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Gardening: Seedlings & Seed Leaves
A week ago I finally got around to starting some of my warm weather seeds such as cucumbers, tomatoes and squash. The cucumber ans squash seedlings emerge really quickly. The tomatoes, herbs and...
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Blooming Beauties: Hydrangeas
It’s that time in West Tennessee—-the season of renewal. Our (Litsa’s) hydrangea plants are showcasing their beautiful new green leaves. These tiny little leaves grow each day—after every raindrop and...
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Spring: Splitting Hosta Plants
This is the largest clump of hosta shoots that we have in our yard. Each spring, we try to split the hosta so that we can continue to have more hosta plants interspersed among our hydrangea plants....
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The ZZ Plant
While you are updating your outdoor gardens and flowerbeds this season, don’t forget to look for favorite household plants too. One of my favorite is the ZZ plant, or the “Zamioculcas zamiifolia...
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Gardening: Volunteer Plants
One of my favorite parts of having a Spring vegetable garden is discovering volunteer plants. Every year we have volunteer plants popup. Most of the time we have volunteer tomato plants. Volunteer...
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How to Get Rid of Ants in the Garden
When we were planting our vegetable garden this Spring, we came across an unusual amount of ants. It seemed that everywhere I dug, an ant nest was uncovered. There were a variety of ants too! From...
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Garden Update: Tomatoes, Berries & Beans
When the garden starts producing, it is pure joy! Every time I head to the garden and see fruit and vegetables ready to pick, a surge of happiness runs through me. It is just so cool to be able to...
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Foraging for Wild Huckleberries
Huckleberries are currently in season in Central Virginia. We are fortunate to have a ton of wild huckleberry bushes in our yard. Most of the time, the critters grab up the huckleberries before we can...
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Tips for Healthy House Plants
Do you have houseplants throughout your home? I (Litsa) have never had a roomful of houseplants but I love having a few houseplants interspersed through the living room, kitchen, & play/sun room....
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Gardening: Volunteer Pumpkins
A few weeks ago I mentioned that we had volunteer vegetable plants growing. I knew that one of the plants was a type of squash but I was unsure on what type. This volunteer squash plant was growing...
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Three Step Fall Containers
Now that summer is creeping to a close you may want to begin thinking about your fall foliage. Many containers that you may already be using for summer can easily be revamped for fall. I (Litsa)...
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Start Preparing for a Spring Vegetable Garden
It’s time to start thinking about your Spring vegetable garden! Do you see what has landed in my mailbox? Yes, the vegetable garden seed magazines are arriving! I absolutely love looking through the...
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