as someone who has been severely allergic since childhood (got the nickname Scarface in elementary school allergic 😂), this is the ONLY thing that works for me. & PRAISE GOD I discovered it....

,,Go ahead and cry little girlNobody does it like you doI know how much it matters to youI know that you got daddy issuesAnd if you were my little girlI’d do whatever I could doI’d run away and hide with youI love that you got daddy issuesAnd I do too." -the...

The first Perilla I ever had came from a can, just like the kind sardines snuggle in. The leaves were very spicy and were used that way, as a spice. Later in my garden I grew the plant, which reseeded itself. That’s probably why Perilla is naturalized in the eastern half of North America excluding […]

In a famous children’s book Albion Pig, the main character had quite a fondness for truffles. And if you’ve ever tasted one, you’ll know exactly why. Although they look like chocolate candy, they’re a completely different thing and you probably won’t be able to stop eating em if you’ve got em close at hand. And on that note, if you think you might have a control problem, I jokingly suggest you leave this page now as the info I’m about to share with you will let you know what it takes to plant and grow truffles on your very own property here

When I heard the news that Tasha Tudor, the beloved children’s author and illustrator, had passed away peacefully last week, surrounded by family and friends, it was a bittersweet moment. I felt as though I’d lost a dear friend even though I’d never met her. Certainly, to me, she was a kindred spirit if ever there was one. A touch stone; with a long career of artistic and creative accomplishments I still find astonishing. It’s been hard getting used to the idea that someone is gone, when it seems like they’ve been around forever. At 92, I guess she had...

🧚🏻♀️Its no secret that faeries are part of our lives here in Middle Earth. 🧚🏻♀️From angels and plant divas to faeries, our world is full of companion beings. We only need to open our intuition and a desire for the unusual, to tap into their energy. 🧚🏻♀️Faeries are hard-working and take their role as care-takers of the planet very seriously. Pan, the god of the Natural World, helps them in their endeavors, and is another ally for humans in the stewardship of the earth. If you ever have the chance to meet with Pan, and I hope that you do, you will find him to be an intelligent and thoughtful being. Gentle but powerful, Pan leads the faery realm in a continual process of repairing what man has destroyed in his search for oil, precious gems and metals, and through intensive farming practices. 🧚🏻♀️If you happen to have an cottage garden, you'll be well-liked by faeries. They love all plant life,but are especially drawn to nasturtiums, dianthus, foxgloves, daisies, daffodils, tulips, grape hyacinth,umbelliferous plants such as dill and carrot, poppies, columbine, bleeding heart, and of course, ferns and vines. 🧚🏻♀️A little fairy out collecting wishes found a great big dandelion. It was too heavy to fly with, so she set off to carry it home. The other fairies offered to help but she was too proud and insisted that she could cope. Little did she know that all the way back, the wishes were falling out. When she arrived home, all the wishes had gone. Disappointed, she turned back to pick them up, and as she returned to each wish, she discovered the story of who and what had happened. 🧚🏻♀️Three best friends set off into the world and who knows what fun and thrills they get up to? 🧚🏻♀️Inserting these fairies into your garden at will will attract other faeries and mystical creatures Including the stake they are between 25 and 45 inches. Dandelions and branches are made of metal, fairies are made of metal Two are themed on dandelion, so the fairy image is relatively small, while the other two are themed on fairy, so the fairy image is relatively large OUR GUARANTEE We take pride in our products because we think they are great.However, we understand that shopping online can be intimidating, especially the first time around, which is why we offer a satisfaction guarantee. If for some reason you did not have a positive experience, we will do everything possible to make sure that you are satisfied with your purchase.

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Outgoing “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno congratulated his replacement Jimmy Fallon at the start of his opening monologue on Wednesday night.

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Have you ever had catmint in your garden? I have..it's a cat magnet! This is growing in a pot, so it's easy to graze on? but not too easy to roll around on, which is a little bit distressing for this lovely kitty! The design is for a 6 finished block.

