New Beginings In A New Garden Part Two

This post is continued from April 28th my last post. I know it took awhile, but the weather here keeps changing from warm to cold. I’m sure now that it will stay warm for the rest of the growing season. I am in the process of also buying this home within the next month or . . . → Read More: New Beginings In A New Garden Part Two

New Beginings In A New Garden

I moved into a new home in December.  The backyard isn’t that big but it will have to do. Since I don’t have much room I will be planting in container and pots like I normally do. Hope fully in a couple of months my sister and I (yes I live with my sister) will . . . → Read More: New Beginings In A New Garden

Orchid Fetish

I know the title sounds corny, but this is what I thought of. I went to a grocery store called Aldi’s, they had Orchids on sale for $9.99. Most times you can’t find orchids this cheap. Actually I only wanted two orchids, but that had different colors and I couldn’t choose which two I wanted . . . → Read More: Orchid Fetish

Garden Pics Part Three

I know I promised about a month ago to have new garden pics. It has been hot here, so every time I came home from work my plants looked bad from the heat, so I couldn’t take pics right away, so now here are a couple that are in full bloom and much bigger plants . . . → Read More: Garden Pics Part Three

Gardening Pics Continued

Hello everyone in the blog world. As promised here are more of my container gardening pics, I hope you enjoy them as much as I had planting them. Comments are welcome, so don’t hesitate to leave some. Thank You and as always Happy Gardening, wherever you live.

Calla Lily

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Garden Pics for 2011

First I want to say I’m sorry for not posting lately. I was going to wait until my flowered containers were more in full bloom.  First time ever I have had groundhog eating my marigolds on my front sidewalk (this is where my containers for planting are).  So before they do I wanted to take . . . → Read More: Garden Pics for 2011

Texas Size Cactus

These pictures that I took at the conservatory are from the Cactus Room. I never saw such huge cactus ever until I was there, that is why I am calling them Texas size. I’m sorry I forgot to get their names, because I was so over whelmed by them. I know bad blogger bad. lol.

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Phenomenal Orchids

This is continued from yesterdays post and more will follow.

I was so much in awe at the Orchid Room at the conservatory, so many different kinds, and so many colors. That is one room I did not want to leave.

What is an orchid?

An orchid is a member of the largest and most . . . → Read More: Phenomenal Orchids

Flower Heaven

On Saturday May 7th, I went to our local Conservatory. It is called the Phipps Conservatory here in Pittsburgh. As I was walking through it I swear I was in flower heaven, the smells were wonderful. I never saw so many flowers. tropical plants and such vibrant colors. It was breathe taking to say the . . . → Read More: Flower Heaven

Fels-Naptha Soap

Today I would like to talk a bit about Fels-Naptha Soap. Yes I know its mosly used for laundry, stains and so forth. But its also excellent for poison Ivy, in case you come in contact with it. The poison ivy on clothes is called a resin, which can last on your clothes for up . . . → Read More: Fels-Naptha Soap

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