Social Media for your Business- Part III: Twitter!
January 16, 2012 by kim
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Social Media for your Business- Part 3: Twitter Greetings! In the first two parts of this series, I outlined how to set up your Facebook business page, as well as your LinkedIn Profile. Hopefully you have been posting to your Facebook page and adding a few pictures! (Don’t forget to adjust your privacy settings if [...]
Smart and Green Gardening Resolutions for 2012
January 12, 2012 by Bonnie Helander
Filed under Garden Views, Home Improvement
Even if you don’t make (or keep) New Year’s Resolutions, I know you are interested in living smarter and saving money. As you consider ways to make small changes in your life, don’t forget to review your gardening practices. “Greener” gardening can save time and money and lets you enjoy your landscape while doing your [...]
PTC Garden Club Shows Off Holiday Centerpieces from the Garden
December 16, 2011 by Bonnie Helander
Filed under Etcetera, Garden Views
The Peachtree City Garden Club held its annual Christmas Brunch on December 15 and club members decorated the tables with eye-popping centerpieces created from natural elements in their gardens. Take a look at these festive and fun centerpieces and get inspired to design your own holiday focal points with greenery from your outside space. It’s [...]
Social Media for your Business-Part 2
December 9, 2011 by kim
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Social Media for Your Business- Part 2 Facebook and LinkedIn- Purpose, how to add Welcome! This is Part 2 of my 4 part series about how to use Social Media for your business. This series focuses on these areas: One: Make a List, Set Goals, website-preparation Two: FaceBook, LinkedIn-purpose, how to add Three: Twitter – [...]
Create a Holiday Mailbox Display with Garden Greenery
December 9, 2011 by Bonnie Helander
Filed under Etcetera, Garden Views
The holidays are upon us! I am sure, like me, you are looking for creative ways to celebrate the season while saving money. Kay Gorman, the vivacious owner of Le Fleur Florist and Design in Senoia, showed me how to put together a stunning mailbox decoration using plants from the garden and a few Christmas [...]
Social Media for your Business-Part 1
December 2, 2011 by kim
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Social Media For Your Business- Part 1: Make a List, Set Goals, Visit Pages “WHY”, you ask? Because… it is FREE! and… your customers are probably already on there. As they are out and about with their smart phones and tablets, you can connect with them!! All this is with MEASURABLE results that you [...]
Discovering Tastes in Food and Wine
November 2, 2011 by Jill Prouty
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Are you a wine novice? This Friday is your chance to become an expert as St. Paul Lutheran School will be holding it’s second annual Wine Tasting Fundraiser at Tyrone Depot beginning at 7 p.m. Sommelier Scott Ross has expertly selected wines to be paired with delectable hot and cold hors d’oeuvres prepared at the Kedron Kroger by Chef [...]
Small Trees for the Garden
November 1, 2011 by Bonnie Helander
Filed under Etcetera, Garden Views
In the November issue of Fayette Woman I interviewed master gardener, Dan Frazier, about his ten favorite trees. Since Dan selected many wonderful medium-to- large trees, I thought I would add my favorite small trees or large shrubs that work perfectly for the small garden or patio. Sometimes we just don’t have the space for [...]
Reap the Health Benefits of Gardening!
October 18, 2011 by Bonnie Helander
Filed under Garden Views, Health, Take Care
Do you view gardening as “yard work” and see it as a chore? If so, you need to change your perspective. Numerous scientific studies emphasize the amazing health benefits associated with gardening. Gardening positively affects the body, mind, soul and spirit. Instead of looking for a wonder drug, why not try this wonder activity? Gardeners [...]
Mothers, Daughters, and mtDNA
October 10, 2011 by Jill Prouty
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Ever thought about having your DNA analyzed? About a year ago, I became interested in The Genographic Project after reading Spencer Wells’ “Deep Ancestry: Inside the Genographic Project” (National Geographic, 2006). Spencer Wells is an Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society and Frank H. T. Rhodes Class of ’56 Professor at Cornell University. He leads [...]
Experience the Charm of “Days Gone By” at Hills and Dales Estate
September 21, 2011 by Bonnie Helander
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Sitting regally on a hillside overlooking 32-acres of lovely landscaping, Hills and Dales in LaGrange, Georgia, is known to locals simply as the “Callaway Home.” Yes, we are referring to members of THAT Callaway family who created Callaway Gardens. But while Callaway Gardens is known near and far, Hills and Dales Estate is almost a [...]
Scrappin’ Retreat in PTC
September 13, 2011 by Jill Prouty
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Calling all scrappers! Scrappin’ Retreats, Inc. out of Flowery Branch, Georgia, will be celebrating its 10 year anniversary by hosting a special scrapbooking retreat at the Wyndham Peachtree Conference Center right here in Peachtree City the weekend of September 24-25. Karen Collins, President of Scrappin’ Retreats, has been hosting scrapbooking retreats for 10 years at [...]