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Growing Flowers

Learn all about growing flowers. Grow beautiful annuals and perennials with expert insight from our flower gardening articles. We cover the basics plus advanced gardening tips and landscaping ideas to transform your yard into a backyard paradise. Learn to grow roses, irises, peonies, day lilies, native perennials, and flowers to attract butterflies and pollinators.

Hot Summer Colors in the Garden

Garden Volunteers Blooming Today – Sunflowers

Odd Red Coreopsis in the Garden Today

Purple Coneflower or Echinacea in Bloom

Lavender, Roses and Bees-Flower Gardening Magic

Cottage Garden Flowers: Snapdragons

Best Peony Growing Tips

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Three Native Perennial Flowers for American Butterfly Gardens

Bloomerang Lilac and Old Fashioned Lilacs

Growing Sweet Peas

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Attracting Hummingbirds to the Backyard Garden

Tough Plants for Tough Spots: Growing Echinacea

Spring Garden Dreaming-Gaillardia Flowers

Gorgeous Flower Garden Ideas for Containers and Window Boxes to Attract Butterflies

Perennial Combinations for Sunny Borders – Grow Gorgeous Flowers

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Easy Oatmeal Muffin Recipe

This easy oatmeal muffin recipe makes a tasty breakfast, tea-time treat, or snack. It’s a plain, unassuming, honest muffin: no dripping sweetness, no sugary topping. The freshly cooked old-fashioned oatmeal keeps the batter moist. If you do not overbake them (as I have done in the past), they retain this moist, fluffy texture. No, they…

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How to Start Herb Seeds the Right Way: Free Course

Learn how to start herb seeds the right way with The Herbal Academy’s new, FREE online course! Home Garden Joy is an Herbal Academy affiliate. We love their ebooks and courses. I’ve taken many of them and found them to be very helpful. They get to the heart of herbalism without introducing spiritual aspects in…

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How to Prepare Raised Beds for Spring Planting

The snow and ice have finally melted. In the mornings when I walk my dog through our farm, I can hear a rooster crowing on a neighboring farm. Cardinals have begun singing in the dawn. It’s spring, folks. And while the calendar reminds me we can still feel winter’s icy breath, spring planting is just…

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Swedish Tea Bread

I first made Swedish tea bread for my 50th birthday. Three of my friends have birthdays in the same month and invited me to their family group birthday celebration (they are all relatives). I shaped the bread into braided rings and decorated it with sliced almonds. It was a hit, and I have made it…

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