Summer rose12.07.08

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This is one of my favorite roses. It’s called Breath of Life and it’s a climbing rose.

The plant grows right at the entrance to my garden and when it’s in bloom I can see it’s lovely flowers from my kitchen window, the enclosed back porch and of course as I begin walking out my [...]



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Backyard Composting Tips08.28.08

There are many benefits to composting your household wastes like kitchen scraps, leaves, grass clippings and so on. One of the main benefits is that you can use the compost that you’ve created on your own garden or perhaps your lawn if you don’t have a garden.

Our plants and trees can gain much needed [...]



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This is the Life!08.23.08

Ah …. I’m sitting here in my backyard at the patio table enjoying this beautiful day while surrounded by the beauty and lovely scent of my garden.

I couldn’t ask for anything better!
My husband is here beside me reading a magazine while we both keep an eye on our almost year old Labrador retriever.
Midnight, our [...]



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Cleomes and phlox in the garden08.17.08

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Cleomes are strange looking flowers. They grow on long stocks and bloom as they grow. They have long spidery things that stick out all around the blooms giving them their strange look.

I plant these flowers along the back edge of my garden. They grow to approximately 4 feet tall so they help screen me [...]



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