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Daily NewslettersThrough nine years of blogging, Mount Pleasant personality Kaleb Wyse has struck a chord online with a fresh take on old home and garden hobbies through Wyse Guide, amassing nearly 100,000 followers.
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Through nine years of blogging, Mount Pleasant personality Kaleb Wyse has struck a chord online with a fresh take on old home and garden hobbies through Wyse Guide, amassing nearly 100,000 followers.
Plants, flowers and herbs have grown thanks to our backyard project after the derecho. If there’s one positive thing to come from the storm, it’s that we now have more sunlight.
A drought brings with it a whole set of challenges. It also isn’t going to keep those new trees alive. Tips for gardeners facing drought conditions.
With the help of a power edger, you can give your landscape that kind of polish and snap.
Rescue flowers are those flowers that, well, come to the rescue in your garden in later summer.
Backyards have come a long way, baby. People are no longer content with the basic grass, concrete slab and simple patio table and chairs.
Use those herbs and greens popping up in your garden right now and make your own pesto following this basic recipe.
Hollyhocks, in fact, are easy to grow. All it takes is a little know-how.
“If you’re thinking clematis, think vertical. Most of the clematis are climbing, and they can cover any structure in your garden.”
Local homeowners can create garden spaces that can help support the life and migration of butterflies — monarchs and other pollinators — through the area by planting their own butterfly gardens.
One person’s invasive plant is another’s ideal garden plant.
Here in Iowa, plant markers are a tricky thing. I’ve lived here 30 years and struggled all that time to find inexpensive, lasting, attractive markers that are easy to make - until I made my own.
From the butler’s pantry to a billiard room and ballroom, rooms will be a product of their time. Maybe we’ll see decontamination rooms after the pandemic.
