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31 Secrets on How to Grow Roses

How to Grow Roses in 2021 - Multi-colored rose bushes together

31 Secrets on How to Grow Roses will give you the tips and tricks that seasoned gardeners have learned through trial and error.  When I  find a garden filled with roses, it takes my breath away.  There’s something about these blooms that universally people love.   I couldn’t wait to move to my first house because…

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How to Grow Rosemary in 2021

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How to Grow Rosemary in 2021 will show you the tips on how to grow this highly aromatic Mediterranean herb that you’ll use in your culinary dishes, homemade crafts, and tea. Rosemary is native to the Mediterranean and is used for medicinal and culinary dishes for thousands of years.  Its name means “dew of the…

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How to Start a Victory Garden

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How to Start a Victory Garden will put you on the path to starting a garden that will provide food for your entire family.  Recent events have taught us that there can be food shortages, even in the modern age. “The first supermarket supposedly appeared on the American landscape in 1946. That is not very…

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35 Best Cottage Garden Flowers to Grow

Best Cottage Garden Flowers to Grow

35 Best Cottage Garden Flowers to Grow will give you some ideas on how to make your yard look amazing with plants that transform the space they’re grown into a magical oasis. “Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into.” – Henry Ward Beecher  A cottage flower garden…

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How to Grow an Insect Repellent Garden

How to Grow an Insect Repellent Garden

How to Grow an Insect Repellent Garden is the perfect garden to create when you hate bugs that ruin all the hard work you’ve done in your yard.   A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all, it teaches entire trust. – Gertrude Jekyll…

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Gardening for Beginners – Tips and Tricks

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Gardening for Beginners – Tips and Tricks will give you advice from those who have already been in the garden trenches and lived to tell the stories. “The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but…

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How to Grow Chives in 2021 | Growing Chives in Your Herb Garden

How to Grow Chives - Chives on a cutting board being minced

Chives are one of the most popular herbs for both cooks and gardeners for good reason.  They are easy to grow, look beautiful in any garden, are a natural pest control, and have many uses in cooking. Onion and garlic chives are grown for both their leaves and flowers. What are chives? Chives are an herb…

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11 Reasons to Start an Herb Garden

9 Reasons to Grow Herbs

 11 Reasons to Start an Herb Garden will show you why growing herbs in your garden will enhance your life by adding zip to your recipes, crafts and, adding beauty to your home.   “I like to encourage people interested in gardening or planting to begin with a simple herb garden. Even if you live in…

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How To Grow a Salsa Garden

How to Grow a Salsa Garden

How to Grow a Salsa Garden will teach you to grow the ingredients for your favorite dip right outside your back door for the best tasting salsa. “My favorite food in the world is Mexican food. I’m not a dessert person. I’m more of a crunchy, salty girl. I could live on chips and salsa….

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How to Grow a Mint Garden

How to Grow a Mint Garden

How to Grow a Mint Garden will give you the tools on the best ways to start, nurture and harvest your herb garden for best results. “I grow my own vegetables and herbs. I like being able to tell people who the lunch I’m serving started out as a seed in my yard.” – Curtis Stone…

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Beginners Guide to Planning Your Backyard Orchard

Backyard Orchard of Apple Trees

Beginners Guide to Planning Your Backyard Orchard will help get you started growing your own fruit trees to use the bounty in cooking, canning, dehydrating, and eating the fruit raw. “Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.” – Martin Luther The inspiration for…

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How to Grow Your Own Tea Garden

How to Grow a Tea Garden

How to Grow Your Own Tea Garden will show you how easy it is to have the ingredients for your favorite teas just outside your door. Who knew it would be so easy? “Tea makes everything better.”- Bindi Irwin Not only will growing your herbal and floral teas save you money, but most of the…

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How to Keep Rabbits Out of Your Garden Naturally

HOW TO KEEP RABBITS OUT OF YOUR GARDEN NATURALLY

How to Keep Rabbits Out of Your Garden Naturally was created out of a simple question asked in a gardening group I belong to.  I had no idea there were so many ways to keep those pesky vegetable lovers from eating your hard-earned bounty.  I knew you would love to know the answers too. “A…

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17 Fun Garden Decor Ideas to Inspire You

17 FUN GARDEN DECOR IDEAS TO INSPIRE YOU

17 Fun Garden Decor Ideas to Inspire You will help you find inspiration for your personal retreat from the rest of the world. “My extravagance is my garden – it’s the first thing I look at every morning when I wake up. It gives me so much pleasure.” – Ina Garten You decorate your home, so…

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Pair of Gorgeous Garden She Sheds You’ll Love

PAIR OF GORGEOUS GARDEN SHE SHEDS YOU’LL LOVE

Today I have a Pair of Gorgeous Garden She Sheds You’ll Love.  I went on a garden tour last year and the garden alone was so beautiful, but when I saw the pair of she sheds it was pure magic. “A garden must combine the poetic and the mysterious with a feeling of serenity and…

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Beautiful and Creative Ways to Display Succulent Plants

BEAUTIFUL AND CREATIVE WAYS TO DISPLAY SUCCULENT PLANTS

Does your heart go pitter patter at the sight of succulents? If so, you’re not alone. I don’t think any of us can have enough succulents surrounding us. We’ve got some creative new ways to display these beauties and Beautiful and Creative Ways to Display Succulent Plants will show you the newest trends. “Beauty surrounds us,…

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Cutest Rustic Garden Art Ideas Ever

CUTEST RUSTIC GARDEN ART IDEAS EVER

I just got back from an outdoor garden art show.  They had so many fun things, I just had to show you. These are some of the Cutest Rustic Garden Art Ideas Ever and I feel you will think so too! “If your knees aren’t green by the end of the day, you ought to…

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Flower Display Tricks You’ve Got to Try

FLOWER DISPLAY TRICKS YOU’VE GOT TO TRY

Flowers are so stunning, they make your heart sing a little every time you look at them. There are more ways to display your beautiful blooms than just put them in an ordinary vase. Flower Display Tricks You’ve Got to Try, will help you find more ways to show off your pops of color in…

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15 Creative Gardening Ideas

15 CREATIVE GARDEN IDEAS YOU CAN STEAL

When looking at your yard, it can be difficult to decide what you would like to do to transform the area into your own gardening slice of heaven. I put together creative gardening ideas from a recent garden tour that can help you . “Every time I imagine a garden in an architectural setting, it…

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Magical Forest Garden – Take a Tour

Magical Forest Garden Tour

Today I went on a garden tour. It turned out to be a magical adventure. One of the gardens I went to was on five acres of forest that the couple added a pathway and sprinkled art along the way.  It was a Magical Forest Garden. “It would seem from this fact, that man is…

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Perfect Potting Shed Tour

Rustic Garden Potting Shed Tour

When I went on an artist studio tour, I stumbled upon this gorgeous Perfect Potting Shed. It was enchanting. “Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.” – May Sarton The garden shed was the perfect…

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