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Garden Crafts: How-to Instructions For A Macrame\' Hanging Planter
There will be eight cords. Now, wrap all of the cords with the second end of the rope from the top down. Pliable cord in whatever material you prefer. Tiny, delicate cord will look out of place holding a heavy container, as will rough, thick cord and...
California
El Segundo
Bad luck with houseplants? Try lucky bamboo
Some vendors caution about cheap, diseased Chinese stock, claiming that Taiwanese produced material is healthier.Once placed on desk or table, a lucky bamboo planter needs less care than many other houseplants.
California
El Segundo
A Grapevine Christmas Tree
Multicolored lights added some needed brightness to the dark brown tree. These homemade seed envelopes are then tied onto the tree with small red ribbons. Then I put it in its place in the garage-high on a shelf and out of the way until next Christmas.
California
El Segundo
Warm and Cozy Buckwheat Seeds?
No more winter shivers for me! For the first time since those long, hot days of August, I'm cozy and warm. They were hot after about 2 minutes.I decided to use my internet skills and learn what I could about buckwheat, so I sat down at my computer with...
California
El Segundo
My favorite, versatile, new gardening tool is my \
I could view PlantFiles on my smarty pants phone, and see if those varieties were anything to go gaga over. Lt's taking my gardening proficiency to the next level. A picture is worth, etc, and in a split second I can capture an idea or scrap of plant...
California
El Segundo
Hummers at your window - a great gift idea!
An internet search for 'hummingbird window feeder' will turn up a whole list of possibilities for you. So next season I will buy one with the suction cups below the section with the feeding ports.
California
El Segundo
Party Favors From the Heart: African Violets and Handmade Containers
I finally settled on the ludicrous idea to throw the 150 pots I needed on a potter's wheel. The combustible material explodes into flames and creates a wonderfully varied glaze surface on the pot.
California
El Segundo
Gardening Gifts A to Z
These dipped gloves are surprisingly tough, durablecomfortable. And kits are sold everywhere in December. That's garden dedication!- (of course!) A gardener without DG is like a butterfly without wings! If your green thumb friend hasn't heard of Dave's...
California
El Segundo
Diana\'s Anise Biscotti
Once rooted, it should not be relocated. 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...
California
El Segundo
What the Gardener Gets for Christmas
They just think our hands are too dry.Coffee table gardening books can be enjoyable the first time through, but are usually too frou-frou for the gardener's long-term enjoyment. I've even gotten interesting metal ones.
California
El Segundo
Let It Tow: Choose the Correct Vehicle for Towing Your Loads
For easy switching, I have one receiver hitch with a 2-inch ball and one with a 2 5/166-inch ball, so that I can swap them out by pulling the pin that holds them in place. When you consider the off-road tasks the truck will probably take on, a four-wheel...
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Plant Profiles For New Gardeners: Sempervirens tectorum, Hens and Chicks
This little succulent is native to the dry slopes of southern European mountain ranges like the Alps and has been a familiar house-hold plant for over a thousand years. Great for new gardeners, lazy gardeners and busy gardeners.
California
El Segundo
Gifts from and for Gardeners: How to Make a Discharge Printed Vest
That's about five minutes.Rinse in laundry sink, or with the garden hose, then launder by it's self.You have now successfully created a Discharge PrintMany artists use this process for various projects.
California
El Segundo
Handmade decorative paper with added flowers, seeds, leaves
On papermaking day, assemble the blender, a tub large enough to hold the deckle with your hands and some space around it, your deckles, paper scraps and botanicals. To the pulp mixture in the tub, OR these can be sprinkled quickly to the deckle as you...
California
El Segundo
Plant Profiles for New Gardeners: Zinnias
Powdery mildew is a fungus that thrives in damp, humid conditions, so keeping the leaves dry with good air circulation is the best prevention. The kids can make bouquets for parents, teachers, grandparents and neighbors, since cutting the flowers only...
California
El Segundo
Clay Critters for Plant Pots: A great kid craft for inside days
Don't get it too flat; your ladybug will look better with a domed shape. 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...
California
El Segundo
Just add water, Paperwhites bring a hint of spring
Expect blooms in roughly three weeks from "planting."When giving forced paperwhite as a gift, I'd recommend one of the following options:Plant the bulbs and begin watering two weeks before giving.
California
El Segundo
Plant Profiles for New Gardeners: Daylilies
They come in a wide range of shapes and colors and are hardy in a huge climate range. This way, you can watch over your seedlings and give them proper amounts of water and light. Japanese Beetles are sometimes troublesome, thrips can cause mal-formed...
California
El Segundo
A Quick & Easy Harvest Apron
I wanted a multi-purpose apron to protect my clothes while working in the yard and garden that I could also pull up to use as a harvest apron with little effort. And I needed one quickly!I finally settled on an inexpensive white cotton chef's apron, with...
California
El Segundo
Happy Campers — How to Travel With a Cat
One of the perks of being a professional writer is that you get to research the stuff you are writing about. He walked right in, past the other cats, who stared at him in wonder. Cheddar, on the other hand, couldn't have cared less.
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Italian Farm Trucks
I realize I've already lied about trucks. She also collects and sells flowers and the mixture of wild greens called Preboggin. She sells some of her products to local restaurants, she has a few regular customers who have standing orders, and she has a...
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
My Farm Truck
When something on the scooter does break, and it happens once a year or so, I simply push it to the closest mechanic, (seems like there's one on every other street) and they fix it, usually for some ridiculously low figure.
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Sweet Solution for Garden Hot Peppers
Try canning this jalapeno pepper jelly recipe without added vinegar. Hot peppers are a good source of vitamin C and other nutrients. This year we used all Jalapenos (both green and ripe red), but in the past we've addedWash and sterilize your jelly jars,...
California
El Segundo
My Waterfall and My Truck
There are two big ones, more than 50 feet across and several dozen smaller ones. When there's a big rainstorm, the creek really fills up and the waterfall has nothing to be ashamed.
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Why Every Hobby Farmer Needs a Farm Truck
So if you're farming without a farm truck, by all means, consider getting one. And with a snow plow attachment, your farm truck can make quick work of plowing your driveway during the winter.
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Highway Bill\'s Farm-truck Exemption Awaits House Approval
“Transportation laws and regulations should not saddle farmers with additional regulatory hurdles simply because they farm closer to a processor in another state than a processor in their own state,” says NFU president Roger Johnson.
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
This Year\'s Farm Challenge: Gardening With Baby
Well, it wasn't. Each evening when I came home from work, I was overcome by waves of nausea, so getting on my hands and knees to pull weeds wasn't exactly what I could manage. In my little urban garden, I grew lots of things, including chamomile, calendula,...
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia