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Category: Gardening

  • Indoor Plants

    I have always had indoor plants. When I was 18 and had my first apartment was when I started. At that time hanging plants with macrame hangers were “the thing.” Right now I have about eleven, four Peace Lilies, a Gerber Daisy, Pothos, and some Cactus. A couple of years ago I started naming them.…

  • ORCHID Surprise

    Last year or maybe two years ago, this Orchid was on the desk in the Garden Shop and they were going to toss in the garbage. I took it home, repotted it with Orchid Potting Medium and what a beautiful surprise! While I was watering my indoor plants this is what I found

  • Today’s Pickens’

  • Butterflies

    When we first moved here, at least 10 years ago, I saw a lot of butterflies. I purposely bought a Butterfly Bush, (Buddleia) to attract them. When I became a Master Gardner I learned even more about their struggle. Because of this I decided to focus on building a pollinator garden. I did this by…

  • Nature

    Ever since I can remember I’ve had a deep appreciation for nature. I had to be outside. As a child, with woods in the front and back yards, I was always playing and collecting found things, (rocks). I had no fear of swimming in ponds or lakes. Free time meant taking a bucket and heading…

  • Random Pictures

  • Fresh Cut Flowers

    I love cut flowers in my house. Better yet, when they come out of my garden. Two weeks ago Kroger’s had a dozen roses for 6.99. You can’t go wrong, right? For lack of my favorite color roses, (yellow), I bought cream ones. They looked beautiful for about four days before they started dropping, drooping,…

  • Weeds

    This summer the heat has been relentless. Week after week, sometimes with thunderstorms in the evening, there is no relief. The weeds are out of control. Who says if you pull them by the roots they won’t come back? Weeds have seasons, like all plants. Anyway, as I pull in and out of the driveway,…

  • Back in the Garden

    I finally was able to go back and start some work in my big perennial garden. I lost so much time being away for most of May. It has been too hot to go outside. We went out two evenings ago and worked together getting the bed ready for mulching. This includes weeding, (mostly small…

  • Slim Pickins

    I love to bring flowers from my garden into the house. While we were away I missed the white and brown Iris’, and one of my favorites, Peonies. Since we’re home for only a week, I only picked some small flowers to put in vases on my windowsill. Foxgloves, Purple Siberian Iris, Yellow Siberian Irises,…