The Celestial Garden: A Guide to Planting by the Signs
Your zodiac signs can do more than rule your destiny. They can also control the outcome of your ... Read More The post The Celestial Garden: A Guide to Planting…[...]
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The Best Soil for Herbs—Grow a Fruitful Herb Garden
A plentiful stock of herbs at your disposal is ideal for the at-home chef, amateur herbalist, or skincare ... Read More The post The Best Soil for Herbs—Grow a Fruitful…[...]
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Introspective
I had a rather nasty accident at work last week. I’ll spare you the details, save to say that it was with a log splitter and could have been so…[...]
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Pistachio Fir Cookies: A Green Gluten-Free Treat
One winter, around the time I was tinkering again with recipes for fragrant fir needles, I received a gift of beautifully packaged pistachios. The nuts were tiny and perfect, grown…[...]
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I’m not one for new year’s resolutions – except when it comes to my garden
With a new year comes new plans, but don’t forget to relax in and enjoy your garden at this time of year, tooI don’t love gardening to-do lists – they…[...]
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Snow’s photogenic, but so is ICE!
As my local Facebook groups are filling up with photos of snow, I’m singing the praises of ice as photography subject, thanks to a friend who showed me her images…[...]
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8 Legged Friends: Spiders in the Garden
Even though some may not be fond of them, we understand that most spiders are beneficial, excellent predators of arthropod pests and are extremely interesting organisms. Gardeners are often really…[...]
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Current Obsessions: LA on Our Minds
This week we are reminded that home is not just a structure but a collection of memories, a connection to what we love, a safe space to retreat to, where…[...]
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Garden writing shouldn’t be free
Trustworthy information is worth paying for, but that’s not the only reason to respect the need for publications and websites’ to put up paywalls. Writers, editors and designers – just…[...]
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World’s ugliest lawn winner says she leaves watering to Mother Nature
New Zealand garden takes first prize in global competition designed to promote water conservationA sun-scorched patch of lawn near Christchurch, in New Zealand, has been crowned the ugliest lawn in…[...]
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