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• Frugal and Natural Landscaping

  Last year I let purslane fill in an area where it's hard to grow grass. It's a narrow strip beside the driveway and next to the neighbor's fence, so it's hard to water and to manipulate a mower. Our city is death on weeds and bare spots... Posted Apr 12 2013, 02:54 PM by Pat with | with no comments Filed under: plants, frugal, landscaping, wild plants

• Make Your Own Potting Soil

  Well, I hate to write about the same topic twice (not really), but some of the articles in the coming week's Dollar Stretcher really got me going - about spring and gardening, seeds, plants, dirt... that sort of thing. There are some really good ideas... Posted Mar 30 2013, 09:18 AM by Pat with | with no comments Filed under: plants, potting soil, gardening

• Gardening fever

  Got the gardening fever yet? You know, when you start staring out the window or walking around the back yard or garden, silently willing things to start turning green? When the seed catalogs stay on the table days on end and the seed stash is sorted and... Posted Jan 23 2012, 04:35 PM by Pat with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: food, plants, garden, frugal, garden fever, gardeninng

• Spring Fever or I'm Ready to Garden!

  It's kind of muddy out there, but that's all right. The ground is supposed to be muddy in the early spring and I have faith that it will be dried out enough to start planting a garden soon. Planting so soon? Where did this year go to?? It's... Posted Mar 09 2011, 10:30 AM by Pat with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: compost, plants, garden