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Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly on orange tithonia bloom
Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly on orange tithonia bloom

Garden

Grow Tithonia in Your Summer Garden

Make butterflies, bees, hummingbirds and your neighbors happy when you grow tithonia in your garden. This stunning sunflower towers over everything in my late summer garden ~ it's at least 8 feet
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Flower pot with sweet potato vine, caladiums, asparagus fern and spikes

Garden

Late Summer Flower Pots Update

It's early October in my zone 7b, Atlanta-area garden and as I walk about the property in this exquisite (if lamentably
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Red and yellow cherry tomatoes in a white bowl

Food Garden

Cherry Tomato and Basil Saute Recipe

I love to grow cherry tomatoes in my garden. I prefer a steady supply of sweet bite-sized fruit to the sometimes
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Gaia the Earth Goddess sculpture at Atlanta Botanical Garden

Garden Travel

Master List of Garden Visits

This is a dynamic list of public gardens and privately owned garden attractions I've visited over the years. I'll add
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Pink hydrangeas in an urn in a garden

Garden

Join American Hydrangea Society in Atlanta

If you're a hydrangea enthusiast and in the Atlanta area, consider joining the American Hydrangea Society. Its speaker
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Shrubs and perennials in a late summer garden

Garden Writing

GardenComm Virtual Conference 2023

GardenComm, the professional association for garden communicators, will bring its professional education and networking
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Cooked figs in a white bowl with a spoon on a napkin

Food Garden

Quick Fig Dessert Sauce Recipe

Figs are one of the delights of my late summer garden. Like blueberries, figs are easy to grow in a home landscape, at
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Ripe figs in a bowl with basil leaves

Food Garden Writing

Figs from Garden in Delight

Guest post by Shelley S. Cramm Dear A Cook and Her Books readers – give a warm welcome to Shelley S. Cramm, author of
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Heuchera and more perennnials in a garden

Garden

Join Georgia Perennial Plant Association

If you're a plant person and in the Atlanta area, consider joining the Georgia Perennial Plant Association. GPPA is a
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Lemon verbena cookies on a plate with sprigs of lemon verbena herbs

Garden

Lemon Verbena: Queen of the Lemon Scented Herbs

Guest post by Peggy Riccio Dear A Cooks and Her Books Readers - give a warm welcome to Peggy Riccio of PegPlant.
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