Best Gardening Equipment

You can leave the pots indoors or take them outside in the warm months to accent your patio or deck.Beware of placing your little gardens on the ground away from the house where wild and domesticated creatures can trample or potty on them, or knock them...

NARC, LIBIRD, IPGRI. Place the sponge out to dry in the sun for storage, or start using them immediately.If you cut your straightest luffa gourds lengthwise into strips, the dried sponge can be laced together in a parallel manner to create doormats to...

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The idea was simple.Every person would plant all they could in order to take the pressure off the national food supply. Our counterparts inand many other friendly nations also took part in the effort.

At the beginning of the growing season the plots are roto-tilled and turned over to the residents. They can grow whatever they wish be it flowers, vegetables or both. During the 2007 growing season just completed, the Goodwill Garden donated over 1100...

$30 for the kettle, $18 for my plants, $7 for the mosquito dunks (which will be enough for the whole season) and $6 for the sealer if I decide to reimburse my husband. I didn't spray it solid, I just hit the worst spots and let some of the natural patina...

I estimate the garden is about 2 acres in size are divided in plots that are about 20X10 feet in size. I stop and visit this garden several time a season we communicate with a wave and a smile.

An idea was born: let's teach many of the residents how to grow their own produce in an urban setting.Several organizations banded together to establish a number of programs to train and support residents with plants, tools and gardening advice.In 2004...

Zen gardens require no water, minimal plants, but can rejuvenate your soul. Even numbers go against principle of fukinsei. You need enough sand for your area to be 2 inches deep. If you want to have some small evergreen shrubs or alpines you can add those...

The garden is used by students for research as well as local residents to grow organic vegetables and flowers.Welcome to the Uof M Dearborn Organic Community Garden.Recycled good are used throughout the garden as witnessed by sunflowers in clay drain...

It was deep enough to not dry out quickly. There have been fish kept in it for awhile until we got the pond finished. The older, the better, dripping with character. We were walking in the woods one day and there was this beautiful, hollow log.

This has worked ok in the past, but since I'm growing more flowers from seed now (see #6 above), better organization is called for. (It's a lot cheaper too!)7. I water them about once every other month.

This prevents the potting mix from seeping out the hole and making a mess on your patio.We purchased a bag of potting mix for this project. Cassidy was a bit unsure about the whole project when she volunteered to be my model, but I assured her that the...

Why not turn it into a container for plants? Once the bales become saturated, they are extremely heavy and very hard to move. Feel free to experiment with different containers, different seed potatoes and watering methods.This is also a fun project for...

Imagine the lilting tune from the little boy. Despite many other visitors to the building, this area is very serene and private. The stone draws your eye down the slope, tempting you to wander to the next path.It makes me happy to see that I'm not the...

We dumped a ton of river rock for a path in the middle of the inside and installed a watering system for the soaker hoses.(Click to view a larger image that can be printed.)* 10 each, ½" diameter x 18" long rebar (bent with a 2" L-shape on one end)*...

If you are already familiar with the information, skip to the- Excellent page of term definitions, pictures, and links.Morning, noon, and night fall are times of the day easily determined, but the length of daylight hours change throughout the seasons.

If you work 70 hours a week, have six children, own a lot or acreage with heavy clay soil, and have never used a shovel before, do not put "Plant 10,000 summer bulbs" on your list.Rule firmly in mind, I'm ready to begin now.

Key number one is, when the plants still outnumber the art, you are in the okay zone. But how do we know when the art stops and the shock-your-family-get-you-in-a-nut-house art starts?

Although there are many paths, people are free to wander across the grass and take a closer look at the flower beds or shrubs. The grounds are also the home of the official First Division Museum, and the lawn in front of the museum building is used to...

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The term "no-wa-wa", perhaps a tad cutesy, originated several decades ago in a contest by Steve Gander, a local Iowa boy, who grew up to become one of the top rodeo event promoters in the U.S.

That doesn't stop the birds from singing and the grass from greening, or me from putting it all into words. Late in the season, I begin to feel a part of it all, down to the very small.: "March 1" "Equinox" "April Fool's Song" "Spring Ahead" "A thousand...

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These get cut back to the nearest new growth. Once the ground is dry enough that you don't leave sunken footprints everywhere you step. I'll park my wheelbarrow and give them a really good looking over.

I watered every day, and fertilized once a week with organic fertilizer, such as vegetables and fruits leftovers. At first I tried to grow potatoes on a small quadrant of land, outside my garden, on the field.

I first learned about it in theon davesgarden.com. This is baled, and mostly used as animal bedding. Here's how I do it:6: Sprinkle each bale with ½ cup of the fertilizer and water well into bales.: Cut back to ¼ cup fertilizer per bale per day and...