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Flowered Boots

Save any old boots. The best are the "hiking" type boots. Plant any bulb flower that you like. Plant annuals such as snapdragons and such as well.

Over the years they'll with become covered in moss. If they don't have holes in the toes ~ slit one with an Exact-O knife & plant a small trailing sedum.

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Spring Herbal Garden

By: Kari Robinette
“Spring fever” is easy to catch, and I love to spend as much time as I can outdoors working in the yard. I enjoy planting a small herbal garden every year. Herbs are some of the easiest plants to grow and some varieties actually thrive when ignored....

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7 Helpful Gardening Tips

By: Christina Murphy
When starting a garden know your soil's pH factor. You can have your soil tested at your local cooperative extension service (free in some states.) To do this get one tablespoon of soil from five different parts of your yard. After drying them...

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