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Choosing The Perfect Flowers For Summer

Choosing The Perfect Flowers For Summer

Summer flowers and bedding plants are a great way to instantly add color to your lawn. Summer flowers start appearing in garden centers in the early spring, but you should be careful to plant only after the danger of freezing weather has passed. Summer flowers produce the best results when purchased ready to plant rather than trying to grow them yourself from seeds. Selecting the right summer flowers for your area can be quite a task, especially if you are planting your first flower garden. Here are some suggestions as to which flowering plants may be right for your situation:

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Posted by petra1000 in Blog, Flowers
Learn All About Stained Glass

Learn All About Stained Glass

In the past few years I have made it a goal each year to try at least three new things during the course of that year. So when January rolls around I sit down and consider what skills or hobbies I’d like to gain in the next year and then I make plans to learn those very things. This past year I decided that I finally wanted to learn how to make stained glass pieces of my very own.

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Posted by petra1000 in Blog, Crafting
The History Of The Roses (Part 2)

The History Of The Roses (Part 2)

Evolution of the Rose

Nowadays, the genus Rosa encompasses around 150 species of erect, climbing, or trailing perennial shrubs with thousands of varieties. These stem from a very small number of original roses from Asia that were crossbred over the centuries with native European and American wild species.

Roses are classified into three types:

  1. species – the familiar ‘wild rose’
  2. Old World roses – introduced before 1867)
  3. modern roses
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Posted by petra1000 in Blog, Flowers
Making Your Own Bead Jewelry

Making Your Own Bead Jewelry

Creating your own bead jewelry is a creative hobby that allows you to produce unique pieces for yourself, family and friends. Here is how you can get started.

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Posted by petra1000 in Beading, Blog, Crafting