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Petal Power
The perfect Thursday night includes a recipe of the following: – One giant bowl filled with Calendula, Lavender, Pansies, three types of Roses and Sweet Peas. – One steaming bathtub filled with water. – Candles. So many lit candles that smoke detectors could possibly go off. – Cold Champagne. – [...]
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You shall not pass.
Open the latch on the little gate that guards my front door, and you will be greeted by two barking dogs in a window, roses (‘Benjamin Britten’) in full bloom, and a riot of color to the left and right of you. You will also find a smattering of nasturtium [...]
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Garden Apothecary
Dirty Girl Clean has been renamed to Garden Apothecary. Check out my new etsy site, too! I have four new scents that are fabulous, and available for sugar scrubs and water refreshers! These are all hand-made in the wee hours between being dirty and sleep… Enjoy!
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Where’s the party at?
Here is my interpretation of snails at a rave. (Brought to you by us propagating succulents and grasses, and scraping off the clusters of asshole snails off each one gallon, plastic container. I can’t express how revolting it is to feel snail goo imbedded in your finger nails, before 10am. [...]
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Bug Cacophony
Yesterday in the early evening, I drove down to my farm to unload some flats of tomatoes and lavender I bought from the nursery. I normally wouldn’t drive all the way down to the farm to just unload a couple flats, but it was the tail end of a shit-tastic [...]
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Botanical climbers
I’m not talking about the always effusive ‘Altissimo’ climbing rose or an over zealous Jasmine vine. I’m talking about social climbing in the garden world, mostly seen in plant descriptions on website and online nurseries. Here’s an example of what I mean: “Clematis are the aristocrat of climbers; their rich [...]
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Another literary accomplishment…
Yep. Monday. Just another day designing gardens, planting in the mud, and becoming even more famous yet again in this month’s People Style Watch magazine. Sometimes it’s hard being really, really famous – but most of the time I try to remember how my fame is used for good, and [...]
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If plant recognition exists, can plants have an orgy?
Ongoing studies suggest (notice I say, suggest) that plants not only recognize their kin (their own species, not including a different cultivar) but act aggressive to “strangers”, or different species trying to grow in their root space. There are many articles to read on this subject which led me to [...]
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Natural Aphrodisiacs
*To the poor, poor souls who hate Valentine’s Day… find another blog post to read. But if you love Valentine’s Day, and want to spice it up naturally… continue below. Her breath is like honey spiced with cloves, Her mouth delicious as a ripened mango. To press kisses on her [...]
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The Hook Up
This beauty is a Gunnera that Rob (the famous Pitch Plant guy) gave me. Wait. Let me begin, from the beginning… Rob had dug up a giant cluster of gunner he had growing rampant in his garden, and asked if I wanted some. He reminded me of how giant they [...]
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