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clairehoneybee · 5 days
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I Give Up.... Deer Are Eating Everything!
Top 10 Deer Strategies Having observed so many people get frustrated and ready to throw in the towel because of deer and rabbits, gave me the impetus to write this article. Taking all the pleasure out of gardening, animals can be a ongoing annoying and expensive problem, but that doesn’t mean it is insurmountable. There are ways to combat these critters, but you have to know the strategies that…
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clairehoneybee · 21 days
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A Passion for Hellebores
Ok, drumroll here….I think I can say that Hellebores (Helleborus x hybridus) hybrid Lenten Rose,  are my favorite perennial plant. A well-kept secret of garden enthusiasts, Hellebores or commonly known as Lenten roses should be more widely known to serious and not so serious gardeners alike; this is a plant that is worth seeking out. What other plant resists deer, neglect, likes shade-even deep…
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clairehoneybee · 1 month
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First Sign of Spring - Winter Aconites
Winter Aconites will push up through snow Sunny yellow blooms fringed with a fringed ruff poking through snow is my first sign that spring has sprung. Eranthis hyamalis, or Winter Aconite, in the buttercup family, is a spring ephemeral, which means that it is a short-lived plant above ground with a burst of blooms, then disappears, remaining under ground until next winter. Appearing around the…
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clairehoneybee · 1 month
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Top 10 Early Spring Native Plant Choices
Native plants are so important to all our pollinators, but the most important are the early spring ones-plants that flower in late winter into spring- that will keep the pollinators fed when there is a dearth of nectar. I keep honeybees and observe that when I have a warm sunny day over 45 degrees Fahrenheit, the bees have broken their cluster in the hive and are emerging from the hive – hungry!…
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clairehoneybee · 2 months
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Backyard Bird Count 2024
The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) runs from Feb 16-19, 2024, which is an unique opportunity to get the family involved in this popular hobby to record bird sightings. This annual Bird Count unites the world in this one endeavor. Blue Bird perching in my Sycamore tree observing my bird feeder An event that engages bird watchers of all ages in counting birds to create a real-time snapshot of…
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clairehoneybee · 2 months
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Grow Your Own Bouquet With Heirloom Annuals
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clairehoneybee · 2 months
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Mid-Atlantic Nursery Show 2024 for New Plants and Gardening Trends
Fresh off the MANTS (Mid-Atlantic Nursery Trade Show) floor in Baltimore, I made lots of fresh contacts and found many exciting plant introductions that I want to use in my future landscaping projects. I am stoked for the 2024 gardening year and the new plants and ideas that are hitting the nursery and garden center shelves. In this post, I will review the plants and products that interested me,…
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clairehoneybee · 3 months
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Seed Starting Made Easy
Varieties of seeds greatly exceed transplant varieties that you can buy in the spring Everybody is into seed starting this spring because of renewed interest in gardening and there are lots of  tips and tricks to this great money saving hobby that I have gathered over the years. New gardeners frequently think that you just throw some seeds from a seed packet into potting soil and place them in a…
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clairehoneybee · 3 months
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Simple Seed Starting Using Winter Sowing
After a hectic year of non-stop landscaping work, I have some time on my hands and discovered ‘winter sowing’. I started doing it last winter in a small way with Bells of Ireland and was so successful, that I am winter sowing in a big way this January and February to save my precious time in the spring. Why wait until spring to sow seeds when I can do it right now? Winter sowing is traditionally…
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clairehoneybee · 4 months
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Dried Flower Christmas
It’s that time of year when all of our fresh garden flowers are gone and we turn to those that we dried or preserved for the long winter season. For my post on the rebirth of dried flowers which were very popular in the 70’s and 80’s, go to Dried Flowers Back From the Dead. And what better time to use them, but for Christmas with fresh vibrant colors for the season? Wreath of summer-dried flowers…
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clairehoneybee · 4 months
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A Very Retro Christmas at Longwood Gardens
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clairehoneybee · 4 months
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Holiday Centerpiece Made Easy
  About the only time I have people sit down for a full dinner at a dining table at my house is Christmas and I need a knock-out centerpiece. It must have a low silhouette so people can converse across it and also have a small footprint so it doesn’t take up a lot of room. Long and narrow are my requirements, as well as lots of color and texture. For how-to on my Thanksgiving arrangement, go to…
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clairehoneybee · 4 months
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Holly for the Holidays
McLean Nursery is gearing up for a big Christmas holly decorating season! Hundreds of fluffy festive bows are hanging from the workshop ceiling and the ‘elves’ are busily making the many wreaths and boxwood trees that are destined to deck the halls of some lucky customers. And those customers come back year after year as they know they will be taking home freshly made greenery wreaths, boxwood…
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clairehoneybee · 5 months
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Pumpkin Succulent Centerpiece Made Easy
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clairehoneybee · 6 months
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PawPaws: America's Best Kept Secret
  Tasting like a blend of bananas and mango, Pawpaws have a tropical taste, totally unexpected where it is indigenous – the Mid-Atlantic, the South, and the Mid-West of the United States. Growing in a temperate deciduous forest, this native tropical-like fruit is unique to the US and is the largest edible fruit native to North America, measuring from 3- 6 inches long with a deceptive green skin.…
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clairehoneybee · 6 months
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Pumpkin Decorating 10 Ways
Celebrate the fall season by these top 10 ways of pumpkin decorating. From mini chalk-painted pumpkins to gorgeous hand-painted marble creations, step up your style this year with these no-carve painted pumpkin ideas. These creative painted pumpkins think outside the box with modern metallics, fresh florals, and gold studs. Use spray adhesive to stick fresh foliage on a pumpkin and give it a few…
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clairehoneybee · 6 months
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Sweet Annie - Versatile Aromatic Everlasting
Sweet Annie, Artemisia annua, is an herb I remember from the seventies and eighties. Intensely fragrant smelling green herb wreaths were made up in the fall from the cut branches and I would see them everywhere for sale at craft fairs and outdoor festivals. Wreath of Sweet Annie I kind of forgot about Sweet Annie for a long time until a volunteer plant emerged from my asparagus patch this summer…
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