February was the month where I had the least rose blooms ever since I am gardening in San Diego and honestly, I am glad that I got a few flowers at all. The reason for this is that I pruned all my roses planted in the ground in January and they are not able to produce new blooms by February. I also pruned a lot of the roses that are growing in containers in the same month, so they couldn't make new blooms either. That leaves it up to the roses in containers that are not pruned, yet. Due to time constraints I wasn't able to fertilize those and especially because they are growing in pots the reality seem to be, that if they don't get fed they don't have the energy to make new blooms. What I am learning from this is, that if I want to have roses flowering throughout the year, I have to change my pruning strategy aka the pruning timing. This year my intention is that I will try to start pruning in the beginning of December and finish by the end of January and be more diligent with the fertilizing. It will be interesting to observe if I can coax more roses into blooming next February. So there are good explanations why I had so few blooms last month, but one thing is really disappointing to me. I have a three year old Tea Rose, 'Georgetown Tea' planted in the ground and Tea Roses are supposed to flower year round here in my climate and that was the main reason why I planted this particular rose in the first place. But 'Georgetown Tea' doesn't have one bloom on it right now, not one. In contrast to all the others, this rose I watered and fertilized throughout the winter season, but that didn't convince it to bloom. Maybe I didn't water and fertilize it enough. It is also planted in between a group of four Queen Anne Palms and it might be too shady for the rose in the winter time to be able to flower. Anyway, for now I have decided that just for experimental reasons I will increase the watering and the regularity in fertilizing of 'Georgetown Tea' and see what happens. Following are the very few brave roses that dared to bloom in February in our garden: 'Charles Rennie Mackintosh' surprised positively by giving me three flowers. This rose is still growing only in a two gallon container together with plenty of oxalis (if you are not familiar with it, it is a really obnoxious weed here in my area). It wasn't fertilized or cared for in any special way and still managed to be one of my most beautiful roses in February. It certainly deserves more loving attention this year. 'Alexander Hill Gray', a very light yellow Tea Rose, was gifting me with one flower and very sickly foliage. The same bud of 'Alexander Hill Gray' a few days later. In this photo the rose looks somehow surreal to me. The color of the canes is really that red, contrasting very strongly with the pale yellow blooms. Same rose flower again a few days later. The bloom was opening painfully slow, but at least it was opening and not balling and lasted a long time on the little shrub. I always think that 'Alexander Hill Gray' is a particular elegant rose. This was the very last spray of 'Marie Pavie's' winter flush. Right now she is making good use of the fertilizer and compost that I threw at her feet and producing tons of new leaves and I assume, new flowers are soon to follow. 'Nimbus' was suffering badly from powdery mildew and even black spot last month as you can see when you look at his leaves, but that didn't prevent him from developing one of its gorgeous colored flowers. The shadings of pale pink, mauve, and tan are so subtle, they are very hard to capture with the camera properly, but at least this image gives you an impression. Here is the same bloom, photographed from above. I like the tussled informal look that the rose flower is taking on in the winter time. I guess, it is mostly due to the low light conditions, which make it hard for the rose to open in a more organized way. Certainly not a great photo, but I had to show it to you anyway, because I am very excited about this one. The rose that it pictured is 'Old Fashioned Girl', a miniature rose, which is the first rose that is planted into the ground that is producing a spring flower spray this year. So this is my very first "real rose bloom" in 2013! All the other rose flowers that I showed you in this post are coming from roses growing in containers with the exception of 'Marie Pavie', which was still on her winter flush. 'Old Fashioned Girl' is positioned in front of a South-West facing off white wall, which reflects a lot of heat and light and I think that does the trick so that the rose is able to flower this early. Also since it is a miniature rose I didn't prune or deleave it, so there was nothing to set back the onset of the buds this year. Interestingly though, there is a 'Pink Pet' rose growing very close to this rose, also not pruned or deleaved, which is usually a very easy going rose, but it hasn't even set buds, yet. There is always some mystery to growing roses, which you can't explain! I am very curious to find out what will happen this March in my rose garden. Will I have more roses blooming already or will the spring flush only start in April? I hope you stay tuned and find out together with me. See you in the garden! Christina

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Hope you all had a relaxing weekend! Our weekend weather was beautiful!–My husband had a work picnic on Saturday and I don’t think we’ve ever had a nicer day for it. Chloe had a soccer game that morni