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Garden Crafts: How-to Instructions For A Macrame\' Hanging Planter
You will end up with six long cords that are six times longer than the planned project. A three sided macrame hanger will be made with three sets of four cords, which is what you now have.Cut a separate length of cord about 18" long.
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El Segundo
Bad luck with houseplants? Try lucky bamboo
This botanical bearer of good fortune is a tabletop plant having jointed green bamboo-like stems with a few slender leaves at the top. Pour out and fully refresh the water frequently, and immediately do so if you notice any unpleasant rotten odor.
California
El Segundo
A Grapevine Christmas Tree
For a long time I hung them on the tree with all my other ornaments. For years friends have given me "gardening" Christmas ornaments. I had been making grapevine wreaths for years, so making a grapevine tree shouldn't be an insurmountable task.At any...
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El Segundo
Warm and Cozy Buckwheat Seeds?
When my friends call me during the winter months, most know better than to ask how I am. I reminded her that she is a miracle maker. It was first cultivated in southeast Asia around 6000 B.C., it was documented in Europe by 4000 B.C, and was also found...
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El Segundo
My favorite, versatile, new gardening tool is my \
A weather forecast, as I stand in the back forty (feet) of the yard debating turning on the sprinkler? I'm tempted by one that would help me take notes about my own plants over time.
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El Segundo
Hummers at your window - a great gift idea!
Imagine the delight on the face of a child! Any amateur birder or nature lover on your list would be pleased to open this gift.For more information on hummingbirds, please visit the
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El Segundo
Party Favors From the Heart: African Violets and Handmade Containers
I ended up making a card (shown above) to stick in the potting soil of each favor with a willow branch.On the outside of the card I stamped an organic looking wildflower image. I started hearing it less often and the crowing has died down considerably,...
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El Segundo
Gardening Gifts A to Z
Tailor your choice to your loved one, choose for example:is down homey and comfortable, with a "my backyard to yours" style;is for the serious or potentially serious plantperson;teaches the chemical free way in gardening and more.is such a funny name...
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El Segundo
Diana\'s Anise Biscotti
Fennel, on the other hand, is available in many varieties and is an easy-to-grow biennial/perennial (depending on your variety) having a bulbous base and yellow, umbel flowers that reward your efforts with seeds every fall.Anise and/or fennel seeds add...
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El Segundo
What the Gardener Gets for Christmas
The essence of gratitude is expressed in a quote by Melodie Beattie frequently passed around via e-mail. We'll keep the jokes about the same old gifts just between us gardeners. Sure enough! The same flowers were used in different arrangements throughout...
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El Segundo
Plant Profiles For New Gardeners: Sempervirens tectorum, Hens and Chicks
To transplant, simply detach one of the runners with a 'chick' at the end and pin it in its new home until roots appear.Forgetful gardeners will be happy to note that this plant can survive long periods of neglect.
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El Segundo
Gifts from and for Gardeners: How to Make a Discharge Printed Vest
A Discharge Print is one where, in this case, plant material is placed on a garment, and a bleaching agent is sprayed or brushed on it, leaving the areas under the plant material free from the bleach.I bought this denim vest in the local thrift store...
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El Segundo
Handmade decorative paper with added flowers, seeds, leaves
You could add glitter, sequins, stars, etc. (My windows needed cleaning anyway!)You may hasten the drying by changing the absorbent toweling after the new sheets have dried some and are firmer.
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El Segundo
Plant Profiles for New Gardeners: Zinnias
The first group that was planted in mid-April usually looks great until sometime in August, but the new plants are ready to bloom by then.New gardeners should pick up a pack or two of zinnias.
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El Segundo
Clay Critters for Plant Pots: A great kid craft for inside days
This simple polymer clay project is fun to do and will brighten your indoor plant pots, to boot! Too cold or wet to get outside? Sculpey IIItm and FIMOtm are popular brands. Then scrunch up another piece of aluminum foil so it's about like the rim of...
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El Segundo
Just add water, Paperwhites bring a hint of spring
Give them a full sun location and fertile soil, and cross your fingers, and you just may see more paperwhite blooms in future years from those bulbs. In addition, bulbs forced to bloom on water consume most of their stored energy and cannot replace it.
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El Segundo
A Fruit-Tree Pruning Primer
Take off water sprouts/suckers, those vertically growing branches coming off roots, trunk, or limbs. When lateral branches are headed into one-year-old wood, the area near the cut is invigorated.
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Plant Profiles for New Gardeners: Daylilies
The seeds will change from a white color to shiny black when mature. Over the course of several seasons, two or three fans will increase to a substantial clump and each fan is capable of producing flower stalks or scapes.
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El Segundo
What Are Stomata: Stoma Plant Pores And How They Work
The harvested carbon dioxide is converted into fuel to feed cell production and other important physiological processes.Stoma are found in the epidermis of stems, leaves and other parts of the plant.
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Pasture Primer: A Look at Pasture Plants
Legumes produce seeds and foliage that are rich in protein, making them a highly nutritious feedstuff. “I learned a lot by doing research on the Internet and reading. Other members of the family include all types of beans and peas ; peanuts; and some...
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Philadelphia
A Quick & Easy Harvest Apron
And I needed one quickly!I finally settled on an inexpensive white cotton chef's apron, with patch pockets already sewn in place as a starting point for what I wanted. I used a sewing machine for nearly all the embellishments at first, but a friend's...
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El Segundo
Containers and Baskets - A Primer on Seasonal Color Design
Obvious options are pansies, petunias, geraniums, marigolds and alyssum. Are you mad for containers and baskets? Site conditions, the size of the container, whether I want all annuals or perennials, ease of care, the dimension of the container garden,...
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El Segundo
Citrus - A Short Primer on How To Grow Them.
They are best known for their wonderful fruits but these stunning plants are great looking. In the dead of winter, there is just something about being able to smell the intoxicating smell of the blooms, or reaching out and picking the ripe tropical fruit...
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El Segundo
Soil Porosity Information – Learn What Makes Soil Porous
For example, silt andhave a finer texture and sub-micro porosity; therefore, they are able to retain more water than coarse,Both finely textured soils with micro-pores and coarse soil with macro-pores may also contain large voids known as bio-pores.
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Willoughby
Getting Attached To Your Equipment: A Primer On Tractor Attachments
Specialized Implements The implements mentioned previously are some of the most common ones, but there are many more on the market that have been made for additional tasks around the farm.
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Philadelphia
Sweet Solution for Garden Hot Peppers
What do you do with hot peppers that you can't give away? Store any unpopped jars in refrigerator.Label or decorate if giving as a gift from your kitchen This year we used all Jalapenos (both green and ripe red), but in the past we've addedWash and sterilize...
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El Segundo
DIY Homesteader Busy Bags
If you close your eyes, you can almost feel the sun's warmth cascading over you and the cool damp earth between your fingers. Later, you can wipe their discoveries off the protective pages and your game lives to save another day (next month when it's...
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Philadelphia