Gardening
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7 DIY Projects That Will Upgrade Your Garden This Fall
Fall is here and the cold season is approaching (well in some parts of the world anyway), it doesn’t mean that you have to ignore your garden entirely. The plants may be sleeping, or heading in that direction, and this time of the year, when temperatures are generally perfect for working outdoors, can be used…
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Oleander In Bloom In Israel
Right about now I should be working on Succah decorations (truthfully I have enough in boxes in the attic for a few succahs, as you can imagine….) but instead I've been painting in my art journal and looking at some of my own photos for inspiration. Up the hill from my house and within our…
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Red Canna In Bloom
If you get excited when something blooms in your container garden, as we do, then make sure to always have plants in your life, as they bring you joy! The plant nursery is always like a "candy store" for me, and sometimes there are plants that I just can't resist. Of course if I happen…
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Garden Crafts: DIY Rustic Tomato Cage From Sticks
While I have never grown cherry tomatoes, I do know that tomato plants of all kinds generally need support as the tomatoes can get quite heavy, causing the plant to fall over or even break otherwise. So, while the organic tomato seedlings I bought from a local homesteader a month or so ago have yet…
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Garden Crafts: DIY Trellis From Sticks
This year with all the time spent at home as a family, I've had time for some simple upgrades to my container garden due in part to the help of a few teen aged boys! At long last I planted some seeds right before Passover, though the only ones that actually sprouted were the morning…
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Pride Of Madeira Blooms In Northern Israel
One of my favorite non-native yet very Mediterranean garden friendly plants is Pride of Madeira. I found some small plants at a local nursery years ago, and the tiny plants have become woody bushes/trees that bloom every Spring with gorgeous cone-shaped purple flower stalks. This year we had a very wet winter and so all…
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Wisteria Blooms In Northern Israel
During the Passover holiday my daughter was itching to just get outside, so I sent her down the street to the garden I designed a few years back, with the mission of photographing the glorious wisteria in bloom! Wisteria blooms before there are any leaves on the vine, so it is truly spectacular, the only…
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Cyclamen In Bloom For Over Five Months, Wow!
Cyclamen are native to Israel, and a seasonal favorite that is so easy to care for and gives so much more in return! I purchased two cyclamen plants from nursery in Maalot at the end of October, and now five MONTHS later they are still in full bloom with many buds still to open! That…
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Cyclamen Blooms Non-Stop All Winter In Northern Israel
I bought two pots of cyclamen, a large white variety and a smaller variegated pink variety in October, and just as the nursery promised, they have been blooming non-stop! Cyclamen are native to Northern Israel, and I have seen them blooming out nature not far from our home, so they are especially beloved and a…
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Såpnejlika Soapwort Flowers Bloom In Varmdo Sweden
One of the many delights of our travels in Sweden were all the lovely flowers in bloom and especially many that were new to me. Suddenly all the Swedish flower prints and wallpaper that i love made sense! So of course I have many many photographs of all the lovely flowers in bloom that I…
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Purple Cone flowers Bloom In Sweden
With Fall just around the corner, you may not be thinking about your garden, unless of course you live in Australia or the Southern Hemispere, or Florida or Southern California, then again, if you love gardening anytime is a good time to plan the blooms you'd like to grow! So, dear readers, most of us…
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Look Down: Beauty On The Garden Floor
This week I've been posting all things party, so this natural confetti seemed just right. I love bougainvillea, and truthfully while some may be annoyed by all the falling petals, I happen to think that they look gorgeous, and especially when they are a variety of colors! Here bougainvillea petals are mixed with fallen purple…