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Yucca Plant Rescue: Why Is My Yucca Plant Drooping? How To Revive A Drooping Yucca Plant (With Pictures)
Reasons Why A Yucca Plant Would Droop One day I noticed that all of a sudden my yucca plant was no longer sturdy and upright but was instead looking droopy and leaning over - quite severely actually, as you can see in the first picture below. Since yucca plants are known for being hardy and requiring minimal maintenance I knew there was something very wrong. A healthy yucca will not start drooping or leaning just because it grows larger and more top-heavy. A yucca plant with healthy stems can easily withstand the pressure of additional weight so, given the state of my plant, it was imperative that I diagnose the…
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Why Has My Orchid Suddenly Changed Color? The Mystery Of Color Changing Orchids
A Color Cornucopia of Orchids There are a couple of times throughout the year when an innocent walk through a garden center at the local home improvement store, Walmart, or even grocery store, becomes an exercise in self-restraint and willpower -- for me, that time is orchid season. When fresh orchids are delivered and prominently displayed in garden centers everywhere, it can feel like walking through an art museum - or a gauntlet designed to test the willpower - impossible to just pass by without stopping, gawking at, and sometimes, buying one of these all natural "works of art." Dendrobiums and phalaenopsises of every color jockey for attention, hanging out…
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It May Be Late Summer But Signs Show Fall Is In The Air… Plus Is My Geranium Dead Or Just In Need Of Pruning? Rescuing Summer-Weary & Wilted Geraniums From The Florida Heat
"I saw old Autumn in the misty morn stand shadowless like silence, listening to silence." Thomas Hood "The quiet August noon has come; a slumberous silence fills the sky; the fields are still, the woods are dumb, in glassy sleep waters lie." W.C. Bryant, The Old Farmer's Almanac In many places, it’s easy to not only notice but to actually feel, even if ever so slightly, the signs of impending Autumn as early as the second week of August… One morning you notice that the air feels almost imperceptibly crisp and dry, lending a new-found freshness to the seemingly endless hazy and humid dog days of midsummer. Then, one day,…
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Parsley And Its Many Health Benefits Plus The Easiest Summer Pasta With Parsley Recipe To Enjoy Your Herb Harvest
“How could such sweet and wholesome hours be reckoned but with herbs and flowers?” Andrew Marvell (1621-1678) “Parsley flourishes where the missus is master.” Traditional “Sprinkle parsley seed on the head three times a year to reverse the effects of balding.” Traditional Parsley And Its Myriad Benefits -- Not Just A Garnish Traditional folklore aside, there is something special about the seemingly humble little parsley herb. Once steeped in superstition and age-old wisdom, in recent times, unfortunately, parsley has become little more than a garnish alongside your restaurant dinner, often overlooked and tossed aside in favor of the more exciting main dish. After years of being relegated to an afterthought, however,…
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Best Ever Old-Fashioned Homestyle Lemon Custard Pudding Cake (With Pictures)
Summer Baking - Summer Memories I recently made this light, lemony, and utterly delicious custardy dessert for a summer barbecue at a friend’s house on the water. To say it was a hit would be a huge understatement. That night a fierce storm lit up the bay with nonstop streaks of lightning brighter than daylight, creating a show that rivaled any fireworks. Inside the beach house, however, all was well, with plenty of tasty food and desserts to distract us from the ferocity outside. But none of the food received praise and compliments like this lemon custard pudding cake, a most welcome and delicious distraction from the thunder and lightning…
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How To Grow Your Own Easy Mint Container Herb Garden For Fresh Herbs At Home — Plus Mint Legend & Lore & Delicious Mint Recipes
There are few things more satisfying than growing and snipping herbs from your own home-grown garden, knowing that they came from your soil and were the product of your own hard work. Not to mention the money and time you save by not making that trip to the grocery store. Plus, herbs can do much more than just add flavor to your food. Herbs have long been the subject of age-old lore and wisdom, with ancient tradition ascribing many health-giving, medicinal uses to various herbs. Well, how about we discover what all the fuss is about... Let's find out how easy it is to grow your own mint container herb…
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A Gardener’s Diary… On Growing Orchids And Five Common Orchid Myths
Although I never intended to make this strictly a gardening website, there is no escaping the increased appeal of anything done out in fresh air in the great outdoors where you don't have to wear a mask the entire time, #quarantine life. Of course, you are getting the benefits of clean, fresh outdoor air and summer sunshine while it lasts, but you are also making the most of the painfully short season before time marches on towards fall. Not to mention, there are few cheaper, all-natural antidotes to the escalating stress of modern life than time spent in the garden. When I lived in Northern climates, my interest in gardening,…
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Garden Therapy
As we have all been confined to our homes these last few months, our usual endless parade of summer fun options (or any fun options really) have sadly become a thing of the past. From curtailed summer barbecues and cancelled vacation trips to distant memories of beach blanket picnics past, we have been forced to find new and creative ways to live and work, let alone celebrate summer. With even that sacred bastion of summertime relaxation, public beaches, now closed in many places, never have we spent so much summertime at home... But before we all stumble into some type of collective great depression, let's use this time to make…
