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We have three metal wind spinners on our property. I have one in a flower bed in our front yard and you’ll find the other two in a backyard gardening area. At one time they were colorful and looked beautiful in those areas. Over time …
Last month we got started on the 2020 gardening season. Hubby used the tiller to dig up our old garden bed and added new fertilizer into the soil. That entire process took him 3 days. Yes, it’s hard, back-breaking work! He then spent the next …
I love gardening and that includes growing a lot of indoor houseplants. Every spring and fall I like to spend time transplanting my houseplants into larger pots, replanting the baby plants into new pots and feeding my plants. How many of you enjoy indoor gardening?
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A lot of my friends & family members say that I have a green thumb. Well, not really. I just happen to use the right products and I maintain a schedule when it comes to caring for my indoor houseplants.
One product that I highly recommend to others is the Miracle-Gro Indoor Plant Food Spikes. This product helps your plants grow healthy and strong. Each spike will feed one plant for up to 2 months. With that said, I only use them twice a year…unless I’m having an issue with a specific plant then I might use them more frequently.
Each package comes with directions to teach you how to use them. Basically, you’ll use the included plastic aerator to make a hole in your soil, place the spike down into the hole, cover it up with soil and then water your plant. For most indoor plants you’ll use one spike but if you have a large planter…you may need to use two or three per container. That’s it, you’re done!
In the photo above you’ll see four baby aloe plants that I transplanted into a new pot with fresh potting soil and I inserted a new plant food spike. Those four baby aloe plants came off of my HUGE aloe plant that I keep in my sun room. A healthy plant will produce a ton of babies for you!!!
I’ve faithfully been using the Miracle-Gro Indoor Plant Food Spikes for about four years now and I swear by them! Within 4-6 weeks after I started using them I saw a dramatic improvement in how my indoor plants looked! Frankly, they all look healthy and strong. As an added bonus, many of my houseplants spawn off babies which I replant into new pots and give away to my friends and family.
Where do I get these little miracle spikes? Well…I personally buy them from Amazon at a really great price. You can also find them at your local garden centers and home stores. (I find that they’re cheaper from Amazon).
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We’ve been planting our own garden and harvesting the fruits of our labor for the past 15+ years. We enjoy planting our own tomatoes, bell peppers, cucumbers, peas, corn, cauliflower, watermelon, cantaloupe, onions, red beets, potatoes, green beans, and a few other things. * This …
One of the first things visitors see when they come to your home is your front yard (or backyard), depending on where they park. I’m the type of person who enjoys gardening and setting up pretty little areas around our yard. First impressions and curb …
Every year I look forward to spring and the start of the gardening season. First to bloom are my mini daffodils, daffodils, hyacinths, tulips, bleeding hearts and then my bearded iris will start blooming. From mid March through the end of May that’s what you’ll see in my flower beds and the order that they bloom.
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This year my bearded iris’s bloomed about 12 days later than what they usually bloom and I contribute that to our crappy winter weather that went on late in the season. Once we finally warmed up and had a good stretch of sunshine I saw them spring into action – pun intended.
Currently I have 4 different colors of bearded iris’s – Dark Purple, Blue-Purple, Peach, and Yellow. This coming fall we’re going to add some new colors to two of my flower beds. They grow really well here in the northeast with little to no care. I really wish that they would bloom a little bit longer!
Once they’re done blooming I’m trim them down and put in some colorful petunias, gardenias, impatients, marigolds, firecrackers and a few other things. I like color and a lot of it!!! Thankfully, a lot of our home and garden centers are already running big sales on their outdoor flowers which helps to save me money.
Today I wanted to show you just a few photographs of my bearded iris. Do you have any planted in your garden? What’s your favorite springtime flower? Do you have a brown or green thumb?
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Over the past few years I’ve shared with you my love for flower gardening. I’m by no means an expert and don’t pretend to be one. I’ve been enjoying gardening for the past 6 years and my love for it continues to grow. Every season …
A few months ago when we were down at the beach house I collected some bay scallop seashells off of the beach. The bay scallops along the Jersey Shore are typically black to dark gray in color. They are great shells to use in a …