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Tips on Growing Garlic

October 1, 2021 By Karen Creel

Garlic is easy to grow in the home garden

I’ve decided to use one of my raised beds to grow garlic this fall.  Since this is my first time growing garlic, we’ll learn together if you’ve never grown it either.  Planting garlic in one of your beds is a commitment to space because garlic planted in the fall will be harvested in the summer…. 

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Filed Under: garden tips., gardening Tagged With: fall planting, garden tips, growing garlic

Printable Garden Planner

March 23, 2020 By Karen Creel

Printable garden planner

I’m ready to get out and play in the dirt.  We had a rain free day over the weekend, and I cleaned out my butterfly garden, and planted gladiolas and yarrow.  My new raised bed is planted with strawberries, and the smaller second one is ready for lettuce seeds.  Perennial plants are popping up and… 

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Filed Under: garden tips., gardening, Printables, Uncategorized Tagged With: downloadable garden planner, garden planner, garden tips

Butterfly Gardens

February 13, 2020 By Karen Creel

Milkweed is a great choice for a host plant in your butterfly garden

As I sit here writing this post on a Friday morning, it’s snowing in North Georgia.  Monday, as I left work it was 70 degrees.  Don’t be fooled by the ground hog’s prediction, we still have some cold weather to come.  I have several projects that I want to do including completing my garden shed,… 

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Filed Under: garden tips., gardening, Uncategorized Tagged With: butterfly garden, host plants for a butterfly garden, milkweed, nectar plants for a butterfly garden

Lemon Balm

January 9, 2020 By Karen Creel

Plant lemon balm directly in the garden in pots to control spreading

It’s January, so I would imagine you are wondering why I’m writing about mosquitos. I’m already dreading them.  We have had a mild winter so far, and rain, rain, rain.  Rain is forecast AGAIN this  weekend and the high is 68.  We need a good cold snap to kill them.  Mosquitos are terrible in my… 

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Filed Under: garden tips., herb gardens, Uncategorized Tagged With: herb gardens, herbs that repel mosquitos, how to grow lemon balm, lemon balm

How to Force Paperwhite Narcissus Bulbs for Winter Blooms

December 29, 2019 By Karen Creel

Bulbs can be forced for winter blooms using special vases.

I was at my local Tractor Supply a few days before Christmas buying bird seed, and lye for my soapmaking class.  Of course, I had also picked up a garden magazine, and was dreaming of spring.  Seed packets aren’t out yet,  but I spied a Paperwhite Narcissus Bulb Kit at the end of the counter… 

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Filed Under: Forcing Bulbs, garden tips. Tagged With: forcing bulbs, gardening, narcissus bulbs, winter blooms

Bringing Your Houseplants in for the Winter

October 26, 2019 By Karen Creel

How to bring your houseplants indoors for winter

Finally!, The weather in Georgia has started to cool down.  I didn’t think we were going to have a fall season after the horribly hot, dry summer we experienced.  But, the nights have started to cool down, and temperatures have started dipping into the 40’s.   It’s time to bring your houseplants in for the winter…. 

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Filed Under: garden tips., gardening, Uncategorized Tagged With: gardening, houseplants, indoor plants, tips

Christmas Herbs: Rosemary

December 5, 2016 By Karen Creel

Rosemary played a role in the Christmas story

When I think of Christmas herbs,  rosemary doesn’t usually come to mind.  Frankincense and myrrh are known by most people as the rare and expensive herbs brought to the Christ child after his birth. But, after reading an article about Rosemary and it’s significance at Christmas I was surprised to find that Rosemary, or the… 

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Filed Under: garden tips., gardening, herb gardens, Herb guides, Herbal Books, Uncategorized Tagged With: Christmas herbs, growing rosemary, herbal lore, herbs, rosemary

Garden Show Woes/Jasmine Moon Garden Shop

April 17, 2007 By Karen Creel

I returned last night around 10 p.m. from a garden show near Nashville, Tennessee. My husband and I drove up Thursday (2 and 1/2 hours), rental truck and the back of my SUV, loaded down. My booth was located on the ground level of the agricultural center on packed dirt. Three days later, everything covered… 

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Filed Under: garden shows, garden tips., opening a business


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