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This can be accomplished in a couple of ways. A coat hook, plant hook, or just a nail on the porch outside. Hold all of these cords together and thread the ring over them. Cross the left side to the front of the carrier cords and under the right side,...

The stems are typically "planted" in a decorative ceramic pot or glass vase with rocks or marbles in place of soil. It's all good in the end.Lucky bamboo is sold in some nurseries and flower shops, dollar stores or discount stores.

A garden angel added just the right touch to the top of the tree.Special ornaments that I make each year are packets of seeds collected from my garden. The rain and cold of winter does little harm to the tough grapevine construction.Grape vines are easy...

No more winter shivers for me! For the first time since those long, hot days of August, I'm cozy and warm. It took a minute for me to remember what my friend, June, had told me: “It'll make you warm.”Inside a lovely card were these words: “These...

Maybe yours does too.What else will turn up, when I double-dig the functions of my fancy phone? So I agreed, and went back to planting my birthday batch of, and he went off to wrangle with the salesman at the store.He came home with a little beauty whose...

You won't be disappointed. Imagine the excitement of joining other frenzied shoppers and returning home with your newly purchased treasures with a quest to find the perfect spot for them in your garden!However, members at many of the Botanical Gardens,...

Then you simply unscrew the top, wash the top and bottom, refill and reassemble. There was also a nyjer feeder for finches on that pole. You should always clean the feeding ports with a pipecleaner or one of the little brushes made for this purpose and...

I would have a busy week, forget to the check the humidity in the terrarium and lose half of my leaves. Often times I could find AV's in not-too-bad-a-shape for just a dollar. It doesn't bother me though because if nothing else, I got everyone I know...

I've never seen, grown, or eaten one but a kumquat would be quite a conversation piece among my circle of plant freaks. 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...

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.

But the flowers were the same, and since the flowers were the same, a gardener would appreciate the calendar less than normal folk. Those who did are allowed to gloat for the rest of this writing.I know what the rest of you got.

It was thought to protect inhabitants from thunder and lightning strikes, so was a common sight planted on thatch and sod roofs. This little succulent is native to the dry slopes of southern European mountain ranges like the Alps and has been a familiar...

I usually let mine soak in this mixture while I'm cleaning up my mess. It gives me a frame of reference as to how fast the bleach will start to work. I also cut a piece for the inside of the vest to keep the bleach from bleeding through to the back side.

Find some old window screen and staple it tightly to the bottom of the frame. You can do this step of filling and lifting the deckle over and over until you get the hang of raising it to get the thickness you want for your paper.

If you have your heart set on giant red flowers or the neon combination of purple and chartreuse, chances are, it is available.Zinnias are surprisingly drought-hardy when established.

Tiny balls of green clay can be flattened onto either side of her head for eyes, and a teeny rolled snake of red clay will give her a mouth.You can either gently press the head directly onto the front of the body, or you can put another smaller ball of...

In an open bowl you may add a bit more stone around them for stability until they root.Add water to the container until the base of the bulb is under water by about a half an inch.

Vendors will ship bare-root plants wrapped in newspaper during the spring. Most hybridzers time their plantings so that they can set their seedlings out in spring or early summer. Plant daylilies in well-drained soil in a sunny part of your garden.

Nothing's worse than realizing you've missed a prime opportunity to buy the perfect plant. I hope I have inspired you to seek out and plan some plant shopping trips to get you through the winter humdrums and be well prepared for spring.Since none of us...

I ruined a bunch until I finally made myself a harvest apron. How many shirts or skirts have you ruined by pulling them up and filling with nuts, herbs, fruits, and vegetables? You can buy it under various names, in small pre-cut sheets; in narrow 1/2-inch...

We prefer not to add any food coloring - why do that? Check that the lids pop to ensure an airtight seal. Peppers can be quite plentiful - right through the fall. Cut away seeds and stems, saving some of the seedsPlace pepper pieces into a blender or...

It flowers slightly later for me than Herrenhausen and has a paler flower, which is more abundant and billowing. A beautiful addition to the herb or ornamental gardens and perfect for cutting.

The freezing point is one of the most important considerations of where do Saguaro cactus grow. The cactus will continue to grow and often its nurse tree will expire. The exterior of the trunk is pleated due to the way it grows.

I attended sessions about agricultural conservation easements, farmers and “environmentalists” working together (even though farmers are often environmentalists, I think), young farmers, and food-systems planning.

For care of flowering dogwood trees, dogwoods that are planted in full sun must also rely on frequent watering, especially during hot conditions.While dogwoods will grow in a variety of climates and soil conditions, they typically grow best in, and even...

Flowering amaranth plants can still have their leaves harvested to eat, but you may find that the flavor changes after the amaranth plant flowers.Once the flowers have developed, let the amaranth flowers grow fully and watch carefully for the first few...

On a large scale, fencing, decking and mulch may be found in backyards. Wrap a piece of aluminum wire around the loose ends of the hanging wire. See the end of this article for feeder plans.— If you have the means or desire, take an old tree trunk and...