Helpful tips to avoid injuring yourself in the garden07.17.08

Now that it’s July you’ve probably finished most of your major gardening work for the summer, unless of course you are in the process of doing some landscaping. However, it’s always a good idea to use proper body mechanics while in the garden to avoid injury to your back or other joints.
Autumn will arrive soon […]

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Lovely blue01.23.08

Wordless Wednesday

This is a photo of Johnson’s Blue Geraniums. It’s a hardy perennial geranium.

I posted about this flower recently and I said that my geraniums have been looking more purple than blue lately.
I took the photo above a in May last year. Perhaps these geraniums are bluer in the cool spring […]

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Gardening takes it’s toll on our skin08.28.07

Working in the garden …
Digging in the soil, planting new plants, pulling weeds, pruning and wrestling bushes into shape, and cold water dripping down your arm as you water your plants - all of these gardening related activities take their toll on our skin.

I’ve been working in the garden a little more often lately and […]

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My five new roses - your experiences?07.03.07

Does anyone grow any of these roses? I’ve listed the roses that I purchased a week ago to replace the ones I lost last winter.
When I bought the roses … five in all, I knew exactly where I was going to put them, but now - a week later, I’m looking at them going what […]

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