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Garden Crafts: How-to Instructions For A Macrame\' Hanging Planter
It will be marked at the halfway point, with three lengths on each side of your mark. You will need something that can put a bit of tension on the rope as you do the macrame.Hold the 18" cord so that a tail sticks up above the hanging loop by several...
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El Segundo
Bad luck with houseplants? Try lucky bamboo
Fertilizers labeled for hydroponic growing would be most suitable.The most common, of the few complaints about lucky bamboo, is that a single stem may suddenly turn yellow for no apparent reason.
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El Segundo
A Grapevine Christmas Tree
Uncovering it is like seeing an old friend. I decided that I should have a second tree--one that celebrated the garden and was large enough to hold my garden ornaments. After the holidays are over, I simply slip a large garbage bag over the tree to keep...
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El Segundo
Warm and Cozy Buckwheat Seeds?
I tried them for awhile but I continued to shiver.From the north came the words: “Lots of exercise will warm you up.” I already run through my days like a spinning top, but I added to that, and all the time I continued to shiver.A friend from the...
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El Segundo
My favorite, versatile, new gardening tool is my \
Davison from the University of North Alabama, was online and in my hand. I have an embarrassing number of pictures in my phone, and room for hundreds more.Smartest of all is when my phone provides internet access.
California
El Segundo
Sweet Solution for Garden Hot Peppers
The natural color is just as appealing with the pepper bits suspended in the glistening jelly.The recipe for making hot pepper jelly is simple, and as with all home canning - to be food safe - familiarize yourself with the USDA guidelines for canning...
California
El Segundo
What Are Stomata: Stoma Plant Pores And How They Work
Every time the stoma open, water release occurs. They are everywhere in order to maximize the harvest of solar energy. This process is called transpiration and enhances nutrient uptake, cools the plant and ultimately allows carbon dioxide entry.Under...
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Hummers at your window - a great gift idea!
There was also a nyjer feeder for finches on that pole. I don't want my friends to move on to 'sweeter pastures'. They know that's where I emerge with the filled feeders. One day when the bottle feeder needed refilling, I cleaned it but didn't put it...
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Party Favors From the Heart: African Violets and Handmade Containers
Often times I could find AV's in not-too-bad-a-shape for just a dollar. Sometimes friends would sit at the wheel next to me and contribute a pot to my cause and chat with me. On the inside I photo copied different quotes that my husband and I liked.
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El Segundo
Gardening Gifts A to Z
Your gardener may not know that other colors exist, so you could thrill him or her with a white, lavendar, or (my choice) peach flowering plant. Buy a pretty and perfumey cream at Bath and Body Works, go rustic with Bag Balm, shop easy at the corner drugstore...
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El Segundo
Diana\'s Anise Biscotti
All rights reserved., the free Encyclopedia; Biscotti. They store in cookie jars well when sealed in airtight baggies. Place biscotti on their side back on the cookie sheets.Bake again at the lower temperature for 15-25 minutes.Check the bottoms and when...
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What the Gardener Gets for Christmas
Those who did are allowed to gloat for the rest of this writing.I know what the rest of you got. If you've been gardening a few years, you probably have plenty and you got another one this year.
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El Segundo
Containers and Baskets - A Primer on Seasonal Color Design
Annuals are designed to give you the biggest bang in the warmer months and then will fizzle away, giving you less bang for your buck than perennials.Perennials last several years with proper care, even in containers.
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El Segundo
Plant Profiles For New Gardeners: Sempervirens tectorum, Hens and Chicks
It was thought to protect inhabitants from thunder and lightning strikes, so was a common sight planted on thatch and sod roofs. Without a little guidance from seasoned veterans, they often choose seeds and plants that are more challenging than their...
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El Segundo
Gifts from and for Gardeners: How to Make a Discharge Printed Vest
I can assure you that if you do not, some favorite item will be splashed, and bleach spotted. I just like denim personally.First of all, wear something so old that you don't care if you get bleach on it.
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El Segundo
Handmade decorative paper with added flowers, seeds, leaves
For a beginner project, you may not want to buy any cotton linters; your paper will still be okay, just a bit fragile.One of the first things to do is construct a “frame” that will be the finished paper size.
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El Segundo
Plant Profiles for New Gardeners: Zinnias
Sprinkle the zinnia seeds between three and six inches apart and lightly cover them with soil. They do need about an inch of water a week, and if they are container-grown, a bit more.
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El Segundo
Clay Critters for Plant Pots: A great kid craft for inside days
For a shiny finish, paint with clear nail polish or spray with polyurethane.You can put all sorts of different bugs and butterflies on leaf hangers like this. There's a limit to the number of necklaces anybody needs, though, and the boys aren't too keen...
California
El Segundo
Just add water, Paperwhites bring a hint of spring
Consider also that the paperwhites scent can be too bold for some people. White roots will grow down from the base of the bulb into the rocks, and green grasslike leaves will soon extend a foot or so above.
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A Fruit-Tree Pruning Primer
The first aspect of proper pruning is timing. A good rule to follow, according to the North Carolina Cooperative Extension, is to start with the latest blooming tree species and end with the earliest blooming ones.
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Plant Profiles for New Gardeners: Daylilies
A nice natural dye can be made from the blooms and the buds and flowers are edible. You don't want them having to struggle in 100+ degrees or below freezing temperatures until they've had a chance to develop a good root system.
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El Segundo
Soil Porosity Information – Learn What Makes Soil Porous
Bio-pores are the spaces between soil particles created by earthworms, other insects or decaying plant roots. Click here for soil porosity information.Soil porosity, or soil pore space, are the small voids between particles of soil.
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Pasture Primer: A Look at Pasture Plants
“If you opt to apply a synthetic fertilizer, you will have to give the field rest and keep your animals off it for a while, as synthetic fertilizers can be toxic immediately after application.” Hoffman also points out that you should select seed that...
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Philadelphia
Homemade Reduced Sugar Grape Jelly
Liquid pectin does work, but I was leery to use it because of its sodium benzoate content - a controversial food additive. Seeded red grape varieties are best in recipes like antioxidant-rich grape juice, wine and jam and jelly.
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Beginner\'s Guide to Making Jam or Jelly
The molecules of pectin will interact with the amount of sugar and acid present and form a three-dimensional network within the fruit juice, resulting inPectin can be homemade and frozen for later use, but it is most often store bought.
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El Segundo
Tried and True... or Tried and False - Weather Sayings
This will not work in a dry climate, however. When the air is coming from the northeast, it is coming out of the desert. I call this a milky sky. I don't know if she believed it but I didn't put any stock in it.
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El Segundo
Let your plants help your home be hurricane safe!
You can employ specific plants and trees to help with the first three. By so doing, you can become informed enough to make the right decision for your particular home situation.A good reference is the U.
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