About Today: Prettify With Summer Flowers

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Today From Bob Schulties, your About Today Editor Summer has started, and for our family that means I start bringing home pretty flowers for my wife every Friday on my home from work. There are little flower shops near where we live and it doesn't cost all that much to add some beauty to the kitchen or living room. Lest you think I'm a complete softy, our Friday night movie selection is usually all me. Tonight: Terminator followed by even more Terminator. And donuts. Keeping Your Flower Garden Tops During Summer I don't keep a garden. I admire them, and I would definitely have one if I lived in a house rather than an apartment. Ok, I'm lying. The best I could probably do is a hammock and a magazine with photos of flowers. Ok, I'm lying again. The best I can say is, I won't help you if you want to plant a flower garden. Still, they are pretty. Summer Wedding Flowers Mailbox Garden Ideas (Number eight is my favorite) See More About:  flower gardening  perennial flowers  annual flowers No Room for Garden? Window Boxes to the Rescue! Seeing as I'm a lying liar, I lied about the whole garden thing. We do have window boxes that I even sometimes water. Not often and not without complaint, but I do it. This article shows off some of my favorites. Does Your Window Box Get a Lot of Sun? Not a Lot of Sun? Here's Your Answer See More About:  container plant care  container garden plants for sun  container gardening product reviews Pick a Flowering Houseplant We have a bunch of houseplants that seem to get bigger every year but never produce any flowers. Clearly they're not meant to, but then I have to wonder why in the world do I have them? I gotta get someone on this... Bird of Paradise Best Red Flowering Houseplants See More About:  flowering plants  foliage plants  Downright Cheap Ways to Freshen Up a Room Here's the problem with making things nice. You can never stop. Well, once you run out of money maybe you'll stop. Tonya, our Guide to Budget Decorating has room freshening ideas that won't break the bank. Think $15. Don't Forget About Outside Small Room Ideas See More About:  updating a room  decorating accessories  decorating with paint Today Ads Flowers Pictures Flowers Shops Shade Plants Flowers Shade Garden Plants Garden Flowers Featured Articles Build a Floating Deck Fix Your Flat Hair Pick the Best High Heels Amazing Aerial Views of America What is the Casimir Effect? Post-Darwin Evolution Scientists   More from About.com Bake Sale Bestsellers Make your next bake sale a profitable one with these irresistible recipes. More> Real Recipes app Download our highly-rated app for free recipes and kitchen tools, for iPhone and iPod Touch. More>   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Today newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2012 About.com     Follow us on: Advertisement