Kay L.

About Kay L.

I’m a freelance writer and content creator with a passion for storytelling and gardening. My love of flowers started when I was given a book on floriography and realized that flowers can be used to communicate hidden meaning. Since then, I’ve rediscovered the joy of nature and the far-reaching impacts it can have on the human psyche. In my spare time, I collect crystals, write fantasy fiction stories, and create eclectic art.

Latest from Kay L.

10 Plants That Will Kill You
10 Plants That Will Kill You
#Cultivation#flowers#gardening tips#gardening tools#Green Thumb Knowledge#houseplants#plant health#Plant Selection and Care
Occasionally, a report will surface of a hiker foolishly ingesting unknown mushrooms they spotted on their hike, leading to severe food poisoning, or in extreme cases, death. Plants may not be able to fight back using tooth or claw, but...
4 min read
How to Grow Morning Glories
How to Grow Morning Glories
#flowers#gardening tips#gardening tools#Green Thumb Knowledge#hacks#Plant Cultivation#Plant Selection and Care
Flowers often touted as hardy and fast-growing fall short, appearing woefully inadequate, whether due to an unassuming appearance or other faults. Many gardeners are already familiar with the sweeping clumps of coneflowers or leggy petunias wilting on the front porch. ...
4 min read
Vegetables You Can Propagate from Scraps
Vegetables You Can Propagate from Scraps
#easy gardening#edible plants#garden#Garden Prep#garden to table#gardening tools#Green Thumb Knowledge#Hori Hori Knife#Kitchen Composter#Organic Farming#Plant Cultivation#vegetable gardening
In an era where sensationalizing content is a guaranteed way to boost engagement and monetization, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to distinguish between what’s reality and what’s unrealistic expectation. Those lush trees that sprout from seeds within weeks hardly seem feasible,...
4 min read
How to Plan and Maintain a Prairie Style Garden
How to Plan and Maintain a Prairie Style Garden
#easy gardening#Garden Beds#garden planning#Garden Prep#gardening tools#lawn care#Plant Cultivation#Soil and Nutrition
A prairie brings to mind expanses of rolling grassland dotted with wildflowers, harkening back to a time past when much of America was still rural pastureland. Today, much of that bucolic setting is gone – replaced by modern high-rises and...
4 min read
Greenhouse Ideas That Add Charm
Greenhouse Ideas That Add Charm
#Better Gardening#garden design#Garden Prep#garden protection#gardening tips#gardening tools#Green Thumb Knowledge#greenhouse#Landscape Design and Ecological Gardening
In the forbidding cold, exotic flowers easily perished. The solution was to keep them in greenhouses and conservatories, where mimosa, bougainvillea, jasmine and tea roses all were grown by the wealthy in the Victorian era.  In the modern era, greenhouses...
4 min read
Romantic Plants for a Cottage Garden
Romantic Plants for a Cottage Garden
#Cultivation#flowers#Green Thumb Knowledge#Plant Cultivation#Plant Selection and Care
English manor gardens were very enviable – they lacked the rigid formations of French formal gardens, yet displayed an exuberance like none other. Roses, hydrangeas, and wisteria spilled over terraces in luxuriant splendor. Some cottage gardens trend toward the frillier...
4 min read
Top Garden Flowers to Start from Seed in March
Top Garden Flowers to Start from Seed in March
#Cultivation#flowers#garden design#Garden Prep#gardening tools#Plant Selection and Care#Planters
The bane of winter is one that gardeners are well acquainted with, with its starving, icy fingers and pale ascent. But eventually, the spring months jostle into place.  When summer comes like a jolt, announcing its arrival with a bright...
3 min read
What to Do When Your Indoor Plants Get Too Leggy
What to Do When Your Indoor Plants Get Too Leggy
#flowers#food#Green Thumb Knowledge#greenhouse#indoor gardening#Plant Cultivation#Plant Selection and Care
“Leggy” is a funny term to describe underperforming plants, but fortunately, it’s one of those terms that don’t require much difficulty to extrapolate meaning. Unfortunately, leggy plants tend to be sparse, unattractive, and floppy. The stems grow long and weak,...
4 min read
11 Exotic Asian Fruits to Try for Flavor
11 Exotic Asian Fruits to Try for Flavor
#dragonfruit#edible plants#food#fruit#fruit trees#gardening tips#gardening tools#Plant Selection and Care
It is easy to see why Hawaii, with its oceanic blue beaches, is known as paradise on Earth, but in terms of a gastronomy experience, Malaysia is the ultimate tropical fruit paradise. The market stalls, laden with an astounding variety...
4 min read
The Hidden Tick Magnet in Your Yard: Japanese Barberry
The Hidden Tick Magnet in Your Yard: Japanese Barberry
#flowers#garden planning#gardening tips#Green Thumb Knowledge#Plant Selection and Care#plants#Unusual Plants
Do you feel that you are easily ticked off, your anger resting atop a gasoline-fueled, combustible pile of kindling? Sometimes, the source of one’s ire can be surprising – and for anyone afflicted with ticks, they’re probably surprised that this...
4 min read
Kay L.

About Kay L.

I’m a freelance writer and content creator with a passion for storytelling and gardening. My love of flowers started when I was given a book on floriography and realized that flowers can be used to communicate hidden meaning. Since then, I’ve rediscovered the joy of nature and the far-reaching impacts it can have on the human psyche. In my spare time, I collect crystals, write fantasy fiction stories, and create eclectic art.
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