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Perfectly poised florals

Joanne Meyer, IA

Level up your home-grown floral arrangements with this simple hack: Re-use plastic drinking straws to support cut flowers with floppy heads. Just rinse the straw and slide it on or slit the straw down the side and wrap it around the stem. It’ll provide extra support for weak spots

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