April 18th, 2008
We have yellow daffodils blooming. These are the same daffodils that were just starting to bud on Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day. Enjoy!
Photo (c) Linette Gerlach
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April 18th, 2008
Gardening is a great way to get reconnected as a family with Mother Earth. You can start a garden even in a small space, or container. Earth Day is a great day to start your garden this year if you haven’t already started digging in the dirt. Go plant a new tree, or some […]
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April 17th, 2008
I found these little Spring Beauties in the backyard tonight. They started coming up on their own a few years ago under one of our big trees. A little birdie must have planted them there.
Image: (c) Linette Gerlach
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April 15th, 2008
I have daffodils blooming just in time for garden blogger’s bloom day. This spring seems so late, my tulips were really close to blooming last year at this time. This year all I have is leaves so far. My pussy willow bloomed a couple weeks ago, then it was loaded with bees for a couple […]
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April 14th, 2008
Gardening doesn’t have to be a dreaded chore for children, a way for parents to torture them every summer (unless you want to torture your children every summer).
Here are a 6 ways you can encourage your children to enjoy their time in the garden.
1. Let them have their own spot in the […]
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April 12th, 2008
Everyone is talking about gardening. There are so many great links this week, I’m excited to bring you my weekend links post. Check out all these great posts.
Junk Creation has the many uses of baked orange cups, and WWII helmets made into turtle sculptures for the garden.
Kettle and Cup invites you to grow […]
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April 11th, 2008
It seems like everyone else has daffodil blooms, I’ve had daffodil envy for the last couple weeks. Now I have a few buds that are going to be blooms in time for this month’s Garden Bloom Day. I always get so excited about those first Spring blooms.
Here are my daffodil buds getting cozy with […]
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April 11th, 2008
The $30 cash winner from the April giveaway at Mother Earth’s Garden is Erica Brunt, selected by Random.org. I will be contacting Erica in the next day or two to find out where to Paypal her cash to.
A huge thank you to everyone who participated. I have a great selection of post ideas […]
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April 9th, 2008
I’m ready for some early spring greens, onions, and potatoes. Especially now, since prices are so high at the grocery. I recently had the opportunity to take a look at the new Cooking Light Complete Cookbook: A Fresh New Way to Cook from Cooking Light of course. They have a whole section on using […]
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April 8th, 2008
Why should you get your children involved in gardening? Here are some reasons I came up with, please feel free to add your own in the comment section.
1. Gardening is a great outdoor hobby for children, they have plenty of indoor hobbies (watching TV, playing video games Ugh!). Get them outside in the […]
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