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 [...]



Posted in Garden Buzz, Garden Tips, Health, Health and Fitness, Home and Lifestyle, In The Garden, Summer in the Gardenwith 1 COMMENT →



Living green can save you money07.12.07

As a follow up to the post I wrote about whether the Live Earth concert would make a difference in the way people live I thought I’d write about one of the comments on the Go Smell the Flowers site that inspired my post in the first place.

One of the posters seemed to believe [...]



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Rose Wrestling06.17.07

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Tiffany - Hybrid Tea Rose
I did some work in the garden yesterday. Yes I’m still trying to tidy it up and no, I haven’t planted any annuals or new perennials yet.

I did discover that some roses that I’d been hoping would recover from the one winter that I didn’t do winter protection have [...]



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Tips on how to learn more about the plants growing in your garden03.14.07

I often receive questions that ask me to explain in detail how to care for specific perennials. While I am working on having a very large index of care information for specific plants it does take time to create this information.

Now, even though I grew up in a family that gardened, I still found [...]



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