Tag: gardening
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Beginner/Intermediate Gardeners: 3 Reasons Why You Need Drip Irrigation Right Now
As a beginner to intermediate gardener, you know that watering your garden can be time consuming and expensive. As a home gardener with a few years of gardening experience under my belt, who is taking a social media class from Northwestern University through Coursera.com, I found two articles that explain how to cut down on…
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Basil Limeade with Strawberries Recipe
Summer is here and the temperatures are soaring. What’s a better way to beat the heat than a nice cool glass of limeade/lemonade? Here’s my fresh from the garden twist on a summer staple. Ingredients 6 Limes 2 liters Water 4-8 tablespoons of Sugar Handful of Basil Handful of Strawberries Method Roll whole limes on…
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Beginner to Intermediate Gardeners: 3 Best Tips for Harvesting & Curing Garlic
So, you’re a beginner to intermediate gardener who planted garlic cloves in the fall and now it’s finally time to dig up those garlic bulbs and see the fruit of your labor. As a home gardener with a few years of gardening experience under my belt, who is taking a social media class from Northwestern…
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Rose Review: Elina Hybrid Tea Rose
In honor of National Rose Month, I have decided to review the best performing rose in my rose garden, the Elina Hybrid Tea Rose. I purchased this rose from a local nursery a year and a half ago and it was grown by Weeks Roses. I have numerous roses from Weeks Roses and I am…
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Beginner/Intermediate Gardeners: 3 Ways to Grow a Ton of Tomatoes
As a beginner to intermediate gardener, you know that one of the most popular goals this time of year for gardeners is to grow an abundance of tomatoes. As a home gardener with a few years of gardening experience under my belt, who is taking a social media class from Northwestern University through Coursera.com, I…
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Welcome to my Gardening Blog
Hello, thanks for coming to my little corner of the internet. Welcome to my blog where beginner to intermediate gardeners can find useful advice, reviews, tutorials and inspiration for their gardening concerns. This is not my first rodeo as far as blogging is concerned, but this is my first gardening blog. My name is Megan…
The Plantiful Gardener 