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December 2009

Comment Contest With a Great Prize from Botanical Interests

December 7, 2009
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In case you haven’t heard, Botanical Interests has come out with 16 gift collections, one of which is a collection of container gardening seeds. Each collection contains seed packets that are packaged in a nice box with a festive bow. If you want to inspire someone to garden (or help feed an existing passion), one […]

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Fullerton Arboretum Succulent Sale

December 6, 2009
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I went to check out the Fullerton Arboretum’s Cactus and Succulent Sale this weekend. Arboretums and botanical gardens are great alternative places to find interesting plants at reasonable prices. At this particular sale, there was an assortment of people selling pups and cuttings from their plants. They were all really friendly and knowledgeable. It was […]

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Exciting Changes Coming for Life on the Balcony

December 4, 2009
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I really appreciate all the feedback you guys have been giving me in the State of the Balcony survey. If you haven’t taken the survey yet, please take a second to do so. It’s only 9 questions long, I’m sure you could complete the whole thing in 5 minutes or less. I promise that your […]

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Using 2010 Color Predictions to Plan Next Year’s Container Garden

December 3, 2009
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Nell of Secrets of a Seed Scatterer came up with a great idea that I think could be easily applied to container gardening. Nell got the idea to use Pantone’s color forecast for 2010 to pick color combinations in the garden. Brilliant! Acording to Pantone, the three top colors for Spring 2010 are aurora yellow, […]

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Autumn Crocus

December 1, 2009
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This past September 26th came and went without a birthday card or any other acknowledgement from my two brothers. I thought they both somehow forgot. It seemed pretty hard to believe. My birthday has been on the 26th of September for the past 28 years, and they were alive for 26 and 19 of those […]

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