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Choosing Color - What color do I paint my walls if my carpet has this hue and my fabric is this shade? As designer Corena Lea Kessel explains "Color communicates meaning based on individual senses, culture and experiences. The dynamic relationship between color and your personal environment can actually have an impact on you!"

How to Create a Butterfly Garden - A garden that is a haven for butterflies, is a most beautiful one. So delicate, butterflies are a floating vision of color as they flutter from one flower to the next, sipping on nectar, and helping in the pollination process. Here's a great list of ways to create your own ideal Butterfly Garden.

English Country Gardens with Susan Cohan - Discussing romantic English Country Garden Design and Cottage Gardens in the US, award winning landscape designer Susan Cohan was a featured guest on Big Blend Radio's 'Garden Gossip' home and garden online radio show.

Organic Spring Salad Gardens! A spring garden is a delight – fresh veggies harvested in the cool evening air. Many call it a “salad garden” since you’re harvesting lettuce, arugula, spinach, broccoli, radishes and even scallions. Don Rosenberg discusses Organic Salad Gardens, plus, check out the recipe for Spinach & Broccoli Quiche with Pancetta!


Easy DIY Home Improvement Projects - Russ Hemmis & Marcus Hunt, HGTV Carpenters & TV Hosts were featured guests on Big Blend Radio's 'Garden Gossip' home & garden show, where they shared their Tips & Tricks for Easy & Budget-Friendly DIY Home Improvement Projects that will spruce up your home and boost its equity!

March Gardening Tips - March is the perfect time to purchase new plants, fix up your lawn, mulch, fertilize and finish final pruning. It's time to prepare for a summer feast of blooms! From how to purchase seedlings to planting roses and getting your flower and vegetable beds ready to taking care of your house plants, Rich Sherman, horticulturist at Myrtle Creek Nursery shares his gardening tips for March!

Berries for Spring & Summer! It's berry planting season in Southern California and in most warmer climates across the country. Here's some quick tips from Rich Sherman, horticulturist at Myrtle Creek Nursery, for growing Boysenberries, Raspberries, Strawberries and Blueberries - some of our favorite berries!


Starting Seeds in Earth-Friendly CowPots - CowPots are new manure-fiber based growing pots made from – you guessed it – composted cow manure! They are conveniently priced, earth-friendly, 100% biodegradable, and sustainable! Matt Freund, Creator of CowPots, shares his tips on How to Start Seeds that will give a Healthy Start to your Garden.

Catch Orchid Fever - From corsages pinned to prom dresses to exotic specimens in greenhouses, orchids are the most glamorous flowering plants in the world, but few know just how easy orchids are to grow and how affordable they’ve become. Look for new ‘phalaenopsis’ Mini-Orchids this spring, and check out these great tips on how to plant and care for them.

Tool Time for DIY'ers Game - For those of us who do things around the home for ourselves, here are ten questions about items you usually need. First you have to shoot down all those pesky space invaders--the more you shoot down--the more questions you will get to answer.

Basil - Basil is easy to grow, and indeed a container of it should be a fixture in every kitchen or garden.  Not only does the sweet herb taste great in many dishes, have beneficial health benefits but it also purifies the air and protects against troublesome flies and mosquitoes which shun its scent. Doreen Pollack 'The Garden Goddess' discusses Basil!

Designing a Home Office - Regardless of whether you full or part time from home, it’s important to create a space that is both productive and comfortable. Interior designer Corena Lea Kessel, shares some ideas on creating a work space that encourages you to produce with a positive attitude, no matter what it is you do!

Garden-ology - As spring gets closer, it's time to bone up on some of those gardening terms. Take the Gardenology challenge and see how many space invaders you can shoot down. The more you shoot, the more questions you get to answer. There are fifteen common gardening terms, just read the clue and unscramble the letters to make your answers.

 

Protect Plants from Sudden Frost or Freeze - Botanists have developed a ground-breaking spray that helps a plant survive hard frost and sudden freeze, extending the growing season by at least a month for most growers and gardeners. This non-toxic spray, called FreezePruf™, from the Liquid Fence® Company, improves a plant’s freeze tolerance up to 9.4° Fahrenheit, depending on the species.