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Waterlily oasis in San Angelo

September 30, 2025 In San Angelo a couple weeks ago, I visited the city’s improbable waterlily garden. Improbable because San Angelo lies west of the...

Serenity Now! Encouraging Deep Relaxation with Homemade Lavender Eye Pillows

Lavender eye pillows are a wonderful way to promote sleep, relieve anxiety, and they can even help reduce headaches and chronic pain in some...

Rhonda’s Late Summer Garden in Pennsylvania

Hi GPODers! Late summer is undeniably bitter sweet. A slowdown and cooldown is welcomed, but...

Health Benefits of Honey Bee Venom

Tired of trying different traditional medicines to relieve inflammation and joint pain? Give bee venom therapy a try. Apitherapy and bee venom therapy is an...

What’s lighting up the garden

September 25, 2025 Let’s take another spin through the garden as temperatures in Austin shift toward fall — if fall means temps in the low...

11 Essential Tips for Healthy Grass

The lawn may be the largest part of your garden landscape. From seeding and mowing to weeding and raking autumn leaves, you do your best...

Charlotte Molesworth’s Topiaries at Balmoral Cottage

When Donald and Charlotte Molesworth first arrived at their small Kent cottage more than three decades ago, there was a derelict house and an...

The Best Mushrooms to Grow at Home for Beginners

If you have ever been intrigued by the idea of growing mushrooms in your garden, this list of the best mushrooms to grow at...

Work Smarter, Not Harder: Goat Handling

Goat handling can be a tricky task. They scare easily and high levels of stress are not good for their health or productivity. Take some...

Episode 185: Bulbs We’re Longing to Buy

Exciting Flower Bulbs to Shop for This Fall Bulbs of all kinds are easy-care solutions...

Must-read

How to Grow and Care for Creeping Phlox

Both are such similar plants that they are often confused. If I really had to choose between the two, I’d say P. subulata might just...

Planting, Care, and Harvest Guide

Sharing is caring! Yardlong beans — also called asparagus beans — are one of the easiest and most productive vegetables for hot summer gardens. Despite...

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...