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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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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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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Planting Texas Bluebonnets and Daffodils
I know spring is here when the bluebonnets and daffodils emerge from their winter sleep to present their pretty flowers.…
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Cultivating Well-Being
In recent years, horticultural therapy has gained recognition as an effective practice for improving the overall well-being of individuals across…
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Fun Facts About Our Hummingbirds
Think of a hummingbird as a tiny balloon animal with narrow straws for bones. The ruby-throated hummingbirds here are about…
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It’s Spring – Baby Bunnies in the Backyard
With spring comes all sorts of surprises, especially when you live near a park and wildlife is abundant. Indiana, the…
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It’s All About the Roots!
Choose your plants wisely. Did you know there are eleven ecosystems in Texas? And that Dallas is a Blackland Prairie?…
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Make Your Landscape Water-wise!
Many of us grew up with lush green lawns, considered the pinnacle of American residential landscaping for decades now. When…
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Create a Garden Oasis in Any Size Yard, Deck, or Balcony
No matter where you garden, there never seems to be enough time and space to accomplish all your gardening goals.…
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