01:50 AM EDT --
Our apartment building's small urban garden is divided into three raised beds, officially dubbed the herb bed, the strawberry bed, and the veggie patch. Actually, several types of plants are mixed . . . more
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October 22, 2007 08:52 PM EDT --
I recently took care of my mom's dogs while she was out of town. While I was over there one day, I walked around her yard, snapping photos of all her neat little treaures!
This is the big . . . more
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