Spring tasks to get your garden growing03.28.08

It’s been a long winter Many of us in the North experienced one of the snowiest winters that we’ve had in years. Cool temperatures are continuing even though it’s already officially spring. I’d say that this year we’re probably going to be two or three weeks behind on our normal Spring gardening tasks. Normally the [...]

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Posted in Garden Maintenance, Garden Tips, Garden Tools, Home and Lifestyle, House Plants, In The Garden, Lawn Care, Organic, Spring Taskswith 2 COMMENTS →



Time to enjoy Thanksgiving and Christmas Cactus’11.23.07

I have two cactus like plants. One is a Thanksgiving Cactus and the other is of the same species, Schlumbergera, and is known as a Christmas Cactus. General care for plants of the Schlumbergera species is to give them moderate to bright light in the Spring and Summer months. Lighting depends upon exactly which species [...]

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Posted in House Plants, Perennials, Plant Profiles, Recreationwith 5 COMMENTS →



Still recovering from my trip and starting to winterize the garden11.15.07

I’ve had a heck of week or three between being sick before I went to Vegas and getting even sicker while I was there. I’m still not up to par but I’m doing a lot better today than I have in more than a week. I think … We got home early Monday morning and [...]

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    Tricia has been creating websites since 1995 and blogging since 2006. She writes on a variety of topics on several sites and has had articles published in a few popular magazines. She's also a Nurse, avid gardener, photographer and pet lover.