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Mother Earth’s Garden

Archive for July 2007

July 7th, 2007

Outlets

Almost every gardener has another hobby on the side. An outlet, something other than plants, water, and dirt. We’d go crazy if we didn’t, constantly obsessing over our plants because we have nothing better to do! This is mine. I was very into art in high school, but never took it […]

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July 7th, 2007

Knee High by the Fourth of July

They say that in order to ensure having a good harvest before the first frost, your corn should be knee high by the Fourth of July. This picture was taken three days ago. Do you think I made it?
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July 6th, 2007

Redbud

I realized that it has been a while since I wrote anything on trees. Since I recently acquired a small shoot of a Redbud tree, I figured this would be a great place to start back up!
Redbud
Along with Dogwood, Redbud is a beautiful tree to have for early spring. It’s small flowers bloom […]

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July 3rd, 2007

Grow Light Delima

I’m wanting to start doing some of my container gardening indoors. The windows in our apartment face mostly north and east. Which means very little sunlight comes in during the day. So growing plants indoors will inevitably mean getting some artificial light at some point. We really don’t have the space […]

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July 3rd, 2007

Aloe Plant Basics

I don’t claim to be an aloe plant expert, but I have learned a few things since getting this aloe plant that you might find useful as well!
Aloe plants are succulents, not cacti. This being said, they need more water than cacti, but still less than normal plants. What I’ve found works […]

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