Happy New Year, readers! You may have noticed a recent lack of posting from me–I do apologize but I have a good reason. In November, I participated in National Blog Post Month (NaBloPoMo), where you post every single day on your blog That was an awesome, challenging experience for me–but when it was done, I [...]
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I have big news! I am happy and so excited to announce that Proven Winners, plant brand extraordinaire, has created a group of gardeners/writers to serve as brand ambassadors–and I’m one of them! The Proven Winners Garden Gurus is a group of 8 women who will write monthly about Proven Winners plants and how to [...]
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In the last couple of months I’ve been getting into Pinterest, a site where you can organize all of your interests into online “bulletin boards.” I know–I’m a little late to the party! Some of you have been doing this for awhile now. I’ve found it to be useful in gathering ideas for clients (I [...]
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I came across this article about the City of Glendale, CA banning fake grass–city officials want homeowners to rip out their artificial turf and plant the real thing instead, and they’re coming after homeowners who aren’t. On one hand, artificial turf cuts down on watering, fertilizing and emissions from lawn mowers, edgers and blowers. On [...]
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It’s time for a little Friday Link Love! Vertical gardening has been explosively popular in the last couple of years–and this is not just a fad that will go away. More and more people have less and less space, so it makes sense to take advantage of every piece of real estate you have, both [...]
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We all know that fall is the best time to plant perennials, right? So if you’re an Austin gardener and you’ve suffered through the Summer of Hell ’11 (we should have T-shirts made), you might be reconsidering what plants to put in the ground now. They’ve gotta be tough, drought tolerant, relatively pest-and-disease free, and [...]
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Now, I’m the first one to admit that this compost bin won’t win any beauty pageants, but it’s a compost bin, for heaven’s sakes. Plus, it’s free, so that makes up for it. We’re on a roll at The Hunky Foreman’s house to slowly turn it into an urban farm, and it’s long been in [...]
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Ever see this on your trees? Funky growth from the lower trunk or the base? Those are suckers, and you want to get ‘em out of there. I could end this post there–after all, that’s what you need to know!–but I want to tell you what’s going on and why you should remove this growth. [...]
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It’s amazing to me that I’ve never really gotten into planting bulbs before. I’ve done bearded iris, which I love, but that’s about it. And every spring I see these gorgeous pics in garden magazines that show groups of daffodils, tulips and other spring-flowering bulbs exploding in pots. This year, I’m doing it. Now, I’m [...]
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