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Garden Crafts: How-to Instructions For A Macrame\' Hanging Planter
If your cords are bigger than your bead, or, if you're like me and forgot to get beads the proper size, you can just take a bit of cord and make another Hangman Knot right there in the middle.
California
El Segundo
Bad luck with houseplants? Try lucky bamboo
You'll never have to judge soil moisture. With time and patience, growers produce lucky bamboo stems that curl in an upward spiral, or curve side to side. Has your Croton croaked? Lucky Bamboo Shop also graciously allowed me to use the picture above;...
California
El Segundo
A Grapevine Christmas Tree
It made a perfect support for the grape vines. The rain and cold of winter does little harm to the tough grapevine construction.Grape vines are easy to find because they grow wild throughout the countryside.
California
El Segundo
Warm and Cozy Buckwheat Seeds?
My answer is always the same: “I'm so c-c-c-cold!” I try to not talk about the weather, I try to not think of it, too. I was warm from my nose to my toes for the first time in months, and I had only been reading for just a few minutes.
California
El Segundo
My favorite, versatile, new gardening tool is my \
I can't believe the quality I get from this little device, especially in coping with low light situations. The nifty screen, the icons, so many features to explore! Within minutes of showing my new toy, I meanto my teenagers, one had figured out the memo...
California
El Segundo
Botanical Garden Plant Sales ~ A Shopping Frenzy for Gardeners!
The plantings also provide important research information for the horticultural staff at the gardens.An additional advantage of attending Plant Sales at Botanical Gardens is the option for visiting these display gardens while you're there.
California
El Segundo
Hummers at your window - a great gift idea!
I bought a large hanging pot of Fuschia 'Blue Eyes' to further entice the little flying jewels and hung that on the same pole. One day when the bottle feeder needed refilling, I cleaned it but didn't put it back out.
California
El Segundo
Party Favors From the Heart: African Violets and Handmade Containers
On the inside I photo copied different quotes that my husband and I liked. Sticking to my thrifty roots, I started in the places I knew best: the "save me" shelf at big box stores, my wonderful Dave's Garden friends, and my knowledge of propagation.I...
California
El Segundo
Gardening Gifts A to Z
And kits are sold everywhere in December. A kelp meal fertilizer will please any organic gardener, as will a bottle of neem oil concentrate and a refillable spray bottle to mix it in.
California
El Segundo
Diana\'s Anise Biscotti
For this recipe, you don't have to use seeds at all, but they sure enhance the texture and flavor.iscotti is a treat your family will love and is very rewarding to make. Once rooted, it should not be relocated.
California
El Segundo
What the Gardener Gets for Christmas
It turns what we have into enough, and more. How many took my advice, printed the article, and left it laying around for loved ones to see? We desire acres of weed-free earth replete with earthworms when everyone else wants a red sports car.
California
El Segundo
Plant Profiles For New Gardeners: Sempervirens tectorum, Hens and Chicks
This little succulent is native to the dry slopes of southern European mountain ranges like the Alps and has been a familiar house-hold plant for over a thousand years. Many new gardeners are starting to plan their first adventure into our crazy, wonderful...
California
El Segundo
Gifts from and for Gardeners: How to Make a Discharge Printed Vest
If you discharge anything made of thin material like a tee-shirt, this is advised also. It makes no difference if it's cotton or polyester, or a blend. Just make sure whatever you intend to discharge can be washed.
California
El Segundo
Handmade decorative paper with added flowers, seeds, leaves
As fall rolls around and we begin to put our gardens to bed for winter, we also begin to think of holiday cards and gifts. (Ink runs on most handmade paper.) This also helps your decorative material press into the wet pulp.
California
El Segundo
Plant Profiles for New Gardeners: Zinnias
Zinnia seeds are cheap and they come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes and colors.They are one of the easiest plants to start from seeds and they grow so fast that it is somewhat pointless to pay for pricier bedding plants when there is such a short...
California
El Segundo
Clay Critters for Plant Pots: A great kid craft for inside days
But to get started, I'm going to show you how to make a ladybug on a leaf that will hang over the edge of a plant pot. Gently press your ladybug into position near one edge of the leaf.Find a pot like the one you want to decorate with your critter.
California
El Segundo
Just add water, Paperwhites bring a hint of spring
Paperwhite bulbs can be so eager to grow that you'll see green leaf tips, and that's OK.Now choose a water-holding container (a vase, a glass bowl, even a large drinking glass) and filler (rocks, marbles or other non absorbent material to support the...
California
El Segundo
Plant Profiles for New Gardeners: Daylilies
Most hybridzers time their plantings so that they can set their seedlings out in spring or early summer. Now, there are also pinks, purples and near whites, many with unusual eyes, stripes and edges.
California
El Segundo
Mark your calendars: Spring shopping!
Nothing's worse than realizing you've missed a prime opportunity to buy the perfect plant. An added bonus: this practice is also an excellent way to quell cabin fever. You might want to create a garden-specific calendar, create a word document, or use...
California
El Segundo
A Quick & Easy Harvest Apron
Likewise, reinforcement is needed for any buttonholes in thin fabric to keep buttons from pulling off through the fabric. I wanted a multi-purpose apron to protect my clothes while working in the yard and garden that I could also pull up to use as a harvest...
California
El Segundo
Sweet Solution for Garden Hot Peppers
Reduce heat to a simmer until you are ready, keeping the lid on to avoid evaporationWash peppers. Hot peppers are a good source of vitamin C and other nutrients. Store any unpopped jars in refrigerator.Label or decorate if giving as a gift from your kitchen
California
El Segundo
Ornamental Oreganos - For Butterflies, for Bees, for Beauty...But Not for You!
Ornamental herbs, those cultivated for beauty or for pollinator use are often overlooked by gardeners. Why not try it? Although some do, I do not cook with the laevigatum oreganoes, preferring to use the more choice culinary varieties of Oregano hirtum...
California
El Segundo
Tips For Caring For Saguaro Cactus
It is likely that rather than growing Saguaro cactus in the home garden, you may find yourself the becoming owner of a well established Saguaro cactus when you buy a new home or build a home on land where Saguaro cactus already grow.Saguaro have barrel-shaped...
Ohio
Willoughby
Tips For Caring For Dogwood Trees
Trees planted in full sun can be stressful, making them more susceptible toand heat stress. However, adding a generous layer of mulch will help retain moisture, minimizing watering chores.Most established trees do not require fertilizer.
Ohio
Willoughby
Tips For Growing Amaranth For Food
It is more tolerant of drought than most other leafy vegetable and will tolerate a wider range of soils than other grain crops.The leaves on an amaranth plant can be used at any time.
Ohio
Willoughby
Recycling for Birds - Food for Thought
Tie a string to an end of the cone. Line up the drainage holes in the base and the bowl and glue the bowl to the base. I prefer to attach the string to the bottom (larger) half but whatever is easiest for you will work.
California
El Segundo
About Strawberry Farms
Starting a strawberry farm gives you the opportunity to grow a delicious crop and share it with the community. Everbearing strawberry plants and day-neutral strawberry plants should have flowers removed until the end of June every year to have a stronger...
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia