Ah those lovely lightning bugs. Summer just isn’t complete without that familiar glow waltzing slowly through the balmy night air. It’s amazing how even years after we’re considered too old to chase them, our fingers still itch for an empty jar every time we spot a faint yellow blip hovering just out of reach.
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Who made wildflower such a dirty word? Perhaps it’s because most people see them as weeds rather than legitimate greenery. Maybe we’re all just forgetting that before they were tamed by patient human hands, every exotic flower that graces our gardens was once as wild as the wind.
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Why do trees have bark?
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They land on our finger tips, scurry across our dashboards and even find their way between the pages of our books. That’s right; the season of ladybugs is upon us. Fear not – they’re here to help!
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Feeling a little unappreciated at work? Like maybe you do so much during a day, but no one recognizes how much you actually accomplish? Then maybe you know what it’s like to be an earthworm. It is high time we paid homage to these humble yet invaluable members of garden society.
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Why do we find five pointed flowers so delightful? Is it because when playing “He loves me-he loves me not” we’ll always get the best answer at the end? Or maybe because their simplicity reminds us of attempting (with varying success) at drawing flowers as children? Well, whatever the reason, they have a certain charisma that just can’t be ignored. That’s why we just had to bring you our list of favorite five petaled flora.
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Having siblings is a mixed bag of crazy experiences – sometimes fun, sometimes not-so-fun but always an adventure. And while we might not always see eye-to-eye with our brothers and sisters, we are intrinsically linked with them, and for many of us there’s something reassuring about that connection. Plant siblings are, surprisingly, not all that different from human ones.
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With all of life’s many responsibilities and daily stresses it can be quite difficult for the average person to make time for gardening. On the other side are those with a little more time but perhaps not the amount of experience of confidence to grow something at the risk of killing it. For both of these types of people there is a solution. The plants listed below are perfect for low maintenance gardening which is something most of us could use.
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