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Above, Wild Flora's favorite hummingbird feeder is an easy-to-clean "dish" style that attaches to a window with a suction cup and has perches so the birds can sit while feeding. SPRING IS ON THE WING. The hummingbird migration map at hummingbirds.net is starting to show those little colored dots ...
Dear all, Earlier today I wrote a sort of two-faced post in which on the one hand I said it was great that Douglas Tallamy's new book Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens is getting a lot of publicity--but at the same time I gave a gigantic ho hum to the arrival o...
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Photo courtesy of JoePhoto at Flickr.com. While the greenest option is always to wash and reuse your everyday dishes, if you need to resort to disposable dishes, then you should look for the greenest ones you can find. Green disposable dishes can be made of wheat paste, corn starch, a limestone and...
Photo courtesy of ESOX LUCIUS at Flickr.com. The damage that moles can inflict on your yard or garden with their tunneling can be infuriating, but there are simple ways to eliminate the problem quickly without resorting to poisons. Moles are sensitive to sound, so if you put a cheap radio playing ...
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I have 2 crowns planted in March which have grown healthily with many stems. I am told not to pick for 15 mths. Why not ?: Should the stems be wasted and stems and leaves left to rot ?
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The sand is widewith low tide;the beachcan reacha long way.Dogs will playI run my handon the warm sandit feels so goodI’m in the mood.The wind is balmthe sea is calm.The sun is high in the skythe plane abovea sight I love.The river at the end,just around the bendhosts crocs and fishI do not wi...
yes wev actuley got a couple but wudnt u no hav done 2 much and hav pulled a musel so am on strick orders not 2 b doing any 2day witch i find very hard. hope all u guys r gettin sunshine.
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Our town is participating in the America in Bloom program this summer. The flower color that they have chosen is purple. So that means that any properties that are participating, will use purple flowers in their landscapes. One of the properties that we maintain has always used a red and white co...
Today is Mother's day, or as it is known around my house, 'Slave for a Day'. Because it is windy and rainy out, my list will probably not get completely done. Some of the things on my list had to be done outside, so they will have to wait for next weekend. I guess that is the true meaning of get...
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Last weekend hubby and I visited 2 gardens that I’ve wanted to see for a very long time; Furzey Gardens and Spinners Garden. I’ll post about our trip to Spinners Garden in my next post and tell you about a little treat I picked up there, however, for this posting I’ll write about F...
The month of May brings such an abundance of colour for our gardens, as there are such a variety of flowers around now to really liven up the garden. If you’re buying flowering plants for your garden borders, then try planting in blocks or sways to get a better effect than just planting single pla...
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