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.

Plant Mutations in the Garden
Plant Mutations in the Garden
In medicine, malformations and maladies are cause for concern – rarely are they as innocuous as double eyelashes or violet eyes. However, what becomes a bane in humans is sought-after in the plant world. Mutations like unexpected coloring or unusual...
3 min read
What to Plant in September: Fast-Growing Veggies for a Second Harvest
What to Plant in September: Fast-Growing Veggies for a Second Harvest
Autumn, a season of falling leaves, jack-o'-lanterns leering in grimaces, and pumpkin spice, is not leaving anytime in the next millennium or two. It brings with it a host of autumn-themed drinks, including novel concoctions such as the green-apple lineup...
4 min read
Unusual Sunflowers to Grow in the Garden
Unusual Sunflowers to Grow in the Garden
Unusual colors and flower mutations always prompt fascination among gardeners. Sunflowers are one of those oddities that manage to break a few trends: a deep-seated disgust with the color yellow, and appearing at a frequency rare enough to deem them...
4 min read
Insects That Look Dangerous But Are Harmless
Insects That Look Dangerous But Are Harmless
Early humans quickly learned to fear venomous snakes that lurked in dark crevices, drawn to the pulse of lifeblood. As a collective, humanity has learned to move past its fear of snakes, but the fear of the uncanny valley exists,...
4 min read
How to Hide Eyesores in the Garden
How to Hide Eyesores in the Garden
Eyesores are like burgers made from piranha fish – nobody really wants them, but unlike piranha burgers, they’re inevitable. From chain link fences to peeling sheds, eyesores are an undermentioned aspect of the garden that can derail your mood as...
4 min read
Hori Hori Knife: A Gardening Must-Have for the Toughest Weeds
Hori Hori Knife: A Gardening Must-Have for the Toughest Weeds
  Some weeds, like the insidious bindweed, are pretty. Thistles do not have such a luxury – they are prickly all over, from their scraggly, overly aggressive foliage to their spiky flowerheads, which sprout like strange eruptions from the roadside....
4 min read
What to Know About Jerusalem Crickets
What to Know About Jerusalem Crickets
If you really want to roast someone properly, liken them to a Jerusalem cricket. Jerusalem crickets, also known as "potato bugs" or "earth children" by the Navajo Indians, are rather funny-looking insects. Unlike gossamer-winged dragonflies, they are flightless, with bald,...
3 min read
12 Purple Flowers to Plant for Royal Purple Color
12 Purple Flowers to Plant for Royal Purple Color
Asking someone their favorite color seems like a grade-school pursuit, idle and childish. Yet, it’s one of those subtle tells that reveal an individual’s psychology. Those who favor purple are often described as highly creative and intuitive, attuned to the...
4 min read
Plants that Attract Dragonflies to the Garden
Plants that Attract Dragonflies to the Garden
Summer is here, and the bloodsuckers are out in full force. If you’re the romantic sort, you might conjure notions of blooming crepe myrtles and cypress trees under the sweltering sun, set against the backdrop of languid, humid parties. But...
4 min read
10 Colorful Veggies that Go Well with Flowers
10 Colorful Veggies that Go Well with Flowers
To many gardeners, vegetable patches and flowers are like fire and water, living in strict segregation from each other. Vegetables were the utilitarian workers that lived to serve, ultimately ending up on salad plates, while flowers were the showy aristocrats...
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.