A minor point but one that some readers may find importantMoney Tree art at left by the incomparable "Inky" Used here with permission, Thank you! Inky Art not to be used elsewhere without express permission of the creator.
Some can take many hours to complete, and many, like the one we will make, are quite simple and require few knots. You can build on this knowledge and branch out into more elaborate projects if you like.
The stems are typically "planted" in a decorative ceramic pot or glass vase with rocks or marbles in place of soil. Just top off with room temperature water as needed to keep it at the same level.
These homemade seed envelopes are then tied onto the tree with small red ribbons. I tuck a few seeds in 2 ½" x 3 ½" brown coin envelopes. Obviously a sturdy support was needed. I visualized a simple tree made of grapevines.
It was first cultivated in southeast Asia around 6000 B.C., it was documented in Europe by 4000 B.C, and was also found in Japan at about the same time. The other is purposely thinner and can be draped around your neck and even worn outdoors under the...
I took pictures of price labels when I comparison shopped for birdseed (safflower, at Lowe's, six pounds for nine dollars.) I have a picture of a bag of granular, insect repellent yard treatment, which I might research or purchase later.
Of course, I try not to let that happen too often. Having no real knowledge of them at the time, but a burning desire to get to know them, I decided to purchase several feeders.I already had a bottle-type feeder in my closet that I had purchased just...
This type of preparation is called a succus and can also be created by putting the plant in the blender. I simply walk over to where I have allowed jewelweed to volunteer, and break off a stalk.
Also, remove any tuber eyes as they will also have the greatest amount of solanine. Whether russet, Yukon gold or red, all potatoes have the potential to turn green and, in this case, green is not a desirable color to behold.
It doesn't bother me though because if nothing else, I got everyone I know and love to try gardening at least once and had a wonderful experience doing so.seeds as a nice gesture. Several shriveled for unknown reasons, and at least one time my tower of...
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. Perennials selections might be daylilies, yarrow, coreopsis, iris, or sundrops.
Our family's favorite recipe for Sicilian anise toast cookies, Biscotti all'Anice, uses fresh fennel or anise seeds from our garden, which add a special flavor to these low-fat cookies.
And maybe next year some hybridizer will give us the blue tulip. Too bad our non-gardening givers don't know about the newGardeners get oceans of lotions for Christmas. I bet you didn't need the one you got this year.And of course we got pretty plant...
Without a little guidance from seasoned veterans, they often choose seeds and plants that are more challenging than their budding skills can handle. They make great plants for vacation homes and for gardeners with hectic work schedules.
I can assure you that if you do not, some favorite item will be splashed, and bleach spotted. Deeply cut tree leaves such as maple, oak, or locust are good choices also. By being creative, and using your imagination, you can use discharge prints in many...
Stir well to mix. You can use old picture frames with the glass removed. I suggest putting down some bath towels as this is a wet, messy project.Put a small amount of torn paper scraps in the blender, and fill no more than half full with warm water.
The little plants should shoot up quickly and to make a bushier display, pinch out the center growing tip when they are between six and eight inches tall. Without a little guidance from seasoned veterans, they often choose seeds and plants that are more...
When it's hardened, just glue it to a wooden skewer or a chopstick for a great pot sticker ornament.are going to take this one step further and make a decoration to hang on the side of a plant pot.Press or roll green clay into a flattened pancake , at...
Buy marbles or decorative stone for a clear vase. But forcing paperwhite narcissus bulbs to bloom can be almost as easy as "just add water." I think three bulbs together gives a nice amount of flower while avoiding the overpowering scent that more bulbs...
It's sometimes suggested to prune fruit trees at the beginning of winter, after leaf fall, but this is not ideal because the tree might not have entered true dormancy at that point.
Tiny little plants for the front of the border are available to towering giants with flowers the size of dinner plates.If you have a sunny area with average soil, you can grow daylilies.
While the skins on your tomatoes may be thicker, your tomato plant will produce more fruit and you will be less like to lose tomato fruit to sun damage. This is a survival reaction on the tomato plant's part.
“Oh, Beulah, peel me a grape.” So says Mae West's character ‘Tira' in the movie I'm No Angel. Due to popular preference, seedless varieties were bred from cultivars such as Thompson Seedless and Black Monukka.
Dandelions, for example, are a forb. Of all the plants, the grasses are the most important to man. Thomas Jefferson was big into growing chicory for forage and wrote extensively about it.” How to Improve Your Pasture Growing up on a farm in Nebraska,...
I ruined a bunch until I finally made myself a harvest apron. Use your imagination to create your own unique harvest aprons, using what you have on hand. And I needed one quickly!I finally settled on an inexpensive white cotton chef's apron, with patch...
One of the easiest ways to use combinations of plants is to start with an impressive, larger specimen. Are you mad for containers and baskets? Plant selection. Even cool zones can use these types of plants in pots but they may need to be moved indoors...
Wrapping the young trunk is often the only way to keep the tree growing and very happy. There are more, and less popular, varieties of each plant that can be grown for their size, shape, blooms, and fruit.
