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Native vs. Exotic Plants: Which Belongs in Your Flower Garden?

When planning a flower garden, we often choose plants based on color, bloom time, fragrance, or simply because we fell in love with them at the garden center. But there is another question worth asking: Should you plant native flowers, exotic plants—or a little of both? Native and exotic plants can both create beautiful gardenContinue reading “Native vs. Exotic Plants: Which Belongs in Your Flower Garden?”

🌙🌿 Nighttime Garden Visitors? Here’s How to Keep Them Away!

If you’ve ever woken up to find your flower beds trampled or your favorite plants nibbled down to stubs, you’re not alone. Deer, rabbits, raccoons, and other nighttime visitors can wreak havoc on even the most well-tended garden. While these creatures are just looking for a midnight snack, there are effective and humane ways toContinue reading “🌙🌿 Nighttime Garden Visitors? Here’s How to Keep Them Away!”

How to Start a Honeybee Garden with 8 Buzz-Worthy Flowers

Creating a honeybee garden is a wonderful way to support pollinators while adding beauty to your outdoor space. Bees play a crucial role in pollination, and by planting a diverse selection of bee-friendly flowers, you’re giving them a safe haven to thrive. Here’s a guide on planting and caring for eight perfect flower seeds toContinue reading “How to Start a Honeybee Garden with 8 Buzz-Worthy Flowers”

Bees, Hemp, & Cannabis

Bees play a significant role in the ecosystem, as bee populations continue to fall, concern grows about what implications the loss of pollinators will have om our ecosystem. Have you seen the recent videos or read the latest articles about honeybees and cannabis? The first question that comes to mind do bees pollinate cannabis? ThereContinue reading “Bees, Hemp, & Cannabis”

Bee house DIY gardening

What’s the secret to enjoying more blooms and greater harvests? Pollination! To increase the pollination of your garden plants, consider getting a backyard bee house for native solitary bees! Bee houses are similar to bird houses, but instead of attracting birds, they attract native solitary bee species. Unlike honey bees, these solitary bees are extremelyContinue reading “Bee house DIY gardening”