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Here’s How to Befriend the Birds, Bees, and Butterflies on Your Balcony

May 17, 2010
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This month’s container gardening blog carnival is about a topic that is near and dear to my heart: wildlife-supporting gardens. I first became interested in gardening after my 10 year old self read a book about planting wildlife-friendly plants in suburban backyards. Attracting bees, hummingbirds, and the like is always a goal in my gardens. [...]

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Container Gardening Grab Bag 5/14

May 14, 2010
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This really is the best time of year for garden blogging, the great posts continue this week. I could also use your wildlife gardening posts for the May carnival, and you definitely want to see the bouquet Mary grew herself. Pretty cool!

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Share Your Wildlife-Supporting Ideas in the May Container Carnival!

May 3, 2010
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It’s time for the May blog carnival! Yesterday I read an article about the continued decline of the honeybee worldwide. It seems clear that we don’t know what is causing the disappearance of whole hives, and certainly don’t know how to prevent them. There isn’t much you or I can do, except provide the best [...]

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‘Spitfire’ Nasturtium Container Combination Ideas

May 2, 2010
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Almost all of my nasturtium seeds germinated, though some scarification methods were better than others. Interestingly, the only seeds that did not germinate were the seeds soaked in warm water for 3 hours. Even the ones with no scarification eventually germinated, though only after waiting for 15 days! The best method was chipping the seed [...]

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Container Gardening Grab Bag 04/16

April 16, 2010
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This week’s grab bag is pretty eclectic, which is how I like it! We’ve got everything from a book giveaway, to photos of LOTB readers’ metal animal sculptures, to a garden gnome census. Oh, and be sure to check out my guest post on goodLife {eats}. It’s an overview of edible container gardening.

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Container Gardening Grab Bag 04/09

April 9, 2010
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Last week’s grab bag was well received, so I decided to make it an ongoing series. This week’s post includes everything from bad garden humor to succulent container garden photos to one of the hottest topics in gardening this week: window farming.

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My Brother’s DIY Modern Bird Feeder

March 8, 2010
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I have two wonderful brothers that live much, much too far away. Ben is 26 and lives in Philadelphia where he works as a software programmer of some sort (what he does is completely over my head). David is 19 and in college in Vermont; he plans on becoming a Navy submarine officer. They’re both [...]

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3 Insects You Should NEVER Kill

February 12, 2010
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This being Friday, you know I am just dying to share some of the great info I learned in my Master Gardener class. Yesterday’s class was taught by a highly regarded entomologist and was all about the insects we’re likely to find in the typical Southern California garden. While listening to the lecture and dutifully [...]

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Bees’ Favorite Colors are Blue and Yellow

January 29, 2010
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A lot of people are interested in planting flower gardens that will support bees. And there is no reason why container gardeners can’t do their part to support bees. In fact, urban gardeners should help “re-green” their surroundings as much as possible to help support wildlife that was displaced by development. In my master gardener [...]

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10 Questions to Ask Yourself When Planning Your Container Garden This Year

January 15, 2010
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This is the time of year when everyone goes crazy with seed and plant catalogs. Who can resist gorgeous photos of vegetables and flowers with equally tantalizing descriptions? It doesn’t help that the catalog deluge hits mid-winter when people are feeling a little cabin fever. But if you want to have a happy, healthy container [...]

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