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Most people think they are just for decoration. . .

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169564) • United States 16 Dec 23

I am talking about the miniature pumpkins the stores have in the fall. For one of our classroom projects we bought some. I did not get around to decorating the one they gave me. So today I cooked it. I had heard of doing this,...

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The problem with ornamental grass…

Fleur @Fleura (35092) • United Kingdom 17 May 23

…is that it isn’t easy to tell if you have the right plant! Last autumn I saw some ornamental grasses for sale in one of the supermarkets, Lidl or Aldi, I can’t remember which. The prices seemed good so I bought a selection of...

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Cactus and Succulent

Loriejane Almira D. Quiboloy @Loriejane22 (132) 14 Dec 18

"Green Thumb" they say but theres no man in this world are "black thumb" hope youll get what i mean. When i was a kid i really love planting, whenever i see stems, seeds even the grass i planted it but those are the days i hardly...

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Obscure Word Of The Day Abaculus

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 15 Jun 18

A Latin word (not Greek as suggested on some pages) used in English, Abaculus refers to coloured patterned glass and porcelain tiling, as often used in ornate paving mosaics. The designs nay be simple or complex. The word sounds...

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I really want to have a bigger aquarium

Rusmini @Rusmini (99) 26 Oct 17

Is it true to keep ornamental fish as well as our health? If you have never known before, then it will certainly ask the same thing. In simple view without giving maximum results except in create an ornamental fish business. Just...

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My brother gave me quince.

writersedge @writersedge (22563) • United States 13 Oct 12

The quince he gave me are very sour and somewhat bitter. I did many different recipes. One was way tooo sweet, one the sour and bitter were still too much. One didn't have much taste at all. I still have tons of quince. I'm sick...

ripen in paper bags

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What about the salad?

celticeagle @celticeagle (189957) • Boise, Idaho 11 Apr 12

I don't like salads. I don't things I like and some I don't in a clump together. I like most vegetables but really like them seperate. And I am not big on lettuce because usually, unless I fix it myself, it is alot of the white...

homemade vinegrette

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an oregano plant... is it just ornamental?

macdingolinger @macdingolinger (10385) • United States 17 May 10

I actually saw an oregano plant this weekend. It was like 15 dollars though. I wondered after I left if it was just ornamental? Is that possible? I wouldn't mind buying it if I can actually use it! Do you know of any such thing?

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Dang Squirrel and Rabbit

webeishere @webeishere (36313) • United States 18 Jun 08

Okay these were a couple things I bought at an auction early this year. They had been sitting in the strawberry patch. But they have gotten so big the critters were buried under the leaves etc. Seeing as I did some landscape...

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Her Gift... A Spider Catcher!:)

Darkwing @Darkwing (21583) 18 Jan 08

Yesterday, was my eldest Granddaughter's sixteenth birthday, and I had to smile when I saw the gift little Lauren had bought her. Neither of the girls like spiders in their room. Lauren already has a conker in each corner of...

release spider outside

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