the green thumb
The Squidoo DIY Guide To Gardening
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Freshly Sown and Spruced!
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I like lenses that make me feel like I'm listening to people who're talking about what they're really growing in their homes and gardens. I love DIY, backyard, organic, homemade, dirt-under-your-fingernails, compost-your-kitchen-scraps, veggie-cultivating, flower-smelling, container-using, bird and butterfly-attracting, fairy-friendly gardening!
Tomato Plant Care and Feeding, Honey Bee Awareness Day, How-to Build a Free Form Flowerbed, Deer, Gophers, Squirrels, Crows, Rabbits Or Other Wildlife In The Garden?, How to Make a Moss Basket for Your Flowers
Flowers and Houseplants
beautiful blossoms and container gardening"If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change." - Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta, the founder of Buddhism, 563-483 B.C.
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Tulip Bulbs
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Tulips are the USA's favorite spring-flowering bulb. Strangely enough, the premier tulip-growing country isn't the US, but Holland, in The Netherlands! Amazingly, the fact that new tulip bulbs typically travel a few thousand miles to get here doesn't...
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Orchids
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Orchids are considered by many to be the most beautiful flowers of all. Orchids are easier to care for than many people realize and are used to going days and days without being watered of fussed over, and often endure incredible hardships...
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Spider Plant: Reducing Indoor Air Pollution
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The Spider Plant, Chlorophytum comosum, is a species of Chlorophytum native to South Africa. Spider plants have long narrow leaves that are 20-40 cm (8-15 in) long and 5-20 mm (0.2-0.8 in) broad, which grow from a central rosette. It also produces b...
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Indoor Flower Bulb Forcing techniques
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Thank you for visiting my Lens on Flower Bulbs. My name is Chris and I immigrated from The Netherlands to Canada. I live in an isolated remote part of Canada, with lots of Moose, Bears and trees... But...... no flowers the way I like. I used to spent...
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Air-Cleaners: The Coolest Houseplants Ever
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Did you know that if you keep certain houseplants, those plants will clean pollutants, chemicals and carcinogens out of the air inside your home? How cool is that!?
How Does Your Garden Grow?
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Eatables and Edibles
fruits, vegetables and other food gardening
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Grow Salads, Herbs and Flowers for Your Health
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Growing your own vegetables and flowers can be great fun. It's not difficult and it's not expensive to start. In fact you can use recycled goods to get you going. You can even grow vegetables and flowers if you only have a small backyard or bal...
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Growing Fruit Trees In Containers
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Growing fruit trees indoors is very rewarding and easy to do. You don't need to be living in a warm climate (or have a green thumb) to grow your own lemons, limes or oranges. Dwarf fruit trees can be grown in containers indoors durin...
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How To Grow an Herb Garden
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Firstly a very warm welcome to How To Grow an Herb Garden which along with How To Grow an Herb Garden aims to provide you with information about Starting an Herb Garden. For centuries people have been growing and using all kinds of herbs. They have be...
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The Art Of Growing Vegetables
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When I was a child, one of the most important parts of my summer was rooting through my grandmother's vegetable garden to find fresh veggies to eat. I loved the carrots best of all, and my grandmother would often tease me by saying I was going to tur...
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Fresh Asparagus Recipes
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Find everything you need to know about fresh asparagus right here! Learn how to grow asparagus, how to cook asparagus and even some tasty asparagus recipes. Fresh asparagus is delicious on it's own but by adding a few simple ingredients you can turn...
What's Your Favorite Sprinkler?
recommendations and favoritesDo you have a preferred type of sprinkler that you like to use in your garden? If so, please nominate and vote for it!
The Green Thumb's Groundskeepers
Squidoo's Gardening Lensmasters
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Backyard Critters
Bugs, butterflys, birds, bunnies and Bigfoot
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How You Can Get Rid of Japanese Beetles
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Japanese Beetles bug me! If you're like me, I like my rose bushes, grape vines, and fruit trees(plum and apple) in one piece not munched on by Japanese Beetles. I love to garden. It's a great way to relax without Japanese Beetles. But,...
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Ladybugs Are Good For Your Garden
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Learn everything you need to know about ladybugs and why they are good for your garden! Buy live ladybugs and find cute ladybug gifts including Ladybug Land, a natural ladybug habitat for your children! Attracting ladybugs to your garden can provide y...
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Aaarrgghh!.... APHIDS!
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One of the most common garden pests is the aphid. Many fruits and vegetables can be easily damaged by this small insect. However there are a variety of natural pest control techniques that can make managing your aphid infestation much easier and less...
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Butterflies and Gardening to Attract Them
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What is more beautiful than a garden full of colorful flowers with gorgeous butterflies flitting around? It's really not that hard to create a haven like this right in your own yard. All you need to create this sanctuary for you and the butterflies a...
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Organic Food Plant Pest and Parasite control
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Pest control can be interesting in a totally organic, primarily edible and indoor garden. While as a last resort I may turn to non-organic methods, so far I have kept away from them. In this page are descriptions of common pests, parasites, infectio...
Just Replanted!
recently updated lenses
Here are the lenses which have been republished the most-recently. Go take a look at whatever new material the lensmaster has added or updated!
Tomato Plant Care and Feeding, How Does Your Garden Grow, Garden Decor Accessories, Garden Fountains, Bronze Garden Sculptures
Digging In The Dirt
comments, feedback, questionsDo you have a gardening question? Got a great garden tip to share? Join Squidoo and join our discussion!
dustytoes wrote...
Thanks for accepting my "Growing Peonies" flower gardening lens into this awesome group. I see many lenses I want to visit.
Posted April 07, 2009
TacTac wrote...
Hey thanks for welcoming me to the family :) Look forward to learning from you all and maybe even sharing a bit here and there. Happy gardening everyone!
Posted October 09, 2008
Charanne wrote...
Thank you very much for adding our lens Christmas Cactus to your group.
Posted October 01, 2008
pmolinero wrote...
Hi,
thanks for accepting my lens about Hybrid Tea Roses in this nice gardening group.
Posted September 26, 2008
Care-of-Orchids wrote...
Hi,
Just a quick note to thank you for adding my lens to this group :)
Posted September 16, 2008
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