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Consumer Power: Order from Small Businesses and Support Local Business

Consumer Power: Order from Small Businesses and Support  Local Business

When you want to order flowers or a gift, for a loved one, whether it is a birthday, anniversary, wedding or just to say thank you, we have a tremendous choice of where we go to order. If we are looking for let’s say, an online florist, it is easy enough to find something quickly. Unfortunately, as the bigger “corporate companies” are taking over the marketing, even on line it takes a little more effort to find the smaller companies. As consumers, we usually want to purchase something quickly, easily...

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Spring Brings Hawaiian Flowers Into Full Bloom

Spring Brings Hawaiian Flowers Into Full Bloom

   www.hanaflowers.com   Traveling over 3000 miles, out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, we find the most exquisite flora and fauna. Hawaii has the largest environmental diversity in a small amount of land than anywhere else in the world.  Tropical flower species have found this safe haven to proliferate, as the conditions are the perfect combination for healthy growth and sustainable survival. The state of Hawaii is a volcanic archipelago of 137 islands in the entire chain. Several of these are known as atolls and we know that...

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The Secret of growing orchid plants

The Secret of growing orchid plants

[caption id="attachment_884" align="aligncenter" width="226" caption="The Secret of growing orchid plants"][/caption] It wasn’t until I moved from Hawaii to London did I learn the technique and secrets of growing orchid plants. Of course in Hawaii, you can simply attach them to a tree bark in the yard and as long as they receive enough rain, they will grow. We moved to California and for years I tried to grow orchids, without much luck. After a few years, we moved to London and for my birthday someone sent me a Phalaenopsis plant....

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