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Using Ollas in the Garden

August 10, 2020 By Karen Creel

Ollas are perfect for container gardens

When Mary Kathyrn Dunston with Dripping Springs Ollas reached out to me to try her Ollas in my garden, the first thing I thought was “what is an Olla” ? Ollas are unglazed, porous, terracotta pots placed near the roots of a plant to provide irrigation as needed.  They are perfect for containers, and several… 

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: garden tips, gardening, ollas

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

How to Grow Yarrow

July 28, 2019 By Karen Creel

I was teaching a soap making class at my friend Ivana’s herb farm, Lavender and Rust, when I was taken back by her mass plantings of Yarrow.  I knew I had to buy some of the plants she had for purchase, and learn how to grow yarrow.   Both the white and pink yarrow were planted… 

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How Does Your Garden Grow?

May 18, 2015 By Karen Creel

What’s growing in your garden this week? As I step out of my back door, the smell of honeysuckle is intoxicating.  It grows along the tree line in my back yard, and sitting out  on my back deck drinking my morning coffee, or just pulling weeds is such a treat.  I hate to see them go in… 

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: chives, cosmos, fig, gardening, honesuckle, lady banks rose, spiderwort, spring gardening

Troll Doll Succulents

May 8, 2015 By Karen Creel

Create a quirky container by planting a troll doll with succulents

Remember those little troll dolls that were so famous in the 60’s?  I had one that I carried everywhere and I remember on vacation one year I left it at the motel. My dad drove back to get it for me! I guess he didn’t want to hear crying all the way to Florida. I… 

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: container gardening, containers for succulents, gardening, succulents, troll dolls, unusual containers


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I’m not sure when my fascination with junk began, but gardening was in my blood from an early age.  I remember my grandmother could throw a few seeds out and have the prettiest flowers.  Sweet peas were rampant beside the front porch.  I can see her now, bent over pulling weeds, and I find myself doing the same thing anytime I’m in the yard.  My dad was raised on a large farm, and even though he moved away, and we always lived in the city, he had a garden.  He had me help him  plant a garden in May before he died in August.  So you can see, gardening just comes naturally to me.

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