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Pop Quiz: Are You Like the Mighty Oak or The Weeping Willow?
I have a confession to make, there is an oak tree on my street that I call my healing tree. I don’t know why I came up with that name for it. But as soon as I saw it, I felt that if a tree had the...
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Alliums and Roses: So happy together
Companion planting is a system of planting based on the premise that certain plants grow better when planted next to each other. In some cases, companion plants might deter certain insects to make...
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Does your Garden have a Soul?
Do you talk to your plants? Its been said that talking to your plants makes them grow better. You may be surprised to find out that recent research has concluded that your plants may be ‘talking’ to...
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Weeds I like, Sometimes…
“Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them” A.A. Milne To me, being yourself means submitting your will to the will of the divine. It means being who you were created to be. Being yourself is...
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A Life Lesson by a Butterfly
Does your backyard attract butterflies? There is a lot we can learn from these beautiful creatures of land and air. Lets take a closer look. The butterfly starts its life as an egg, then caterpillar...
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The Health Benefits of Gardening
I like to walk barefoot in the backyard. I let my kids do the same. I also like to sit on the ground in the grass. When my kids were babies, we would often have picnics on the grass in the yard. It is...
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Wordless Wednesday: Seeing Double
Featured is a picture of my fuschias enjoying some summer sun this past July. Its been unusually cold for SoCal this winter. I’m hoping they survive the extreme cold. In case you were wondering why I...
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Sunflowers
“Gardening was something I learned in my youth when I was unhappy. I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.” -Claude Monet It is February and I’m thinking about sunflowers. They have been...
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The Romantica Files: Red Eden Climbing Rose
I have a weakness for red roses. I can never pass one by without admiring it. I also have a weakness for old fashioned looking roses that are bursting with petals. For me, a many petaled rose is a rose...
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How to Dry & Press Flowers and Leaves
It is the middle of autumn and I’m planning all of these projects that require dry flowers and leaves. If you don’t already know how, I want to show you how to do this so we can have some fun together...
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