Tag: nature
group name: showandtell
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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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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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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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July 28, 2008 10:39 AM EDT --
Yesterday I spent some time planting the latest flora I purchased at Home Depot with my gift cards from Gather. I've temporarily given up on the backyard because it's at the point where my roommate . . . more
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April 11, 2008 04:29 PM EDT --
In an article I wrote yesterday evening, I showed the flowers I purchased with my Gather and My Points Home Depot gift cards. If you didn't catch that article, you can check it out here .
For . . . more
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June 02, 2008 08:20 PM EDT --
I began seriously working in the yard in early April. Several of the projects were added as I went along. I thought it was interesting comparing the beginning of some of them with how the same areas look . . . more
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December 26, 2007 06:47 PM EST --
When the poinsettia's bracts age and lose their aesthetic appeal, there's no reason to throw it out. With proper care, dedication and a certain . . . more
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September 02, 2007 07:08 AM EDT --
My girlfriend gave me this plant around ten years ago. The plant can remain dormant for many years and appear to be dead.
Once water is added to it, the plant will . . . more
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June 25, 2008 07:32 PM EDT --
After visiting the Home Depot and purchasing two bags of dirt and an assortment of flowers, I came home and finished working on the new flowerbed by the mailbox.
Big Orange gets their flower shipment . . . more
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November 11, 2007 08:33 AM EST --
I'm getting married today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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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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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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April 14, 2008 09:00 AM EDT --
While geocaching on Saturday, I noticed that that springtime blooming is just a little behind my area of the state. So there were a lot of tulips blooming everywhere I went.
I took some time to photograph . . . 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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June 28, 2008 07:12 AM EDT --
It was sometime in the early 90s when I developed a love of the Gerbera Daisy. A coworker had received a mixed color bouquet of them from a date. The bright colors all together in a big bunch reminded . . . more
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July 28, 2008 12:08 AM EDT --
On Friday evening I took a walk down the road from our house with my husband and kids. It was a great night for a walk. It had just rained and left everything cooled off and little dew drops . . . more
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June 03, 2007 05:46 PM EDT --
These photos were taken years ago with my first digital camera. I don't remember what it was. It wasn't even really mine. It beonged to my husband's work and I borrowed . . . more
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May 30, 2007 07:07 PM EDT --
Come along with me and I'll show you what's going on in my garden this week. The liliacs are done, the irises are peaking and the peonies are just starting.
The last couple of days have been very . . . more
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August 22, 2008 12:13 PM EDT --
Strawberries are still as "foreign" to me as mangoes, tamarind and lychees are to Americans. Strawberries can be found in the Philippines but are rarely eaten by the common population. . . . more
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