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Fertilizer is probably needed in our sandy silty East Coast soil, as my last soil test showed. More informational links are highlighted in the text.Dear Sheila (1), You have to "pick" seeds before you can pick vegetableson learning planting tchniques...

Here is my quick fix so you can make one for yourself! How many shirts or skirts have you ruined by pulling them up and filling with nuts, herbs, fruits, and vegetables? I used a sewing machine for nearly all the embellishments at first, but a friend's...

Place the taller plants in the back so they do not obscure the scene or block the light needed by shorter plants.Once you have decided on the plant placement, experiment with the positioning of any structures, patios, and the larger accessories, making...

You may have several gourds at various stages of maturity, thus more potential uses for your harvest.There are several methods used to remove the outer shell from the sponge. 2002.tcm.health-info.org/Herbology.Materia.Medica/sigualuo-properties.htm 5...

I should have started someand missed the right time for sowing those. I needed to do a little spring cleaning by the looks of the dust, get this placein here. There are many forums here.

The story I am told is that this photo was taken on the day they planted their first WWII victory garden. Victory gardens---an idea that was lost to me. These gardens also gave many a worried mother and father something to fill their time with during...

During the 2007 growing season just completed, the Goodwill Garden donated over 1100 pounds of high quality fresh vegetables to area food pantries.Conceived several years ago by District Court Judge Geno Salmone as a way to get non violent offenders to...

Mosquitoes carry disease and preventing them is the responsible thing to do.Algae is another problem when you have standing water. These are old black nursery pots, so by recycling them, it is free and reduces trash in the landfills, a win-win situation.

These folks are all Korean. Every inch of space is utilized...They have dammed up a ditch that carried rain water from the parking lot and created a rice paddy which is very productive.

It's a ¼ mile north of the old Tiger Stadium. Community organizating and how to go about obtaining vacant parcels of land. The old Michigan Central train station can be seen from the garden.Very little is thrown away, cut logs are used to borderThese...

As for the rocks, you need a minimum of three. The center is empty as in bonsai and things are not equal on all sides. Use 2 by 4s or railroad ties. That is Datsuzoku.So now that we know the aesthetic zen principles, we can put them to use.As I said before,...

His mansion Fairlane is ¼ mile east of the garden. The second garden in my series on community gardens has a lot of historical significance behind it. It's not uncommon to see deer, fox and a myriad of wild birds.

A pair of old western boots that once belonged to my Dad. The well made ones from days gone by last forever. The garden is an extension of who we are and adding our own unique touches to them makes them even more our own.forum here at Dave's Garden, you...

I used to have around 15 orchids. The result: more died.Maybe I'm not fit to grow orchids, I don't know. For less than $20, I can invest in a good mill file and whetstone, some machine oil and steel wool pads, and I'll be set.A lot of gardeners also swear...

This attractive little planter was created from a $1 chair, some pass along plants and an old terracotta flowerpot. My niece Cassidy, was a willing model and enjoyed creating this frugal piece of garden art.The rusty patio chair was a forlorn little offering...

The leaves need sun and air exposure. Cukes can take up a lot of space in the garden, and I find that growing them vertically in a milk crate saves space and produce a bumper crop.

It was late morning and the sunlight took away the color of the palm and made this shot look like a black and white photo. Built in 1960, it replaced the Palm House that was built in 1914.Boy With a Flute, one of the special sculptures tucked into the...

I also remembered how much fun the kids had under the "pickle teepee" we had made for them out of sticks, strings, and cucumber seeds years ago. The basics of the structure are that the cattle panels are rigid, strong, but flex just enough to lend themselves...

The analemmatic clock can be created with an outer offset row of hour markers to represent DST (see diagram below).An analemmatic sun clock is versatile. Having the various clock components pre-made could shorten the construction time on project day,...

I got fabulous seeds though.Just looking at the packets makes me smile. Perhaps buying small plants is a timesaver. I managed to get the roses deadheaded, perhaps because I only havefive and they are all in front.

This might be a stove, fridge, sink, toilet, heater, scrap lumber, or bathtub. Once you have to start counting the number of iris fans in the bed to see if there are more plants or art, or if you start counting the grass blades, then you have too much...

The Four Seasons garden also changes with the seasons, as symbolized by the statues of the Seasons in the niches of the black iron fence.Here are a few of the flowers featured in the formal garden beds in mid-July.The path leading from the upper formal...

I've arranged them in categories, with each category representing some basic aspect of gardening.Questions? I enjoy hearing from my readers!All images are courtesy of Wikimedia unless otherwise indicated.

Pea gravel is also available at garden centers.New or used pedestal birdbath with a fairly deep bowl (3.5" or more): New ones are available at garden centers and home improvement stores.

That doesn't stop the birds from singing and the grass from greening, or me from putting it all into words. Spring can start slow here, snow lingers and the wind blows chill sometimes well into May.

During the Dark Ages, monasteries were repositories of learning, and it is here that Fiacre became a skillful user of healing herbs. The monastery grew fruits and vegetables to feed the hungry and cultivated herbs and flowers to use in healing the sick.

They will help keep the soil moist in dry weather. Theyusually come through the winter here looking pretty rough. Don't be afraid to take a finger and ruffle in the soil around old stems, searching for a new shoot half an inch down.