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The 5 Best Valentine’s Day Flowering Plants For Your Gardener

Garden Experiments — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 14:00:00 +0000

Give a living plant this year for long-term beauty It’s almost Valentine’s Day, and you might be thinking of sending your loved one cut flowers like roses – but wouldn’t it be nice if you got the beauty of a flowering plant that lasts so much longer? There are several potted plants available at this […]

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My Dog Ate Poisonous House Plants: Lessons I Learned

Garden Experiments — Thu, 26 May 2022 13:57:00 +0000

I stepped out of the house for just 30 minutes. That’s all the time it took for my 14-year-old mixed-breed dog, Charlie, to chew on not one, but two, plants that are toxic to dogs. Charlie had chewed on a plant only once before – in 2017 when I first adopted him. It was a […]

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Yellow fungus in potting soil – the yellow houseplant mushroom

Garden Experiments — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 18:16:52 +0000

Have you ever seen a yellow fungus growing from the soil of one of your potted plants? You might be surprised to know that these yellow mushrooms aren’t uncommon. They won’t hurt your plant and they aren’t harmful to you. They’re just a small part of the ecosystem doing their job in a pot of […]

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How to Survive the Winter: For Gardeners

Garden Experiments — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 19:56:51 +0000

It’s gray, foggy, and drizzling outside – a perfect Mississippi winter day. When winter arrives, I curl up on the couch, tuck in the extra blankets, close my eyes and fervently wish I was somewhere tropical. I wish, I wish, I wish! Yep, still here. The only thing that gets me through these yucky days […]

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Be Careful What You Bring Indoors

Garden Experiments — Wed, 26 Oct 2016 22:46:06 +0000

The air is getting crisper and the temperatures are dropping. It’s getting close to the time to bring your plants indoors for the winter. I have a lot of potted plants, so each year, I have to pick and choose the ones that I am going to try to save and those that I will leave […]

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The Cactus that Keeps on Blooming

Garden Experiments — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 22:29:41 +0000

Cacti are traditionally favorites of many gardeners because they are so low maintenance and perfect for high heat/low water locations. Because we get a lot of rain during certain times of the year here in north Mississippi, my cacti are in a container that I can bring in and put under my grow light when […]

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The Search for a Quality Plant Stand

Garden Experiments — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 16:29:50 +0000

You know those plant stands that you find in discount stores? The ones that are made of wire, metal, or wood that often have three legs, but just don’t seem very sturdy? Don’t buy them. Just don’t do it. When you’ve got one of your favorite ceramic pots with your favorite fern sitting on it […]

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Orchids at the Frederik Meijer Gardens – Grand Rapids, MI

Garden Experiments — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 11:30:58 +0000

Orchids are one of my favorite plants. I love the flowers. I have had a love/hate relationship with them for a few years because I could never get mine to rebloom. But this year, I have had all four of my orchids blooming happily. It turns out, that the house I lived in before, just […]

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Cactus in the Garden

Garden Experiments — Thu, 08 May 2014 15:39:46 +0000

Cacti make very interesting additions to an outdoor rock garden or as an indoor plant. Cactus plants add color and interest to your garden and do well in bright direct sunlight and drier, well-draining soils. These are photos of some of the interesting and unusual cacti that I have grown. This is Notocactus (Notocactus ubelmannianus), […]

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Recycle Chipped Teacups into Planters

Garden Experiments — Sun, 23 Feb 2014 02:30:50 +0000

How to Upcycle Broken or Chipped Teacups Two of my favorite teacups were chipped lately, making them unusable for drinking. They are decorative though and I love the patterns, so I thought I would convert them in to planters. One was chipped on the inside lip and the other has a chipped handle. Make Teacup […]

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