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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National Flower Day – March 21
National Flower Day – March 21
As you get older and the dreary winter days seem to lengthen, spring becomes all the more long-awaited. Although not officially recognized as a holiday, National Flower Day, which coincides with the spring equinox – the first day of spring...
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How to Water Air Plants
How to Water Air Plants
Maybe you’ve picked up a stray air plant at the local market, intrigued by its seemingly uncomplicated nature and curled leaves. Or maybe you’ve been given this funny looking plant and are curious about its care. Whatever the case, it’s...
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Dried Flower Decorating Ideas
Dried Flower Decorating Ideas
The impermanence of flowers is mourned by poets and gardeners alike. Flowers are short-lived, waxing and waning within the cycle of a single year. When flower heads are spent, the petals cling to what little beauty they have left. While...
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10 Crops to Grow for the New Season
10 Crops to Grow for the New Season
Nurturing vegetables through blight, frost, and general adversity is not an easy task, especially when everything seems dead. Does it seem like you’re just digging holes in the dirt, with no results?  Some vegetables are low-maintenance, requiring little more than...
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The Potato: A Humble Crop with a Grand History
The Potato: A Humble Crop with a Grand History
In secluded parts of the Andes, potatoes flourish in a dazzling variety of forms, from gnarled and knobby to elongated and ruby-red in color. Some are almost serpentine, twisting like the coils of snakes, while others explode with tuberous growths,...
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Best Red Flowers to Grow
Best Red Flowers to Grow
Red, the color of spilled wine; red, the color of the sun at sundown. There is hardly a color that has spawned more literary allusion and metaphor throughout the centuries.  Indeed, the poetically named “War of the Roses,” was the...
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Garden Veggie Ideas for School Lunches
Garden Veggie Ideas for School Lunches
Does the thought of going back to your formative years send shivers down your spine? Between dreadful school lunches and relentless bullies, it’s no wonder that so many would rather not relive these years.  School lunches tend to run the...
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New Trends and Advancements in Gardening 2025
New Trends and Advancements in Gardening 2025
In the process of growing a garden, certain trends will start to emerge. However, not all trends are helpful – some may be counterintuitive or even destructive, such as the use of banana water to fertilize plants. What seems promising...
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10 Trees You Shouldn’t Plant
10 Trees You Shouldn’t Plant
Not all plants embody life and resurrection. Some trees – stunted saplings and dense clusters of violent thorns – are downright unattractive. Others choose to strangle and usurp like the evil flowers they are; still, others fall prey to diseases...
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Marshmallow Root and the Making of Marshmallows
Marshmallow Root and the Making of Marshmallows
If a child had been told that marshmallows can soothe a sore throat, he’d probably have been elated. Alas, store bought marshmallows are mainly gelatin based and are useless in their purported cure. On the other hand, marshmallow root (Althaea...
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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.