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Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169448) • United States 18 Mar 25

I have the back of an old toilet tank in my yard. I grow catnip in it. Bruno never noticed it last year, when it was growing and tall. It has reseeded itself and come up. He discovered it. Bruno has been trying to roll in the...

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Not There Yesterday!

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (21503) • London, England 30 Jun 24

While flowers aren’t popping up all over, it was nice to see some poppies making an appearance. There are four blossoming at the moment. No sign of the brilliant yellow of the California Poppies, but with the red ones showing up...

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Check Out My Rare Find From Yesterday

CarolDM @CarolDM (203396) • Nashville, Tennessee 27 Aug 22

Made a run to the local co-op store here in town yesterday. This blue planter caught my eye. Mainly because I love this shade of "Eeyore" blue. On closer inspection I saw that is was a retro nostalgic planter. I am sure some of...

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DIY Water Bottle Planter

Thelma @thelme55 (79311) • Germany 22 Apr 20

I was creative again. As always, I have recycled things, this time from a 5-liter water container. I made 2 flower planters from one empty water bottle. Just a simple paint of acrylic color. I have repotted my nursery zinnias to...

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Am I Crazy, or is it a Crazy Thief?

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169448) • United States 22 Apr 19

Last year, we replaced the toilets in both bathrooms. I kept the tanks and lids to make large porcelain out door planters. In the green one (yes, green) I had lemon thyme and lemon verbena. The lemon thyme is winter hardy. I...

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Outside Time, a Little

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169448) • United States 24 Mar 19

We have now reached that in between time of the year. Any day may start with sun, then turn to clouds, or rain, or sleet or hail or all of the above. That is what happened Saturday. I took a big black plastic trash bag and...

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What kind of house warming gifts do you like to give and receive?

Jesuslovesme @MsBooklover (3974) • United States 22 Apr 18

https://thatsweetgift.com/segreto-creative-plants-flower-pot-for-succulent-plants/ I just found this planter. I think it is so adorable. Do people still give this kind of gift for a housewarming or some similar event?

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I Scored Big at Goodwill.

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169448) • United States 10 Jun 16

While we were out running around we went to Goodwill. I got a brand name high end bathing suit that was new and never worn for myself. There is a cute craft I was going to need to buy some wooden pieces for from Hobby Lobby....

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Lemon Balm Grows Well in Water

Dr. Ann @drannhh (15219) • United States 27 Sep 15

I am not a good dirt gardener, so for me it is such a blessing that so many fine plants flourish without soil. This lemon balm lives in one of AeroGarden's newly designed space saving electronic planters. The roots are...

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Looking for the prefect plant for this container..please help !

sunshine37 @sunshine37 (450) • United States 22 Feb 11

Hello, my lotters..I need your help I have had this face themed planter for several years now, and nothing I plant in it looks good. I cannot literally plant in it unless I drill drainage holes, so that could be a problem, since...

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Look What Crawled Out of a Hole

Dr. Ann @drannhh (15219) • United States 15 Nov 09

When I put a plant outdoors I bury one empty pot and then put the plant in another one of the same size so that they nest together. That way I can move my plants around without having to dig them up. But when I lifted a plant...

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Anybody heard of this or tried it before?

macdingolinger @macdingolinger (10385) • United States 6 May 09

I am staying in a nursing facility with my son who is in a long recovery process from an automobile accident. My friend knows how I love my fresh veggies. She brought me this planter the other day that we were able to put outside...

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Thank God For Friends and Neighbors

SinfulSweet @SinfulSweet (146) • Canada 12 Nov 08

Well here is my story of gratitude for the day. I was having coffee over at my friend and neighbor Jackie's place after dropping my son off at school. I had the baby with me and figured if I needed anything I could just run home...

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Any good way of washing strawberry?

xiangclzx @xiangclzx (33) • China 27 Oct 08

It's a little difficult for me to wash strawberry cleanlily. I heard from friends that in order to keep away from pest or insect, the planter use heavy pesticide which is really hard to wash away. I always dip it into salt water...

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I Propagated My First Rose Bush!

mentalward @mentalward (14690) • United States 24 Oct 08

I'm so happy! My son bought a house that had a rose bush in the front yard. When it blossomed this summer, I was awe-stricken at the beautiful shade of red of the roses! I can't describe the color, only that it was the most...

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I feel like a giant bruise

Carolyn63 @Carolyn63 (1403) • United States 7 Oct 08

It's amazing where you have muscles. We have been doing a lot of work on the house and I have been planting herbs and flowers. Now you must understand, in the past, if I planted it, chances were it was going to die and quickly. I...

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How to handle other grown women?

reinydawn @reinydawn (11642) • United States 21 Sep 08

Oh my gosh... I'm going to try to make this brief, but still give you some of the background. I was totally humiliated by a neighbor and I'm not sure what to do about it... I am a member of our communities Ladies Auxiliary. We...

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Thinking of making a raised flower bed next year

dragon54u @dragon54u (31633) • United States 20 Jul 08

I put some flowers outside my garage and it was a good idea, really brightened up the yard but my dogs love to walk through them and pee all over the flowers and dirt. I was thinking of putting down a double row of concrete blocks...

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Security with a smile.

ruby222 @ruby222 (4847) 17 Jul 08

A young man who owns a security firm has pledged to make the security industry more pleasing to the eye.He believes everything from burglar alarms to CCTVs can be aesthetically pleasing, cheering eveople are paranoid,' says...

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No Microwaves In My House!

DivineLight50 @DivineLight50 (45) • Canada 5 Jul 08

I just joined a site about lycophene it seems like a pretty good site.I'm very interested about the subject.One subject that got my attention is recipes for microwaves.I never wanted a microwave in my house.I never found it...

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