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25.06.18 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Moneysaving Tips for Gardeners

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Dirt Cheap Garden Ideas Not everyone can afford a bath size water garden kit, but what about using an old tub that was cast off from a remodeling project? What about old teacups turned into bird feeders? Or signs made out of old lumber, or the newest trend… making stuff out of wooden pallets? In the…

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20.11.14 | Ilona Erwin | 2 Comments

The De-clutter Journey

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Specifically, How Did You Do It? For those who are struggling, like I have, here are some of the practical steps of getting rid of clutter and the whole lifestyle that goes with it. Like some physical maladies, this one might have a different root for some people than it has for others. It might…

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05.02.14 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Still too early, so wait for it

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Don’t Start Seeds Too Early Photo: MissyRedBoots, Judith Broug Some of you aren’t going to heed this advice. I blame the fact that this winter has been so long (psychologically) and cold that with all the complaints about it, many gardeners want to jump the gun. Whether the stores will aid and abet you, I don’t…

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16.01.11 | Ilona Erwin | 4 Comments

Not Your Usual Tomato Post

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The tomato is probably tops in what people want to grow for their dining table. It is just a guess, but due to the lack of good tomatoes available in groceries and the many ways we use them in our cuisine, that seems like a safe guess. So garden articles, posts, and even books, are…

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06.01.11 | Ilona Erwin | 4 Comments

Does Everyday Design Matter?

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Does Everyday Design Matter? Of course it does. I mean we think that and might say it, but the way we live often says something else. Not that we don’t appreciate good design. Our appreciation sells books and magazines, it drives blogs…after all, some of the most popular have gorgeous photos all over the place…

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05.10.10 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Were The Tomatoes Worth It in 2010?

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Sadly, to me, this year they were not worth the money and work invested; although I would always plant them. There is nothing as good as a well grown, homegrown tomato, and that is reason enough to try anew each year. It isn’t the tomato plants fault that I had a less than stellar year,…

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01.09.10 | Ilona Erwin | 1 Comment

Easy Way to Journal Your Garden

do as I say + Keeping a Garden Journal

© 2010 Ilona’s Garden Journal.All rights reserved. You are going to buy some tulip and daffodil bulbs, soon…. or you find a great new shrub on sale, which you snap up and want to situate in your garden…. now, are you going to remember the names of those plantings five years from now? How about…

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29.06.10 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Wedding Flower Advice

About Flowers + do as I say + Places

“As much as I didn’t like my flowers at the time, I have with time, learned two important lessons. 1) don’t be talked into flowers that you don’t want, and write down those you do and 2) the flowers aren’t what make the day. As much as I love flowers, I’d rather have bad flowers…

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28.10.09 | Ilona Erwin | 3 Comments

Finally: Affirmed in Saving Magazines!

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Now there is no hope I will agree to throw away loved magazines… I will just have to collect enough of the same kind to have a stool…or two! clipped from eachlittleworld.typepad.com Designer Arik Levy has come up with the perfect way to organize, file, and store my magazines in plain sight while giving me…

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23.08.09 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Garden Maturity

do as I say + Landscape Trees + the REAL world

I’ve been a long time in this present garden, now. Long enough to reckon with mature plant sizes and the times I broke the rules on proper spacing. There are a few situations that I truly rue not paying attention to height and spread, and in one I was taken by surprise. I had planted…

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