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Diving into Fall: Week of October 4, 2026
With shorter daylight hours, later mornings and earlier evenings, fall seems to pushing us to slow down. But with projects needing completed before the Pennsylvania mountain winter hits,…
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How to Grow Cut Flowers
Growing cut flowers is for a gardener who has the heart to grow something beautiful, only to cut its life short to bring its loveliness indoors. Anyone can…
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How to Grow Cosmos from Seed
Cosmos flowers, particularly Cosmos bipinnatus, are easy to grow from seeds, either directly sown or transplanted indoors. Various heirloom varieties like Double Dutch Rose offer beautiful blooms in…
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Rudy the Redneck Bird Dog: Week of September 27, 2026
Part of the week slowed down while the other half flew by. That’s what happens when a homestead welcomes a puppy to the farm. Rudy, our newest and…
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A Beautiful Homestead: Week of September 20, 2026
When browsing through this week’s pictures on a beautiful homestead, I’ve come to discover that quickly it does not seem like I had much time for anything, when…
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Posies and Woofers: Week of September 13, 2026
This week was all about the dogs and flowers- posies and woofers. Practices, challenges, and trainings. Add in the gardener who loves her flowers, and the dogs who…
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What a 5-9 Work Week! Week of September 6, 2026
Some weeks we have to prioritize DIY projects that need done. And that was the focus for this week. Measure, cut, and nail. Labor Day Weekend But before…
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Early September Flowers and Events: Week of August 30, 2026
With early September flowers, I always think of this week as the first full week of school, and with that season, every year this is crazy week! New…
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How to Grow Snapdragons from Seed
Snapdragons (Antirrhinum majus) start as one of the tiniest seeds, being sown indoors very early in the season. When I tried to grow these my first season, I…
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How to Start Feverfew Seeds: Growing Feverfew from Seed
Feverfew seeds develop into stellar filler flowers for bouquets. The clusters of petite, daisy-like flowers form an overall disk shape. Different varieties produce different florets. One variety may…
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How to Start Rudbeckia Seeds
Rudbeckia seeds transform into a beautiful flower for the cutting garden or the flower bed. They’re easy to start indoors, but they are also great to save seeds…
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How to Start Marigold Seeds
Starting marigold seeds indoors is an easy way to produce massive quantities of these beautiful flowers. Marigolds were the first flower seed I started from seed. As backyard…
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Lemonade Sunflower Bouquet
Sunflowers are so fun. They bring the bees, turn towards the light, and grow so easy from seed. The orange hued petals are most common, but one of…
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Shades of Berry Bouquet
With lily season winding down and summer stems starting in their peak season, while I walked the flower garden, I continued to see shades of pinks and hues…
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Buttercream Summer Bouquet
Walking through my flower garden, I harvested every flower with any touch of yellow, and maybe some white. I thought I could make a bouquet with every yellow…
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Tips on Hosting Bouquet Bars
Over the past season, I tried bouquet bars in multiple locations. Bouquet bars are where the flower farmer harvests all the flowers, then offers the flowers for customers…
