My-Garden-World Blog

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

A Brown Thumb = A Green Thumb

You can double or triple your plant collection.

Gardening is about enjoying the smell of things growing in the soil, getting dirty without feeling guilty, and generally taking the time to soak up a little peace and serenity. ~Lindley Karstens, noproblemgarden.com

Thank you for your compliments on this blog- “Fall Gardening Tips” and “Christmas Cactus Care”. Sometimes I feel like there is no one out there, then comes a comment or two, like yours, that lifts my spirits. It makes it all worth it.

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant’s point of view. ~H. Fred Dale

Best Practices for Watering

I forgot to include a picture of my Christmas in my last post. Here it is:

I thought this was a good read and wanted to share it. Just a few of you may be feeling pretty guilty right now. You may have either let your flowers burn slap up this summer or helplessly watched as they drowned, as the case may be. Or sadly, due to lack of time, energy [...]

Hot and Busy!I don’t see how it can get any hotter than it has been already. Our heat index down here in south Mississippi has ranged from 95 to 107 degrees over the past few weeks. Along with it a drought. It has been a struggle to keep our plants alive.