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10 Tips To Tastefully Decorate Your Outdoor Space Without Blowing The Budget

Decorating your home is about decorating both the inside and the outside of your house, even more so if you have a garden! Most people go on a decoration frenzy when it’s the holiday season and that’s wonderful. But what if you want to decorate your home and gardens at any time of the year? …

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Oregano Herb: Aroma, Smell, and Taste

Italian and Greek food wouldn’t be as appealing without the smell of oregano adding a pungent treble to the bass note of garlicy aroma in most Mediterranean recipes. That oregano smell has attracted fans across the world and throughout history. Ancient Greeks used oregano as a treatment for respiratory infections. Ancient Egyptian herbalists used it …

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Mediterranean Climbing Plants: Adding Vertical Interest to Your Garden

One thing you see lots of in Mediterranean gardens are climbing vines. Mediterranean climbers grow up walls or over pergolas on the back of the house. Some of these pergolas are simply magical, with the ’roof’ made only of rough branches, all tangled with knobby grapevines and bunches of fruit dripping down. Without these climbing …

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Middle Eastern Garden Design: Ideas and Inspiration

A Middle Eastern garden is often called a “Paradise Garden,” because in recent centuries, they represented the Garden of Eden and the descriptions of the heavenly Paradise found in holy texts. Because of their association with religious themes, they consist chiefly of specific elements important to the culture and region.  But while many modern Middle …

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Types of Garden Shed – Find The Perfect Shed For You

Stuffed full of implements, used to nurture seedlings, or just a place for you to escape to and work on projects, garden sheds are one of those things we’d all love to have in our backyard. Whether it’s used for hobbies, as a workshop or for storage, most people who have sheds customize them depending …

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How to Grow Basil Indoors During the Winter

Many people wait for the weather to become warmer before planting their vegetable gardens. But you don’t have to. You can start your herb gardens indoors this year. When choosing what herbs to plant, the first thing to consider is which herbs grow effectively indoors. One great choice is basil. Only a few herbs can …

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The Myrtle Plant: A Symbol of Beauty

Myrtle (Myrtus) has been grown as a decorative plant for thousands of years, and yet it is still a rarity indoors. The small oval leaves are shiny and aromatic – the white flowers appear in large numbers in summer. In the fall,  purple berries appear. In midwinter, many of the shoots are crowned by a series of radiating pink stems that …

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Types of Impatiens

Types of Impatiens: A Near All Year Round Bloomer and Extremely Popular House Plant

Impatiens have been extremely popular as a house plant for generations. Cuttings can root very easily, and the plants will, with proper care, bloom almost all year round. This non-stop blooming habit is the reason for its common name – Busy Lizzie. There are three basic groups of impatiens. Until recently, only the traditional types were grown – spreading, …

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How To Grow Sweet William From Seed: Sweet William Plant Care

Dianthus barbatus, commonly known as Sweet William, is a colorful, scented flower native to Southern Europe. Sweet William belongs to the family of carnations, and there are more than 300 species of this flower. Revered for centuries, the origins of this flower can be traced back to the Roman and Greek eras. Sweet William is …

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Honda Riding Lawn Mowers: A Comprehensive Buyers Guide to Upgrade Your Lawn Care Game

If you have a big property, it’s hot outside, and that grass just keeps growing, then you’ve got your work cut out for you. They say that two things are forever, death and taxes, but whoever said that seems to have forgotten about mowing the lawn, because that seems to be endless too. Luckily, Honda …

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