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Create a Beautiful Yard with Garden Lights

It does not take just an amazing array of flowers to make a garden truly stand out. Other embellishments accent and highlight the natural beauty of the garden and makes your home genuinely inviting. Consider lighting your garden. Garden lights not only provide for easier access through your yard, but also allows for the floral [...]

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Different Types of Gazebos

Gazebos are great additions to any garden landscape. People can greatly benefit from these structures. They can be made into a home office, playhouse for kids, lounge, or simply a place to relax and enjoy. They may even be turned into a special venue for special events such as weddings and parties.
There are many different [...]

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Ground Broken on White House Vegetable Garden

Today First Lady Michelle Obama with elementary school children began preparing a plot on the White House lawn for a vegetable and herb garden.
As a gardener, I could not be happier to see a return to our roots. Of course, I am not wanting to go back to the horse and carriage days, but [...]

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Happy Holidays!

Well, folks, it’s the holiday season and yes, we are taking a break.  We have some traveling ahead of us and we need to get home in time for the big holiday dinner.  This year we are having a community holiday dinner with neighbors and extended families and friends.  I believe Maya said we are [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving!

We would like to take this opportunity to wish a Happy Thanksgiving to all our regular readers.  We will be taking a short holiday until the December 1, 2008 so we can enjoy some time with family and friends.
For any of you who may read Maya’s Online Gratitude Journal, you know that life in the [...]

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Enjoying Your Garden

Most of think of the work a flower garden, vegetable garden, or a herb garden requires. Whether you love colorful flowers, enjoy the fresh taste of home grown tomatoes and fresh ears of corn, or love the savory flavors added by freshly picked herbs, a garden can provide year round enjoyment if properly planned [...]

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Solar Power for the Greenhouse

I suppose in truth this is an advertisement. But, I am posting it only because it works!
Recently, a group of high school kids more or less adopted some of us older folks. In fact, they seem to have become enamoured with the greenhouse. It’s a neighborhood thing, I suppose.  While I’m not going to go [...]

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Path to Freedom: Getting Started Growing Food

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How Much Food Can I Grow Around My House?

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Community Gardens

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