50 articles on "leaves"

Easter Lilies, and the Number One Gardening Question Right Now

Everybody asks about Easter lilies! Can they go outside; can I plant them in my garden? And to this I reply, "Why not?" Like other bulbs,there are two options if you plant your leftover Easter lily bulbs - either they will live and flower for many ye...

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Dandelions! This Common Weed is a Wonderful Spring Tonic

Dandelions! This Common Weed is a Wonderful Spring Tonic by: Cori Young Those Glorious Dandelions! Dandelions Taraxacum officinale (composite family) Spring is coming! Starting about this time every year I find myself craving bitter flavors. My...

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The Gratitude Wreath

The Gratitude Wreath by: Rondi Hillstrom Davis and Janell Sewall Oakes Bring a little bit of autumn indoors. Family and friends help create this wreath by sharing what they are thankful for on brightly colored leaves. Every member of the family ...

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The Top 10 Things to Know About Transitions

1. The involuntary ones are the hardest. 2. Transitions bring periods of deep introspection. 3. Transitions cause us to question who we are and who we'll be when they're over. 4. All transitions involve a loss. 5. Transitions involve ambiva...

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Fall Lawn Care

I wish I had indulged my yard in a little tender-loving fall lawn care. Today I’m looking out my window at an all-too familiar Midwestern winter. Snow for Christmas and then a few days of warmth melted the insulating blanket away, leaving my lawn b...

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Watering Your Orchids

Watering Your OrchidsOnce you get the hang of it you will be a pro at watering. Most orchid plants are epiphytes (air plants) and we are used to watering plants in soil. Air plants have pseudo pods which take up the water and hold it for the plants t...

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Healthy Garden Soil - Composting; how, when, & why

In the soft, warm bosom of a decaying compost heap, a transformation from life to death and back again is taking place. Life is leaving the living plants of yesterday, but in their death these leaves and stalks pass on their vitality to the coming ge...

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Balm of Gilead

Balm of Gilead (Cedronella canariensis) Jeremiah 46:11 Go up to Gilead and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt; In vain you will use many medicines; You shall not be cured. Words & Music: African-American spiritual.There is a balm in GileadTo ...

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Medicinal Properties of Bitter Melon - Good for Diabetics

Medicinal Properties of Bitter Melon - Good for Diabetics by: Junji Takano Bitter Melon is the English name of Momordica charantia, a climbing vine whose leaves and green fruits, although bitter, has been used to fight cancer, diabetes and many ...

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Caring for aquatic pond plants

Caring for aquatic plantsLong after the impatiens have been pulled out, water gardeners are still hoping for that last lily bloom. For some reason, we want to squeeze every leaf, bud and blossom out of our aquatic plants before winter. Unfortunately,...

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