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Fragrant Lilies for Your Flower Garden

Add some flare to your flower garden with taller and fragrant lilies!

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A Successful Garden- Soil Preparation

Key ingredients of a good garden bed are oxygen, nutrients, and water. 

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A Brown Thumb = A Green Thumb

A Brown Thumb = A Green Thumb

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Perennials- The Most Beautiful and Least Costly of Your Landscape

Perennials force you to save money!

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How to Save $ and Have the Garden You Want

You can double or triple your plant collection.

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Seed Propagation- Are You Ready?

It is time to make a decision.

Planting a seed, seeing it sprout, and develop into a mature plant is a rewarding experience. Being able to select your favorite plants, colors, and as many as you want is icing on the cake. Add to that big savings! Buying bedding plants is much easier (compared to propagating), more expensive although there is a greater survival ratio.

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Gardening Your Way to a Healthy Spirit

Gardening Your Way to a Healthy Mind, Body and Spirit (continued)

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Gardening Your Way to a Healthy Body

A Healthy Mind, Body, and Spirit

In my last post, we discussed how gardening contributes to a healthy mind. Of how gardening repositions my thought process. Focusing on my difficulties has moved from the “forefront” (conscious) to the “back” (subconscious) of my mind. My conscious mind is now requiring less energy by focusing on mundane things like weeding, pruning, or just digging in the dirt.

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Planting Spring Bulbs

Planning for Spring, Summer, and Fall

Oriental Lilies Dahlia Mixture Now is the time to plan out your bulb plants and get them ordered. Buying bulbs online (Springhill, Dutch Gardens, etc.) is the best way to find the specific bulbs you are looking for. It is great to be able to buy at your local garden center, but finding what you are looking for can be a daunting task. Much less the gasoline burned going from one place to another searching. It makes sense to me to plan out what you want and order them from the comfort of your home. And let’s face it, the eager anticipation of arrival can be exciting.

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Garden Your Way to Health- Mind, Body, and Spirit

The Three Facets of Health

Being healthy is not just having a healthy body. Being healthy includes having a healthy mind, healthy body, and a healthy spirit. It takes all three to be a truly healthy person. Gardening fosters all three. This is my personal experience.

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