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The garden grew overnight!

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Yesterday I told you about how lightening puts free nitrogen in the air and that often after a good storm that includes lightening you’ll notice that your plants have grown.

Well, the storm that I was referring to occurred about about 4 a.m. on Thursday the 10th of May, and here it is the 11th of May and when I look out at my garden everything is a mass of green and or blooms.

I wish I had a before and after picture to show you of my messy garden. You see, I haven’t finished trimming, pruning and pulling out all the dead tangle of old plants that died off last fall so there’s lots of graying dead plant stems and leaves throughout half the garden. Up until today that was clearly visible in many areas of the garden but when I look outside today the lush green vegetation of the super charged plants are hiding a good portion of it.

I went out and took a photo at about 2 pm this afternoon .. you can see in the left flower bed that I still have a lot of work to do to make it look really nice … but the plants sure have grown in just one day.

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What do you think?






Gift baskets Plus for all your gift giving needs

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Did you realize that Mothers day is this coming Sunday? My how time flies! Not only that, but today is my father in law, and my brother in laws birthday. Yep they were both born on the same day, and in my brother in laws case I believe it was on Mothers day. I guess a baby’s a good present for Mothers day huh?

If you’re looking for a more practical gift that a mother won’t have to care for, for the rest of her life, you might want to give her one of Gift Baskets Plus’ personalized gift baskets. They have a large selection of personalized gift products, and personalized gift baskets for all occasions.

Visiting the site you’ll see that not only do they carry lovely gift baskets for all occasions, but they also sell holiday and seasonal items, personalized gifts, furniture, and they also have sections where they suggest gift ideas, as well as display their premium packages and popular gift items.

In the furniture section I found a Children’s rocking chair that’s lovely on it’s own, but that could be personalized with custom art. They also have a really cute and practical fire truck step stool and a dinosaur rocking horse among many other items in the children’s Furniture section.

In the personalized gifts section you’ll find personalized baseball coat racks, bookends, and a children’s toy chest. Premium packages include Gift Baskets Plus signature line products such as high quality chocolates, candies and baked goods. There are several premium packages to choose from and I think they’d make fantastic Mother’s Day gifts.

If you’re looking for gift ideas for adults or children Gift Baskets Plus is a good place to start.

Lightening, free nitrogen and plant growth

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All day yesterday I was expecting rain. The weather station said it was going to rain in the evening but it never did. You know when it finally did rain? 4 in the morning!

What a storm! Thunder, Lightning and torrents of rain … we need it. Our garden was pretty dry and I hadn’t watered for a week or so because we’d been expecting rain that never materialized.

Personally I don’t really like thunder and lightening storms. I don’t like the crash of thunder, nor the flash of lightening, but for my gardens sake, every time I hear that we are supposed to get rain I always hope for a few flashes of lightening in the area.

Why?

Well, lightening puts free nitrogen into the air. Have you ever wondered why your garden always looks so much better have a thunder shower than just a simple rain or even watering with the garden hose? It’s all those free nitrogen molecules in the air. our gardens get a heavy dose of the food that they need to green up and grow – that’s why the plants always look so much better the day after a storm and often seem to grow a few inches right afterwards too.

Humor me … the next time you’re expecting a storm in your area take a good look at your garden or your neighbors garden if you don’t have one of your own. Take note of how the plants are looking and perhaps even how tall they are. The day after the storm, and perhaps even the day after that take a look at the garden again and see if the plants don’t look healthier, stronger and perhaps even bigger.

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