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.

Houseplant Haven: Turning your House into an Indoor Oasis

#Better Gardening #Cascading plants and flowers #gardening #plants #vegetables

Houseplants have a reputation for being boring, like that unsociable political aide that nobody likes or the grouchy inventor whose invention perpetually fails. Yet, whether you’re a middle-aged cat lady or an ambitious entrepreneur, houseplants resonate with the human psyche...

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Zero Waste Gardening

#Better Gardening #eco-friendly #Green Thumb Knowledge #how to

Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf? This absurd title for a dark drama probably eludes most people, only resonating with certain literary types. Now, let’s change it up a little. Who’s afraid of zero-waste gardening? This might incur more show of...

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14 Best Fall Flowers to Grow

#autumn #Better Gardening #fall #perennials

At the end of summer, the landscape tends to become barren, falling into decline as surely as a moldering stone statue in a decaying great house. Yet, fall brings with it its own set of perks: cozy sweaters, pumpkin-themed decorations...

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Vegetables and Fruits Used to Color and Dye Foods

#fruit #gardening tips #how to #organic gardening

“Green Eggs and Ham” is a whimsical children’s show that’s also popular among adults. In the underrated Netflix show, Sam constantly pesters his curmudgeonly companion, Guy, to take a bite of his favorite dish, the titular green eggs and ham....

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Strange Fruit: 8 Vegetables and Fruits That Used to Look a Lot Different

#gardening #Green Thumb Knowledge #tomatoes #vegetables

There are several things that come to mind when viewing a depiction of a watermelon done by Giovanni Stanchi, a 17th century Italian painter: ‘weird’, ‘surreal,’ and maybe even ‘fascinating. Among a cornucopia of staid fruits (peaches, pears, and squashes)...

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Towards the Sun: 10 of the Best Sunflowers to Grow

#Green Thumb Knowledge #plants

If you have a strong imagination, you might find the claim that sunflowers face each other on downcast days heartwarming. Alas, the anthropomorphic attempt to humanize them is a false claim that has no basis in evolutionary biology. Yet, sunflowers...

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Victorian Gardens: Now and Forever

#garden design #garden oasis #how to #Landscape Design and Ecological Gardening

The Victorian era may have been codified as the era of mourning, but Victorian gardens were anything but drab. The Victorian age, eclipsed in the latter stages by the Gilded Age, was a time of stark opulence, the refined noble...

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Frogs in the Garden: Attracting Froggie Friends

#eco-friendly #how to

Take a trip down to the bayou, and you’ll encounter many things of the creepy-crawly variety: alligators, snakes, and maybe even a shack-dwelling necromancer, not to mention frogs. The presence of frogs and toads in wetlands are an indicator of...

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5 Gardening Tools You Didn’t Know You Needed

#Add Ons #gardening tools #Green Thumb Knowledge

When weeds are growing rampant and the sun is mercilessly beating down your back, a day in the garden can seem like guerilla warfare. But with the right tools, you don’t have to fight in the trenches any longer. Oftentimes,...

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Zen Garden Techniques

#gardening #Landscape Design and Ecological Gardening #Raised Beds #trees

Does the screeching squirrel outside your yard need a chill pill? Do you find yourself blowing up at the slightest inconvenience? If so, then both you and the squirrel could benefit from a Zen garden. Stemming from Buddhist principles that...

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