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Michelle Day is a freelance writer currently based in the Seattle area. She holds a graduate degree in Social Anthropology and has traveled extensively in Latin America and Europe. She also has extensive experience in organic and community gardening projects.
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- Filtered, Partial, Full and Deep Shade - What Are the Differences?
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] When reading descriptions for different flowers and plants, you may often find that they are listed as suitable for different levels of shade. However, for many gardeners, distinguishing between shade category terms such as filtered shade, partial shade and full shade can be quite confusing. Here is a brief summary of how these terms are generally used in the gardening and landscaping literature.
- Dividing Flowering Bulb Plants
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] If you have been growing perennial bulbs like tulips or daffodils in your flower garden for some time and have noticed that they seem to be producing fewer flower as the years go by, it may mean that it is time to divide your flowering bulb plants. Crowded plants will produce fewer flowers, and by dividing your plants regularly you will not only help the established plants produce more flowers, you will also have new flowering bulb plants as well.
- Give Perennials a Try in Your Vegetable Garden
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Most vegetable gardeners only grow annual vegetables in their garden, but there are plenty of perennial vegetables that are worth growing as well. Many gardeners are also only aware of a couple of the most common perennial vegetables varieties that can be grown (rhubarb and asparagus), but there well over a hundred different varieties you can try to grow in your vegetable garden.
- Leftover Sourdough Starter Ideas
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] If you are maintaining a sourdough starter, you probably have plenty of sourdough starter from when you refresh it. There is no reason to throw away leftover sourdough starter as it can be used in plenty of other recipes, giving a delightful tangy flavor to many home cooked foods.
- Nontraditional Uses For Wooden Garden Sheds
[Home-Improvement:Storage-Garage] A wooden garden shed can enhance almost any backyard space, providing additional space for storage and other activities while also adding value to your home. However, a wooden garden shed can also be used in many non-traditional ways as well. Wood garden sheds have many advantages over metal and plastic shed structures. They tend not to retain heat and often have an aesthetic beauty to them that is not found in metal and plastic backyard sheds. For these reasons, they can often be used in ways other than simply storing yard tools.
- Great Reasons to Consider Creating a Shade Garden For Your Home
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Is much of your yard dominated by shade? If so, you have the ideal conditions to create a shade garden for your home. Often homeowners mistakenly believe that nothing will grow in the shady regions of their yards, but this is simply not true. Shade gardens can be a beautiful addition to any landscape and here are several excellent reasons to create a shade garden for your home.
- Shade Flowers For Your Garden
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] There is nothing to make one appreciate a shade garden more than the blazing heat of a summer's day. Shade gardens provide a cool and soothing place to relax, and can be the ideal place to entertain friends and family outdoors during the hot days of summer. They can be an especially enjoyable space if they are full of beautiful and fragrant blooming flowers.
- Basic Sourdough Starter Recipe
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Anyone who has tasted authentic sourdough bread made from a sourdough starter knows that the depth of flavor and beauty of a well made sourdough loaf is hard to surpass. You may think that unless you live in a region well known for its sourdough bread (such as San Francisco) it is nearly impossible to create such a loaf in your home. This is far from true, however, and almost anyone can make superb sourdough bread using a homemade sourdough starter.
- Five Perennial Vegetables For Home Gardens
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Perennial vegetables are an excellent investment for home gardeners. Unlike annual vegetables, which must be planted year after year, a perennial vegetable will live and produce vegetables for years, often with only minimal effort needed by the gardener after they are planted. Many gardeners only know of one or two perennial vegetable varieties, but there are well over a hundred different perennial vegetables that home gardeners can grow. Here is a list of five excellent perennial vegetables that ever gardener should try to grow.
- Fragrant Perennial Bulbs For the Home Gardener
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Perennial bulbs are a joy for the home gardener. Generally planted during the fall, in the spring they burst forth with color. Often they are the first flowers we see each year after the long winter months. Perennial bulbs that are also highly fragrant can make this show even more spectacular, especially as they are cut and brought inside and their sweet aroma fills your entire house.
- Shade Loving Perennial Garden Flowers
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Perennial garden flowers can add beautiful elements of color to shady areas of your garden and landscape. Many perennial flowers are shade tolerant, and some even prefer shady areas, but you must be sure that the flower you are planting is appropriate for the amount of shade your garden is receiving. Here are some suggestions of some of the best shade perennial flowers for light, medium and full shade conditions.
- Perennial Flowers - Tips For Growing Your Perennial Flower Garden
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] So, you are thinking about starting a new flower garden, but don't know where to begin? Perennial flowers make an excellent choice for a beautiful flower display, but in order to create a garden with the most impact, there are many factors to consider before planting your perennial flower garden.
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