Frugal Plant Profile: Daffodils
Our frugal plant profile this time centers around the lovely spring bloomer and general favorite the daffodil. As I’ve already told you, flowering bulbs are a great frugal choice for the frugal gardener– heck, for everybody! Daffodils, botanically narcissus, grow from fleshy bulbs and come in tons of sizes, colors and varieties. These are a [...]
Frugal Plant Profile: Crocus
With spring on the way, you can bet you’ll be seeing crocuses, tons of them all over and that is why we’ll be adding it to our frugal plant profile. They multiply by the hundreds! Just plant a handful in your garden and a few years later you’ll triple your investment. What could be better [...]
Frugal Plant Profile: Foxgloves
For the next installment of the frugal plant profile series we’re going to look at Foxgloves. Digitalis is the botanical name for this tall plant found naturally growing on the edge of woods, by streams and often seen in the typical cottage garden. Depending on variety, the foxglove can grow from 2- 8 feet tall [...]
Frugal Plant Profile: Grape Hyacinths
It’s time to add spring blooming bulbs to our frugal plant profile and first up is Grape Hyacinths, Muscari in botanical lingo. I picked this one first simply because I’ve been looking at its foliage all winter every time I go up the walkway toward the front steps. I never noticed how relatively green the [...]
POOpeas Organic Fertilizer for House Plants – Product Review
If you’re interested in an organic fertilizer for house plants, I’m here to give you the straight poop about a good product that will make your house plants sit up and take notice. It’s called POOpeas, and don’t let the name fool you, it works very well to perk up plants that seem [...]
Frugal Plant Profile: Daisy
This is the second in our frugal plant profile series. Daisy is probably the first flower you ever drew in kindergarten, a yellow circle framed by white petals. You used a daisy to find your “true love”. Remember he-loves-me-he-loves-me-not? You also picked daisies to make daisy crowns or to give to mommy. And why not? [...]
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