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Garden Travel

A Visit to Aruba’s Butterfly Farm

One of the best parts of gardening is planting for pollinators. You get to enjoy beautiful flowers and one day, the butterflies and other beneficials show up for the party. Well, imagine a garden
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Garden

Grow a Victory Garden

Growing your own vegetables, fruits and herbs is often rewarding pursuit, but for most people, it’s a hobby. It wasn’t
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Food

Meyer Lemon Cheesecake with Biscoff Crust Recipe

Welcome to my most popular original recipe ~ Meyer Lemon Cheesecake with Biscoff Crust. In February 2012, I dreamed
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Garden Travel

Cobb Master Gardeners Spring Tour 2021

I'm catching up on a couple year's worth of garden tours and the subsequent photo editing. It's been nearly two years
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Pink flowering peach bloom on a tree in a garden

Garden

Smithsonian Gardens Webinars 2023

Be inspired for spring gardening with weekly webinars from Smithsonian Gardens. This "Let's Talk Gardens!" educational
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Garden

Spring Garden Tours Atlanta 2023

Garden inspiration abounds in spring. You just need to know where to look for it. Generous homeowners and gardeners
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Garden

Spring Plant Sales Atlanta 2023

Support Local Plant Sales Spring is for planting and plant sales. Here are a few that are on my list for Spring 2023.
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Garden

My Spring Begins With Soil3

This is not a sponsored post. It's just a few words about Soil3, product I use in my garden. My spring begins when my
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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly on a purple pansy flower

Garden

Plan to Join the Great Southeast Pollinator Census 2023

One of my goals as a gardener is to increase pollinator habitat. So, when my alma mater, the University of Georgia
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Garden

Join Great Grow Along 2023

Learning more about gardening is super easy with the upcoming Great Grow Along event, beginning March 10 and lasting
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