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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How to Prevent Getting Mosquito Bites
Female mosquitos require a protein in blood to create eggs. Female mosquitoes also feed on nectar. Male mosquitos only feed…
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Avoid the Summer Watering Guesswork
Water conservation is a big deal. Water waste impacts each us all, and just a few tweaks to our routines…
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Enhance Your Landscape with Tropical Plants
Brighten your landscape with tropical plants, which naturally thrive in hot, humid, shady climates. Plant them in the ground or…
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Earthing: Barefoot Benefits
As a little girl growing up in the Midwest, I hated wearing shoes outdoors. I guess I couldn’t get enough…
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Salvias: Beautiful Flowers and Fragrant Foliage
Above photo: Autumn Sage, Salvia greggii ~ Most of us are familiar with culinary sage, Salvia officinalis, which grows well…
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Colorful and Sweet Plants in Winter
Garden centers are full of colorful pansies waiting to have a place in your yard! These sweet-smelling flowers will flower…
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Creating Beautiful Color in the Landscape
Above photo: Mexican Bush Sage in all it’s beauty ~ Many only think of foliage color as trees with colorful…
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Native Plants Conserve Water and Save Money
Water departments and districts are asking everyone to check their irrigation system for leaks and inefficiencies. This is not new…
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Summer Lawn Secrets
You can have a lush lawn and water twice a week — or less — during the heat of the…
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Think You Can’t Have Color in the Summer Heat?
Adding color to the landscape is easy and quick with the use of containers. A container of any size, shape,…
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Amazing Things About Bees You Probably Do Not Know
I found this article really interesting, and I want to share it. It confirms how crucial bees are for growing…
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The Buzz About World Bee Day
Celebrate and protect these hard working pollinators We often take nature for granted. We don’t think about the pivotal role…
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Creating Color in Your Landscape
Photos by Dotty Woodson ~ Nothing brightens the landscape more than colorful flowers and foliage, and spring is a perfect…
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One Honey of a Hobby
Backyard beekeepers Laura and Kevin Graham have formed a sweet partnership. Laura Graham heard that bees were in trouble. She…
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Make Your Yard Friendly for Wildlife!
By Melinda Myers | Photos by Melinda Myers~ We love watching bunnies hop across the lawn or ground squirrels scurry…
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Gardening Gadgets Help You Get Your Green On
Years ago, I spent my winter evenings searching through gardening magazines and catalogs for heirloom seeds and crafted tilling tools.…
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