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In the never-ending battle of the bugs I prefer a natural alternative. This is one of my favourites, both indoors and out.

I fell in love with Calibrachoa the first time I saw them. Of course I bought one or two. They appealed to the container gardener in me: a plant in miniature, where texture happens on a small scale and petite and perky trump brash and bold. "They're miniature petunias" I said smugly to my husband. Smugness didn't get me far with my new plants, and I didn't have my grandmother's luck with p...

I had lived in California for about six weeks and one Saturday morning I woke up and decided that I would go out to Joshua Tree National Monument. I knew of the place from a picture or two in a book that my dad had and for an unknown reason, the name stuck with me. I went to the store and bought a road map and off I went. When I arrived at my destination, I was not disapointed and have returned ma...