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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How to Eat Dragon Fruit: Ways and Benefits
How to Eat Dragon Fruit: Ways and Benefits
You may have encountered some version of this problem with a variety of exotic fruits: you have the raw specimen in hand but are unsure of its consumption. Many people have stared at a fresh dragon fruit, hefting its scaly...
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Fresh vs Artificial Christmas Wreaths: Which One is Right for You?
Fresh vs Artificial Christmas Wreaths: Which One is Right for You?
There is always this one house that goes all out for Christmas, complete with inflatable Santas and a litter of Christmas garden gnomes. Then there’s the barren house that Ebenezer Scrooge might have lived in, devoid of lights, silver tinsel,...
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Fall Garden Chores that Kids Can Help With
Fall Garden Chores that Kids Can Help With
“Idle hands are the Devil’s workshop” is a common phrase that many people heard growing up, often at the heels of a loathsome set of chores. Outdated? Perhaps. But nobody likes an unmotivated and lazy coworker – it’s important to...
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Why Straw Mulch is Better for Protecting Winter Crops
Why Straw Mulch is Better for Protecting Winter Crops
There are some people that beat around the bush every time, citing pros and cons of every option. However, the brutally honest prefer a more straightforward approach.   Many gardeners neglect mulching during the winter, viewing it as unnecessary when they’d...
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Why Victorian Greenhouses are in Season
Why Victorian Greenhouses are in Season
A clue to the fashion tastes of the Victorians can be found in their greenhouses – elaborate structures featuring lofty roofs and crystalline expanses of steel. The Victorians were masters of art who had fashionably popularized the codified ritual of...
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Top Gardening Tools for Frugal Gardeners
Top Gardening Tools for Frugal Gardeners
It’s that time of the year again when you throw out used gardening tools and start shopping for gifts for that special someone – or else they’ll stop talking to you. Even if you’re painfully stingy like the Grinch, there’s...
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Rarest Flowers in the World
Rarest Flowers in the World
Some flowers show up in spades – in grocery stores and garden centers around the world. Commercial flowers, like mums and petunias, tend to be too bland for more advanced gardeners. Inquiring minds naturally gravitate towards stranger fare, including the...
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Best Trailing Houseplants for Hanging Displays
Best Trailing Houseplants for Hanging Displays
The lack of physical space is often a concern for houseplant enthusiasts. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon of antiquity makes use of vertical space, though its grandeur is now lost to the mists of time. On a much smaller scale,...
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Plants You Shouldn’t Cut Back in Fall
Plants You Shouldn’t Cut Back in Fall
Towards the end of fall, plants tend to get ragged and leggy, leading some gardeners to have an instinctive desire to prune back their leaves. Others are perpetual procrastinators who hold off chores until the last minute – and in...
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Black Roses: History, Symbolism, Varieties
Black Roses: History, Symbolism, Varieties
Roses of a darker shade – particularly an intense, virulent black – have always fascinated those with a penchant for the gothic and macabre. They have long captured the hearts of romantics, gardeners, and vampire fans and would have been...
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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.