Topic: Seasons

• Fill Your Home With Flowers In The New Year

  By: Linette Gerlach | Comment | Dec 28, 11:42am ET

  The Chinese believe that filling your home with flowers, plants and fresh fruit for the New Year. Live blooming plants and flowers represent life, rebirth and the start of a new cycle.

  Whether it’s the start of your new garden cycle, or a new cycle in your life, plants can help … More

• My Mother Earth's Garden 2 Year Anniversary

  By: Linette Gerlach | 1 Comment | Nov 3, 5:54pm ET

  Can you believe it? As of November 1st I’ve been blogging at Mother Earth’s Garden for 2 years! I’ve had a great time writing here. I completely forgot about the anniversary over the weekend, and didn’t even remember until today.

  I’ve had a great time sharing gardening tips and stories with … More

• The Fireworks In My Garden

  By: Linette Gerlach | Comment | Jul 4, 7:02pm ET

  Happy Fourth of July! I wanted to share some of the fireworks in my garden with you today. OK, so you have to use your imagination a little, but don’t these plants look a little like fireworks? I think it’s my gardens way of celebrating the 4th of July.
  The flowering … More

• Happy Valentine's Day From Mother Earth's Garden

  By: Linette Gerlach | Comment | Feb 14, 8:04am ET

  I hope you have a wonderful Valentine’s Day!

  Image via Stock.xchng

• Happy New Year!

  By: Linette Gerlach | Comment | Jan 1, 10:02am ET

  Happy New Year from Mother Earth’s Garden.

  Now that the holidays are over, it’s time to bring on the new garden plants and plans for 2009. Time to curl up with a big cup of hot coffee, and my 2009 gardening catalogs spread around me on the floor and spend … More

• Happy Thanksgiving!

  By: Linette Gerlach | Comment | Nov 28, 12:26am ET

  Have a Happy Thanksgiving from Mother Earth’s Garden
  Image (c) L Gerlach
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• Pumpkins Make Great Serving Bowls

  By: Linette Gerlach | 9 Comments | Sep 28, 1:12pm ET

  Pumpkins have many uses, you can carve them, paint them, cook them, and did you know you can use them for serving bowls?
  Just cut the top off the pumpkin. You can make a fancy scalloped, or wavy edge, or just cut it straight around. Scoop out the pulp and … More

• Start Thinking About Your Christmas Creations

  By: Linette Gerlach | 1 Comment | Jul 18, 10:52pm ET

  I know it’s hard to start thinking about Christmas when it’s only July, but… If you want to have dried, or pressed flowers, seeds or seed heads to use for your Christmas ornaments, holiday decorations, and cards you need to start harvesting them now.
  I’ve been pressing and drying … More

• Fireworks Over The Lake

  By: Linette Gerlach | 1 Comment | Jul 5, 1:05pm ET

  We watched fireworks over the lake last night, of course I had to take a couple shots. Check em out, and have a wonderful holiday weekend.

  All image (c) Linette all rights reserved
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• Celebrate The 4th With a Blast From The Past at b5media

  By: Linette Gerlach | 1 Comment | Jul 3, 9:54am ET

  While the writers of the b5media Lifestyles Channel may be scattered about globally, one thing we all have in common is a celebration of fireworks.  Whether it’s the U.S. and our Fourth of July – or a very different kind of holiday in Perth – we all know the … More