November 2010
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A Book That Fattens Your Wallet and Warms Your Home
If you're interested in reducing your energy bills and making your landscaping more beautiful, Sue Reed's book, Energy-Wise Landscape Design belongs on your holiday gift list.
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Use chairs as a canvas for eye-popping color!
In this Michigan garden, the designer didn't stop with just one paint color when dressing up his patio chairs. He went all out with colorful plaids and polka dots! Paired…
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You must pass the creatures of the pool to get cool…
In Laura Crockett's garden in Oregon, foam pool noodles lend a playful alien flair to the clumps of miscanthus at the entrance to her kids' pool. Some curlicue metal antennae…
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Kitchen Gardening
The Winter Pomegranate Harvest
Remember back in grade school when pomegranates would make our lunch sacks heavy?
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READER PHOTO! Lemonade from lemons
Today's post is from Katherine Davis. She says, "I had an old oak that had to come down but I thought it would be nice to save part of the…
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Give Thanks to The Garden Today
Before you settle down for Thanksgiving take a walk outside and give thanks.
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Paint the garden red! Or green…or blue…
Got a dead tree nagging you? An old broken bike hanging around the shed? A junk pile waiting for a trip to the dump? Marry one of those things with…
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Kitchen Gardening
How to Protect Your Garden Plants From Frost
By throwing down just one hard frost, Old Man Winter can kill all but the hardiest of vegetables.
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Thanksgiving: A Time to Celebrate and Count Our Blessings
Thanksgiving is a celebration for giving thanks--being thankful for our bounteous harvests, food on the table, a roof over our heads, good health and friends and family.