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Easy Paper Flower Tutorial

Happy Spring!  Here's a quick way to get some Spring color in your house. Draw a spiral and cut along the line. Then starting with the outer part of the spiral start rolling the paper fairly tightly until you get to the end. You might want to use a glue stick in some places along the way. The flowers will be large or smaller depending on how … [Read more...]

Low Maintenance Landscaping Tricks to Cut Back on Lawn Mowing

How would you like to cut back on your lawn mowing? Sound good? Just replace an area of your lawn with some drought-tolerant plants. I love the purple creeping phlox in the photo below (source: Houzz). A drought-tolerant garden can be colorful! div> Contemporary Landscape by Albuquerque Landscape Contractors Waterwise Landscapes … [Read more...]

Front Porch or Deck Makeover for Spring

Sweep off the front porch or deck & add some Spring touches to make it more inviting. A simple Spring wreath can be made with any wreath form. Just wind around fabric strips in a pastel color, then add a few twigs and silk flowers. Bring out the outdoor chairs & add some potted plants here and there around the deck/porch. Pansies and … [Read more...]

10 Easy and Useful Flowers to Grow this Year

I'm still thinking of my garden this year. It helps make Spring come sooner!If you usually grow only vegetables, you might want to include some easy to grow flowers. These are wonderful to look at and have other uses too. A nice bonus.Click title for link at Mother Earth News. … [Read more...]

Eating Daylilly Buds and Flowers

Here are people who love to eat them. The buds are supposed to taste like asparagus only better. The flower petals (don't eat the stamens & pistle) taste like sweet lettuce they say. I read elsewhere to not eat the buds totally raw or you will have stomach pains. Stir frying them seems to be the preferred way to cook them. Petals can be added … [Read more...]

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