I just got this great plant, a majestic palm, for the office in our house. I got a great deal on the plant and have been looking for just the right pot. In the meantime, I sort of haven’t been watering the plant. It’s not looking so good right now.
In the interest of keeping the [...]

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Okay so I put in the seeds, ignore it and it does all the feeding and watering work for me? Sweet!
The Prepara Power Plant is basically a soilless indoor gardening system. You can grow herbs, fresh flowers or any plant you want.
Based on reviews, I’d stick with herbs or something small since this is [...]

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Wouldn’t it be nice to have a bright “Big Smile” sunflower to chase away the winter blues?
This sunflower kit comes with seeds for the “Smiles” and compost. The compost is made from a certain Vermont-made gourmet ice cream. Hmmm, wonder who that could be?? You can grow your flowers right in the container.
Terra Fuela Sunflower [...]

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I’ve found a new catalog (it wasn’t my fault - I promise!) that I truly love.
It’s called Gardener’s Supply and I think I love everything in their catalog. Everything. And not only that, if you don’t want to have more paper in the form of catalogs in your life their website is fantastic.
I [...]

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Here in our part of Texas they just raised our water rates 40 percent.
No, that’s not a typo. Forty Percent!?!?!
Because of that, many of us in the neighborhood are doing what we can to conserve water. A rain barrel is great for saving water that hits your roof and usually just runs off into [...]

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