Kylee Baumle's Blog, page 19
October 21, 2013
Greenbo Fiorina Pillow Planter & Fabric Case: A Review
It seems like I've received more products for review this summer than usual and I've enjoyed putting them to the test, using them in my everyday garden experiences. Over the next few weeks, I'll be sharing them with you, in case they're something you may want to use or perhaps even purchase as a gift for a gardener. The holidays will be here before you know it!
When Jenny and I were writing Indoor Plant Decor: The Design Stylebook For Houseplants , we made use of cache pots quite a...
October 15, 2013
Propagating This Plant Couldn't Be Easier
Though I've grown houseplants for nearly 40 years, there's always something new to learn, which is one of the big appeals that gardening in general holds for me. I seem to have a thirst for knowledge and whether learning something by seeking it out or discovering something by accident, it keeps life from ever becoming boring.
I learned something about one of my newer houseplants this summer via accident that at first alarmed me, and then as logic took hold, it made me smile.
Tropical plan...
October 13, 2013
Those Insidious Flower Bugs
I love this time of year. The sun is deliciously warm without making me sweat and the nights are the perfect kind of cool for sleeping with the windows open. The fall aromas range from that organic woodsy smell to the crisp freshness of cooler air.
Here in farm country, the second we walk out the door, we can also smell the dry corn as it's being harvested. The sharper angle of the sun bathes everything in its regal golden light. The leaves are changing colors and they're ill...
October 12, 2013
Summer Insect Notes
This has been a strange one. This past summer, I mean. Oh, the weather is strange all the time, it seems; I don't even know what normal is anymore. But this summer was unusual in another way that may or may not have had anything to do with weather.
One of the biggest news items in the world of entomology was the lack of monarch butterflies. I only saw six or seven all summer and I saw fewer monarch caterpillars than that. We sort of knew that one was coming. Last...
October 9, 2013
Wordless Wednesday: Garden Play
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Garden Play
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The Playmobil set was a free gift from Lechuza for visiting their booth at the IGC Show in Chicago.
October 7, 2013
RoboReel® Water Hose System: A Review
She needs eyelashes.I'll be honest, when I first saw the information about Great Stuff, Inc.'s RoboReel® Water Hose System, I was immediately taken with all that it could do, but in the next instant, I was also very skeptical. Some of its features defied reality, in my opinion. It looked like it belonged in a Jetsonian world and really, it couldn't possibly do all that, could it?I received a RoboReel® Water Hose System about a month ago to use and review. Both my husband and...
October 2, 2013
September 28, 2013
A Passion For Agaves
I'm placing all the blame on Pam Penick (author of
Lawn Gone!: Low-Maintenance, Sustainable, Attractive Alternatives for Your Yard
) for my obsession with agaves. Ever since I saw the giant ones on her blog (
Digging
) several years ago, I have been hopelessly besotted with this prickly desert plant. Never mind that the closest desert is nearly 1500 miles away, in Texas.Pam's not in the desert, but Austin, Texas, is where she happens to live, so she not only can grow agaves with ease...
