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Check Out My Article on Fiskars.com About Creating Succulent Containers

November 2, 2010
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Unlike most of the country, some of the hottest days of the year are still yet to come for Southern California and the rest of the Southwest. Hot, dry winds are brutal on plants, but especially those growing in containers. They dry out plants faster than the plant can draw up water through its roots, [...]

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Colorful Succulent Containers for Low Maintenance Beauty

August 4, 2010
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Container Gardening Grab Bag 6/18

June 18, 2010
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Mike has a pretty neat idea to make about how to make a self-watering pot out of a soda bottle and t-shirt. Interested in vermicomposting (composting with worms)? Genevieve has got you covered. Take out your iPod and load it up with the latest Nest in Style podcast with hosts Jayme and Theresa chatting it [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: Succulent Photos

May 26, 2010
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Photos from this succulent container idea.

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Container Gardening Grab Bag – 5/7

May 7, 2010
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Lots of good news in my neck of the woods. For starters, I’m graduating from the Master Gardener training program this weekend, so on Saturday I will officially be a certified Master Gardener. I should be able to share more details about some other good news soon. This week was also good in that there [...]

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Succulent Container Idea

April 21, 2010
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Next to edible plants, succulents are probably one of the hottest topics in the gardening world. They’re sculptural, and modern looking, and are much easier to care for than vegetables. I know whenever I (re)read Debra Lee Baldwin’s book on succulent container gardening, I want to run outside and combine my succulents in new ways.

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Succulent Container Gardens – The Perfect Mix of Stunning Photos and Useful Information

February 22, 2010
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As you all know, I have been waiting for Debra Lee Baldwin’s latest book to come out for some time. And I am here to tell you that Succulent Container Gardens lives up to all of my hopes and expectations for the book. So many gardening books skimp of good quality color photographs. This book [...]

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Can’t Wait for “Succulent Container Gardens” to Come Out!

January 19, 2010
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I just spotted this video promo of Debra Baldwin’s latest succulent book called Succulent Container Gardens. I have been excited about this book since I saw the cover several months ago, but this video has really got me salivating. The photography is gorgeous, and the combinations of plants and pots are stunning. I can’t wait [...]

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Gardening links for 2009-08-30

August 30, 2009

This is a pretty useful website if you're looking for color combination ideas: http://www.colorcombos.com/ # Looking for vegetarian recipes served up fresh to you on Facebook? Look no further my friends… http://bit.ly/2DxSlo # Are you a beginning gardener & want to grow something edible? Check out this list w/ links to growing directions: http://bit.ly/3WYbta # [...]

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Gardening links for 2009-08-29

August 29, 2009

I totally agree! RT @Gardenwiseguy: Palm Trees Are Stupid – Here’s why… http://shar.es/M1Wv # Inspired by Twitter & my friend @invisiblebees’s term “micro-bio” I’m thinking of doing 1? interviews. What do you think? Be honest! #

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