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Hosting Thanksgiving can be a huge honor for some, but causes a massive headache for others. If you’ve never hosted before and don’t know where to begin, or if you feel like you’re always forgetting an important hosting task before Thanksgiving rolls around, we have you covered.
Whether you’re focusing on hosting the best Friendsgiving ever or want to impress your family this holiday, this easy seven-day guide covers absolutely everything you need to worry about when hosting Thanksgiving.
With one week left until Thanksgiving, this is the best day to ask your guests to grab any extra items you need them to bring, confirm who’s bringing which dish, and place a grocery order.
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After you’ve successfully placed an order for perishables and other hard-to-find items to save time spent shopping, head to the store to pick up nonperishables you didn’t order earlier.
With five days left to go, now is the time to start prepping your decor and dinnerware. The few days leading up to Thanksgiving will be mostly food-focused, so get the small details out of the way so you won’t have to worry about them later.
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Today is the perfect day for a little fall cleaning. And. if your turkey weighs around 16 pounds, you should now begin the defrosting process.
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If you haven’t already picked up your grocery order, today is the day to do so. You’ll also need to begin defrosting your turkey if you haven’t already.
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It’s the last day of prep before the cooking truly begins. You should start thinking about the grocery items you’ll need to use tomorrow and plan out the order in which you’ll start making your dishes.
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Linking to Cathy of Words and Herbs, who hosts this seasonal Week of Flowers
After reading this till the end, you’ll be able to identify the Poison Ivy Look Alike Plants growing around you. As these are not as harmful as poison ivy, you won’t need to get rid of them.
Clare Foster's own front garden in Berkshire, with loose planting anchored around clipped spheres of silvery Teucrium fruticans
Most ornamental grasses will stay intact through the latter part of the year, providing useful colour and structure in the autumn, when herbaceous plants are dying back. Some are particularly vibrant, picking up on the colours of the trees to echo their shades of russet and yellow, but with lower, softer silhouettes and lots of movement. Using them is easy. Weave them into a herbaceous border, or create more impact in larger gardens by repeat planting, as Piet Oudolf did at Scampston Hall in North Yorkshire, with his sinuous banks of Molinia caerulea subsp. caerulea 'Poul Petersen'. Some grasses are deciduous while others are evergreen. It is the deciduous grasses that can dramatically change colour during the autumn.
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There’s a reason snake plants are my favorite houseplant. First, they have attractive upright foliage in a range of colors and variegations. Secondly, they’re super easy to grow, tolerating most light conditions and thriving on neglect. That said, occasionally you may notice snake plant leaves turning yellow. Don’t panic! It’s not easy to kill a snake plant. You just need to figure out the issue. Below I share nine reasons a snake plant’s leaves may turn yellow and how to fix them.
Evergreens keep their leaves all year round, so are a must in any garden. They’re particularly good choices in winter when their green foliage adds some much-needed interest and structure to a bare garden. Here, we share some of our favourite evergreens. There are options to suit any style of garden, as well as ideas for evergreen hedges. Our choices include recommendations from the Gardeners’ World team and familiar faces from across the gardening industry.
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