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Gaillardia Native Wild Blanket Flower Fall Garden Butterfly Fresh Seeds

Purple Coneflower Echinacea Native Wild Flower Fall Garden Pollinator Fresh Seeds

Gaillardia Native Wild Blanket Flower Fall Garden Butterfly Fresh Seeds Gaillardia is a native wildflower, that is at home in the garden or meadow, and known as one of the top ten native pollinator plants to grow from seed at home. Gaillardia or blanket flower is a fast-growing perennial that tolerates dry conditions and full sun, thriving in a gravel garden or amongst meadow grasses. Blanket…

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Purple Coneflower Echinacea Native Wild Flower Fall Garden Pollinator Fresh Seeds

Echinacea Coneflower is a native wildflower, that is at home in the garden or meadow, and known as one of the top ten native pollinator plants to grow from seed at home. Echinacea, or Purple Coneflower, is a fast-growing perennial that tolerates dry conditions and full sun, enjoying a little shade in height of Summer, like Rudbeckia, prefers a free-draining, annually leaf-mulched soil. Echinacea…

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Agastache Lavender Hyssop Native Wild Flower Herb Garden Pollinator

Agastache Lavender Hyssop Native Wild Flower Herb Garden Pollinator Plant

Agastache Lavender Hyssop Native Wild Flower Herb Garden Pollinator Agastache Lavender Hyssop a native wildflower, at home in the herb garden and known as one of the top ten native pollinator plants to grow from seed at home. Fill your garden with wildlife by growing these anise-scented pollinator magnet perennials that also attract the American Goldfinch and Hummingbirds. I have grown…

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Free Hollyhock Seeds, for all - Revive Traditional Cottage Garden Values

Free Hollyhock Seeds, for all – Revive Traditional Cottage Garden Values

I have always been fascinated with seeds, they tell a story and they take you on a journey. Some you win some you learn from, seeds as with life teaches you to adapt and try again.Free Hollyhock Seeds for all. So my desire to share Free Seeds stems from an abundant Hollyhock seed harvest in 2020 and was further embedded after reading this charming article from 2013. Free Hollyhock Seeds, just…

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Hummingbird Garden Seed Gift Pack Pollinator Mix Perennial Flowers

Hummingbird Garden Seed Gift Pack Pollinator Mix Perennial Flowers

Hummingbird Garden Seed Gift Pack Pollinator Mix of Perennial Flowers. Delightful Hummingbird – Wild Garden Flower Seed Mix Pollinator Garden Seed Mix – Gift Set of Perennial Flowers A Gift of Natives – The Natural Gift The best way to invite hummingbirds to your garden is to fill it with lots and lots of colorful annual and perennial flowers. These hovering small birds are lovingly referred to…

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Five Best Milkweed for Supporting Butterflies and Pollinators

Five Best Milkweed for Supporting Butterflies and Pollinators

Five Best Milkweed for Supporting Butterflies and Pollinators at Home.

When you start a pollinator garden it is important to consider both the location and growing conditions, some milkweed will thrive in full sun others prefer shelter from the woodland edge.

Once you have identified the perfect location for your chosen milkweed, next you want to make sure the area retains adequate moisture

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Thankful for Songbirds and Sanctuary.

Thankful for Songbirds and Sanctuary.

It’s been quite a week as I contemplate the political juncture the Covid chaos as industry pivots to ill-timed regulations and unprecedented claims.

This gardener however has like many in the industry planned ahead for lockdown, worn masks, maintains cleanliness. Long nights brings the field workers to a short shift with Winter scolding land work to an abrupt end.

Gardeners remain gleeful,…

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How to Grow Grape Vines from Cuttings

How to Grow Grape Vines from Cuttings

How to Grow Grape Vines from Cuttings

When choosing plants to grow in a small space it is critical they meet certain criteria, are they productive, do they offer benefit to the environment, and can they be managed in small spaces?

Grapevines meet these requirements and many more in fact they have been part of civilizations since the age of the dinosaur and gathered by hunters foraging for…

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How to Grow Mexican Sunflowers from Seed attracting Monarch butterfly and Goldfinches.

