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Easy DIY Halloween Decorations: Floating Brooms

The Ohio-based homeware store, AJ, Soseby sells “everyday tools for the home that are meant to be seen.” At this time of year, shopkeepers...

How to Keep Rodents Out of Your Greenhouse

A greenhouse offers exactly what many rodents are looking for: stable temperatures, shelter, and a dependable supply of food in the form of seeds,...

Meet me on the Gardens of Texas tour this November

October 30, 2025 My book tour for Gardens of Texas continues throughout November in Brenham, Austin, Bastrop, Dallas, Wichita Falls, and Grapevine. Come join...

Boost Curb Appeal: 5 Perfect Trees to Line Your Driveway

An attractive driveway area makes coming home every night a pleasure... and also ups your house’s curb appeal. Lining a driveway with trees is...

How to Design Ecological Gardens that Look Neat and Tidy

This is part of a series with Perfect Earth Projecta nonprofit dedicated to toxic-free, ecological gardening, on how you can be more sustainable in your...

Lucinda’s garden welcomes Day of the Dead

October 22, 2025 An invitation to visit Lucinda Hutson‘s purple casita is always a happy occasion. Both Lucinda and her garden are welcoming, colorful, and...

Monarch butterflies fueling up in my garden

October 28, 2025 They’re here! The fall migration of monarch butterflies runs through Texas, as the long-haul flyers make their way to wintering grounds in...

Fall in Joan’s BC Garden, Part 2

Hi GPODers! As promised, we’re back in Joan Galloway’s gloriously colorful autumn garden in the...

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Causes, Prevention, and What to Do with Split Tomatoes

Sharing is caring! Few things are more disappointing than walking into the garden to pick a perfect, ripe tomato only to discover a deep crack...

Aloe Vera Plant Care Indoors

Aloe vera plant is known for the healing properties of its sap. Also called Burn Plant or Medicine Plant, many people use the gel-like liquid from a...

Summer Rainbow Pickled Vegetable Plate: A Taste of Summer

Slice all the vegetables thinly and uniformly so that they cure and pickle at a similar rate to each other, except leave the carrots...