**Rebecca**'s Yates Uplift Flower Growing Challenge Spring 2011

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Small_kalani
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Before and after transformation photos

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**Rebecca** is talking about growing Cottage Garden Mix, Sunflowers, Nasturtium, Cosmos, Californian Poppy, Everlasting Daisy, Marigolds, Zinnia from Adelaide Plains

108 days ago, I would never had thought that my garden beds could be transformed from bare dirt and weeds, to lush floral extravaganzas in such a reletively short time (well at least not without spending a fortune on established flowers and see...

Read on | comments | Posted at 21:12pm on 17th December 2011

Small_kalani
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Final update on all TEN Yates blooms

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**Rebecca** is talking about growing Cottage Garden Mix, Sunflowers, Alyssum, Cosmos, Californian Poppy, Marigolds, Zinnia from Adelaide Plains

From virtually no flowers in my garden (except a few rose bushes) to 10 different kinds of Yates blooms, all within 109 days - incredible!

I'd almost forgotten that prior to this challenge, I was essentially a novice gardener. Well, I c...

Read on | comments | Posted at 09:12am on 18th December 2011

Small_kalani
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Couldn't have done it without Yates' products -...

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**Rebecca** is talking about growing Cosmos from Adelaide Plains

As much as I'd like to claim all of my gardening successes for myself, I must admit that none of it could have happened without the help of Yates and all of their products that I used throughout the challenge.

So I'm go...

Read on | comments | Posted at 14:12pm on 18th December 2011

Small_kalani
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Final farewell and thanks to all!

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**Rebecca** is talking about growing Cottage Garden Mix, Sunflowers, Alyssum, Nasturtium, Cosmos, Californian Poppy, Everlasting Daisy, Marigolds, Zinnia, Coleus, Phlox from Adelaide Plains

What a transformation the last 3 months have been, both for our gardens and my gardening knowledge and skills!

Prior to this Yates Growing Challenge, I had never grown anything from seed, and the garden was looking rath...

Read on | comments | Posted at 20:12pm on 18th December 2011

Small_kalani
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A Cottage Garden Mix of Calendulas

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**Rebecca** is talking about growing Cottage Garden Mix from Adelaide Plains

Another variety has bloomed in time to post some photos of today!

Meet my first Calendula blooms - by far the most plentiful of all the varieties that have popped up out of my Cottage Garden Mix.

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Read on | comments | Posted at 00:12am on 16th December 2011