How to Grow Mexican Sunflowers from Seed attracting Monarch butterfly and Goldfinches.

How to Grow Mexican Sunflowers from Seed attracting Monarch butterfly and Goldfinches. Masses of bright orange, red or yellow sunflowers from the fast growing South American native annual. 

Hard to believe that by simply sowing a few of these Tithonia rotundifolia Orange Mexican Sun Flowers in spring you can create a fast growing annual screen or provide height in a large sunny border.

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How to Grow a Cherry Tree from Fruit Seeds

How to Grow a Cherry Tree from Fruit Seeds

How to Grow a Cherry Tree from Fruit Seeds

Introduced to the US in the 1990s this is one of the most popular sour cherry trees, originating from Europe it is considered an increasingly popular compact fruiting cherry tree associated with chocolate fillings, liquo flavors and the main ingredient of cordials.

Cherry trees are available as several varieties, shapes, and sizes, therefore it is…

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Grow Cleome Spider Flower Pastel Pink Summer Tropical Annual from Seed.

Grow Cleome Spider Flower Pastel Pink Summer Tropical Annual from Seed.

When I choose annuals for my Summer planter display or to add extra pizazz to tired perennial borders, I always consider a plant’s maintenance needs and select plants that do not require dead-heading can tolerate drought and will flower all Summer.

A tall order for sun-loving annuals that will add a tropical feel during the hottest months of Summer.

There are a small group of…

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Outraged at the Stunted Salaries Offered in Horticulture Internationally in 2020

Outraged at the Stunted Salaries Offered in Horticulture Internationally in 2020

Driven to side step in my beloved role of head gardener simply to align my salary with cost of living I am furious that as I browse job vacancies in an industry I have cherished since first leaving school at 16.

Shocked to read the job description and salaries offered Head gardeners at just £18k how is that a justified salary for an all inclusive, lifestyle role that becomes a passion and…

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How to Grow Hollyhocks from Seed In Fall or Spring

How to Grow Hollyhocks from Seed In Fall or Spring

Hollyhock are often associated with the traditional English garden and yet there is so much more this handsome hummingbird magnet especially when grown outside of the typical cottage border layout.

Today Hollyhocks are popular all over the World, originating from Europe and Asia they are popular with traditional and modern garden designs where there long-flowering season and selection of…

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Trees are the answer to a sustainable planet - Intro: How to create an edible forest at home.

Trees are the answer to a sustainable planet – Intro: How to create an edible forest at home.

Finally a chance to get out of the city my 50th birthday I forwarded the perfect excuse to socially distance ourselves in a woodland forest retreat in the Poconos Mountains.

I hadn’t imagine we would find such tree covered solitude just a couple of hours outside of the busy bustling city of Philadelphia and just west of New York.

Having spent the last four months dealing with the confines…

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Plant Shopping for Bearded Garden Iris Online.

Plant Shopping for Bearded Garden Iris Online. #igrowhort

Bearded Iris often get lot’s of attention in Spring, the long-awaited flowers excite and stimulate the senses, whilst many a keen gardener considers adding to the color palette by shopping or exchanging some prized rhizomes.vibrant and healthy

Iris need regular diving to keep them vibrant and healthy. https://igrowhort.com/iris-root-rot-success-with-iris-begins-with-good-hygiene/

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Backyard Natives Growing Naturally a City Growers Guide

Backyard Natives Growing Naturally a City Growers Guide

Gardening need not be limited by space, even a concrete yard can produce greenery and flowers for wildlife and fresh homegrown produce on a budget. Backyard natives can guide you every step of an exciting journey in growing naturally from home. Managing a small garden or yard takes some planning and constant evaluation by adopting a kitchen potager that meets the native country garden style.

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Mother Wise Words - Gets Essential Jobs Done!

Mother Wise Words – Gets Essential Jobs Done!

Incredibly grateful to have been selected a role, only a few months ago that classes my job as an essential worker.

Strange to be heading to work while everyone-else deals with quarantine and becomes stay at home parents.

Mothers become teacher’s, fathers find a new talent for home improvement and kids hardly leave the bedroom.

Using this time wisely will pay a dividend for our…