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Posted on October 22, 2015September 24, 2020

So long, summer

I know the calendar said summer ended a month ago, but in my mind, it's not over until the last vegetable has been harvested and the ground is regularly freezing at night. I try to stretch out the season as long as possible by covering the plants in my garden and bringing the potted ones …

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Posted on June 14, 2015September 6, 2018

Terrarium plants are growing; cat grass, not so much

As I was watering my terrarium the other day (for the second time ever), I noticed something new. There are little green shoots coming out of the plant that I call Faux Peas (on the left). It's GROWING, people! GROWING! As are the other plants in the terrarium, albeit slowly. For some reason, I thought …

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Posted on May 7, 2015September 6, 2018

Planting a terrarium

While cleaning and organizing in my basement recently, I found an old fish bowl/terrarium that I had picked up at a thrift store a couple years ago. I had always intended to set up a little nature scene in it, but I never found any houseplants that were small enough, so the terrarium languished, empty, …

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Welcome to Wisconsin Magpie. I’m Lisa, the creator of this site.

A history nerd and profligate collector, I spend way too much of my free time at thrift stores and garage sales, salvaging other people’s castoffs. When I’m home, I’m attempting to use power tools I have no idea how to operate and undertaking craft projects well beyond my skill level. Sometimes they actually turn out.

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