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A New Level of Assassination
Hi, my name is Karie, and I am addicted to buying “pretty” plants. What can I say? I am a sucker for unique flowering plants, even more so if they smell nice too! Oh yes ma’am (and sir too) I cannot...
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OK, first of all this isn’t really Karie, this is her sister-in-law Emma! Last Fall, after Halloween I tossed the pumpkins onto our compost pile. The seeds germinated and grew and I am harvesting...
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Contrary to Popular Belief
Contrary to my name, I do not kill every plant that I touch…just most of them. Let me rewind to 13 years ago. My mom bought me an ivy to keep on the porch of my dorm my freshman year in college. As...
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A Vine of Mine
I have decide that I really love the potato vine. Love it. We sell two colors – a dark purple and a limey green. One day I noticed at the shop a hanging basket of the purple color. The basket was...
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It was MINT to be!!
I have an adorable pig pot….an adorable pig pot that murders everything I put into it. Yes…it is probably user error, but I do partially blame the pot for lacking a drain hole. Inevitably I drown...
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Devil’s Backbone (insert scary music ooooOOOOoooo)
With Halloween a few weeks away, I thought it would be a fitting topic! This little gem is called “Devil’s Backbone,” at least that is its nickname…it is a type of Kalanchoe (yes, I had to google how...
View ArticleMy Little Beta Pot Secret
It is human nature – some people are just inherently afraid of commitment. Buying a plant and putting it in a FLOWER BED in front of the house for all to see is a public commitment. YIKES!! What if it...
View ArticleFall is for Fire Pits
Did you hear that? It’s the collective sigh heard all across the South when the first cold front rolls through. HELLO FALL, I missed you so. I WANT to be outside! And now I can be without getting...
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Spring, where art thou? Seriously…where?
Hello all! It is me again! I don’t know about you, but I am over winter. OVER it. I am tired of being inside, tired of the cold, tired of everything being brown. I NEED to get out of the house....
View ArticleHerbs are easy to grow and handy to have.
I don’t have to tell you how poor my flower beds looked after coming through last winter…let’s just say it was complete annihilation. Or so I thought! To my pleasant surprise, once the carnage and...
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I am learning…or am I?
I know I seem to have disappeared for a bit, but I am still here! Like many of you, Mother Nature has not EXAAAAAACTLY been cooperating with me and my time outdoors. Figured you all might like an...
View ArticleRain, rain….thanks!
So the weather this week looks like it is going to be pretty crummy. If you are like me, my first knee jerk reaction is “UGHHH….WHY?!…I am going to be stuck inside…I have things to do…the kids are...
View ArticlePar-Tay!!
I really love to entertain. Something about having those close to you all together, happy, eating, having fun! However, there is another secret reason I like to entertain…the mad dash you do to get...
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Rain Brain
So we are all a little sick of the rain…or at least I am. I mean, I have two kids aged 5 and under and the CABIN FEVER is real y’all. Plus there are moth sized mosquitos, and humidity that does not...
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Oh yeah, I grew that…
Ok, I know I have disappeared for a while…but I am back and I have NEWS!! We finally put in a small veggie garden! I mean…it only took us four years, but I will always keep my promises! Slow and...
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The Day of the Momma….
HECK YES! It is Mother’s Day! Not that I don’t tell my mother(s) on a regular basis how much I love and appreciate them….but now, being amongst them, I get it! Mommin’ can be hard work! Most days I...
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I’m back and still ‘killin’ it’!
Hey all! I disappeared for a while…not because I suddenly have a green thumb, or because I suddenly am too ashamed to share my trials and tribulations. No no, I had another mini human. And can I...
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