By Sharon Brown on July 28, 2011
It took many years but it finally occurred to me that some of our most common plants have a more colorful history than our notably famous people do. The common milkweed is one of them.
| This week in the Garden Art forum, it was All About Shoes! Becky hosted a contest to do something creative with shoes and Charleen donated the prize of two garden stakes she makes using polymer clay. Click here to see all the entries and the winner. |
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Milkweed, WW II and Aunt Bett By Sharon Brown on July 28, 2011 It took many years but it finally occurred to me that some of our most common plants have a more colorful history than our notably famous people do. The common milkweed is one of them. |
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Hampton Court Palace Flower Show (Part 3) By Neil Muir on July 26, 2011 As the sun came out, my day at Hampton Court beside the River Thames was getting better, apart from the odd shower. Now I could at last get out and wander on this hallowed ground. Join me as I finish in the floral marquee and go for another trek. |
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Team Gloves or Team Barehands? By Trish Whitinger on July 24, 2011 We've talked feet, let's talk hands. Do you protect and pamper, or tough it out barehanded? |
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Honey Bees In The Garden: Propolis aka Bee Glue By Margaret Tucker on July 22, 2011 Propolis is another wonderful product of the honey bee. Beekeepers call it bee glue because the honey bees use it for gluing their hive parts together. Let's learn more about this substance. |