In the Garden
Embrace therapeutic gardening with tips designed especially for the 50+ green thumbs. Discover the wonders of hummingbirds, butterflies, and accessible gardening techniques, find the perfect plants, and make use of garden tools tailored for easy handling, ensuring a delightful gardening experience.
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Crotons for November, Poinsettias for Holiday Cheer
Nothing brightens a space quite like colorful plants, and when it comes to seasonal vibrancy, Crotons and Poinsettias are stars…
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Container Gardens for Beauty, Color, and Versatility
Using containers in your garden makes adding color to the landscape easy and quick. Containers of colorful plants will brighten…
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Are Stapler Tools Useful for DIY Garden Projects?
Discover how a stapler tool can help your DIY garden projects by exploring manual, electric, and pneumatic options to improve…
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Create an Urban Oasis Garden in Your Yard
Every day, we fill our lives with joy and wonder. The source of this daily infusion surrounds our home. We…
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Growing Hydroponic Gardens at Home
Big Tex Urban Farms, the State Fair of Texas’ horticulture-based community initiative, was launched in 2016. Located in the heart…
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What the Heck is That?
Occasionally, I come across something in our yard or during a walk and I have no earthly idea what it…
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Successful Vegetable Gardening Tips
More people are embracing planting edible gardens to help with the effects of soaring food prices, and vegetable gardens are…
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Gardening and Grief
How long can one stand in the darkness of grief? You stand there until you recognize your pain, put a…
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The Benefits of Local Food Systems
Imagine a network connecting your dinner plate to nearby farms, processors, and distributors. Imagine knowing who produced each of the…
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Grow Delicious Fruit in Containers
Thanks to compact fruit plant varieties, you can have fun picking fresh fruit growing in containers right outside your door.…
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Gardening Helps Grow Healthy, Happy Kids
Gardeners know, and research proves that gardening, and even viewing a garden and spending time in nature, is good for…
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Selecting the Right Potting Mix for Your Plantings
Finding the ideal potting mix for our houseplants and containers is a common pursuit among gardeners. Like any gardening endeavor,…
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Flower Power in Your Garden
Nothing brightens the landscape more than colorful flowers and foliage. Spring is perfect for adding color to your landscape using…
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Gardening for Solastalgia
Photos by Felder Rushing. My late grandmother’s prized antique concrete chicken stands firm on a pedestal in my cottage garden…
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How to Plan a Spring Garden
The prolonged extreme summer heat and lack of rain were challenging for all landscapes. Many yards have dead or dying…
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Plants for a Hummingbird Garden
It’s never too early to think about hummingbirds. Maybe you aspire to be a hummingbird photographer. Or perhaps you enjoy…
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