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 Creative Ways to Style Mums

#Better Gardening #Plant Selection and Care

Whether it’s the simple garden mum sitting in its pot or the statelier iteration, with its ruffled petals in full bloom, chrysanthemums are an incredibly versatile flower. Fall is the season for mums, and every gardener’s abode would be amiss...

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12 Garden Inspired Thanksgiving Recipes

#Garden recipes #gardening #herbs #Plant Selection and Care

If you’re a woefully bad cook, then you know the struggle come Thanksgiving Day – and the misery that comes with trying to find a restaurant that’s open. Some people treat Thanksgiving like a regular day off, watching TV and...

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National Candy Day – November 4

#fruit #fruit trees #organic gardening #tomatoes

In both fiction and real life, candy has seen a multitude of uses: invoking a sense of nostalgia of bygone days, helping evil witches lure in children, and in the early days, being used as medicine. From the iconic Reese’s...

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Rage Gardening: Why It’s All the Rage

#gardening #gardening tips #Watering and Irrigation

It’s tough to be that amicable sidekick, always annoyingly cheerful even in the darkest of times. It’s easy to be angry. In fact, it’s easy to be so angry that you transform into Anzu, the Sumerian demon of rage and...

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Flowers with Dark and Negative Meanings

#autumn #gardening #plants

Flowers are usually intended as gifts, where fleetingly, they symbolize aspects of the human condition. They can be given as tokens of remembrance for a loved one long in the grave or as floral bouquets to commemorate a holiday. But...

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Pitcher Plants Care Guide

#flowers #gardening tips #plants

Vegetarians might object to the consumption of meat, but with pitcher plants, there’s no such objections. Pitcher plants are fascinating carnivores known to digest entire rodents and lizards whole. In the native tropical habitat, their pitchers can grow to monstrous...

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Stunning White Flowers for Your Garden

#fall #garden oasis #gardening tips #perennials

White, the color of purity, the color of death. Symbolically, the color white has been linked to a number of connotations, namely purity, divinity, and rebirth – and in certain cultures, death. In Japan, white flowers are reserved for funerals...

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Essential Tips for Urban Gardeners

#autumn #Better Gardening #gardening tips

There is much to appreciate in city life: the gastronomic experiences, the vibrant culture, and a close proximity to all your favorite destinations. However, one thing remains lacking – access to green spaces. Aside from a few maples lining parkways,...

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Creepy Plants for the Spooky Season

#autumn #flowers #garden design #gardening tips

In urban legend, there’s always this one house that’s rumored to be haunted – every forsaken neighborhood that time forgot has one. The weeds are overgrown, shadows flit from darkened windows, and a pervasive feeling of dread permeates the rotting...

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Mad Honey: Bioweapon and Hallucinogen

#insects

It fells armies and precipitates delirium. No, it’s not something that’s found in Harry Potter. Throughout history, humans have sought exceedingly dangerous hallucinogens in the pursuit of that elusive thrill, occasionally at the cost of their lives. Fun fact: centuries...

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