The ZZ Plant

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While you are updating your outdoor gardens and flowerbeds this season, don’t forget to look for favorite household plants too. One of my favorite is the ZZ plant, or the “Zamioculcas zamiifolia [which] is such a mouthful to say that […]

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Spring: Splitting Hosta Plants

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This is the largest clump of hosta shoots that we have in our yard. Each spring, we try to split the hosta so that we can continue to have more hosta plants interspersed among our hydrangea plants. For the most […]

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Blooming Beauties: Hydrangeas

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It’s that time in West Tennessee—-the season of renewal. Our (Litsa’s) hydrangea plants are showcasing their beautiful new green leaves. These tiny little leaves grow each day—after every raindrop and the many rays of sunlight. It’s amazing to walk through […]

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Gardening: Seedlings & Seed Leaves

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A week ago I finally got around to starting some of my warm weather seeds such as cucumbers, tomatoes and squash. The cucumber ans squash seedlings emerge really quickly. The tomatoes, herbs and peppers are a little slower to germinate. […]

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Design Your Dream Garden

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No matter how big or small your garden dreams, it’s always a good idea to start with a plan. With the free garden planning tool that makes creating a garden fun and easy, you can Plan-a-Garden! Go to www.BHG.com/Planner to […]

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Vegetable Gardening: To Do List for March

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After several weeks of very cold weather, snow and ice, the weather is starting to look more like Spring in many parts of the country. Every region will vary slightly with their garden to do list. However, most regions can […]

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Gardening: Starting Seeds Indoors

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Even though there is snow on the ground, I have started my vegetable garden seeds indoors! I still have more seeds to start, but had to make due with the supplies I had on hand since we were snowed in. […]

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Gardening: Where to Find Seed Catalogs

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Even though winter is sticking around according to the groundhog, I am dreaming of my Spring vegetable garden! A few weeks ago seed catalogs started arriving in my mailbox. Flipping through the catalogs and planning my vegetable garden make these […]

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