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Beat the Winter Blahs with a Visit to Your Local Nursery
I seldom give them a second look as I head toward the big plants at the back of the store, but today I realized what a remarkable variety they stocked. On a cold but sunny Sunday afternoon, inspiration struck! A trip to my favorite local nursery would...
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El Segundo
Why Choose a Locally Owned Nursery to Buy Your Plants?
This was not shopping; this was a grand adventure into the life and spirit of gardening. A family owned nursery caters to this subconscious desire and one cannot help but feel blessed by their very existence.Now that I was once again living in the United...
California
El Segundo
Cajun Hibiscus at Dupont Nursery
It is estimated that somewhere between 1,500-3,000 seeds are gathered per year. Sometimes the first blooms of new varieties are not always consistent, so it takes many blooms before they decide if the plant will make it to the next stage.
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El Segundo
Annuals: old faves and new twists
The hybridizers have been having fun with this plant; Plantfiles lists 72 different cultivars! Stem cuttings will root easily.Full sun to part shade, well drained location, suffers in high humidity.
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El Segundo
How to Make a Homemade Rat Trap
Position the bottle so the opening is an entrance. Size the barbwire so that is it exactly the shape and dimensions of the bottle's opening. Ridding your home of rats requires patience and a plan.
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Santa Monica
What You Should Know About Big Box Stores as Plant Sources for Your Garden
And here it was at Lowe's! Big box stores sometimes offer up such unexpected treasures and at very reasonable prices. If the plants are healthy, you can hardly go wrong with Had been to all the nurseries and garden centers within a 40-mile radius, searching...
California
El Segundo
What Is Okoume Wood?
Fresh-cut Okoume heartwood darkens with age and exposure to light and air. The sapwood is pale and grayish, clearly demarcated from the heartwood. Okoume is one of the tropical hardwoods used for exterior plywood manufactured to BS (British Standard)...
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Santa Monica
How to Preserve Wild Mushrooms for Decoration
In an hour, remove the mushrooms from the oven and let stand. The most commonly used edible wild mushrooms are chanterelle, oyster mushrooms, hen-of-the-woods, morels, boletes and puffballs.
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Santa Monica
How to Oven-Dry Figs
Use tongs to turn the figs every few hours to ensure that the figs dry evenly.Check the figs every one to two hours, as drying time varies from six to 12 hours, depending on the temperature in your oven and the size and moisture content of the figs.
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Santa Monica
Specialty growers: a source for that perfect plant
From the reading I did it quickly became apparent that I wouldn't be able to find the plants I wanted the most at my local nurseries. The owner, Suzy Verrier, is a noted rosarian and the author ofOne of the first gardens I built in 2005 was a heather...
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El Segundo
How to Keep Flowers Fresh by Freezing
They contribute their variety of colors, shapes, sizes and scents to any environment in which they are placed, making it more pleasurable and beautiful. Flowers are a gift from the earth.
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Santa Monica
What Is a Bleeding Tree?
The color of the gum depends on the type of tree. The sap that leaks from the tree bark itself is generally not life-threatening, even when occurring in relatively noticeable quantities.
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Santa Monica
Diseases of Weeping Willow Trees
Rust is more problematic for a weeping willow. The malady takes its name from its main symptom, which causes a whitish coating to appear on the leaf surface, resembling powder or dust.
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Santa Monica
Spiral Bamboo Plant
Brown-tipped leaves may be a sign of fluoride burn; filter the water before use.Plants that are successful in water may eventually need to be re-potted in soil. Too little light will stunt the plant's growth.
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Santa Monica
Does the Wood of Lilac Bushes Make Good Firewood?
Split larger chunks in halves or quarters so it dries completely.Save the thinner branches of the lilac tree to use as kindling. Of course, if your fireplace has the firebox enclosed behind a glass door, you will never smell it indoors, but an open fireplace...
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Santa Monica
Cause of Yellowing Leaves in Ficus Trees
Check the surroundings of a ficus tree with yellow leaves to see if anything has changed. Any environmental stress, such as under watering or cold drafts, can cause ficus tree leaves to yellow and then drop off.
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Santa Monica
How to Ripen Avocados Immediately
When buying hard avocados at the produce stand, it is standard practice to give them time to ripen. The traditional method to speed up the ripening, of a properly harvested avocado, involves placing the fruit in a paper bag and storing in a kitchen cupboard...
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Santa Monica
How to Make a Wood Slab From a Tree Trunk
Depending up their length and width they make variety of table tops, interior and exterior walls and even doors. As the wood grows thinner you will have to prop it up by places wood blocks or other heavy material on each side of it to prevent it from...
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Santa Monica
Natural Spider Control Herbs
The vanilla scentbomb can be set up in a small bowl under plants in the garden, hung inside a hanging basket or placed on a kitchen counter to get rid of spiders. This is the herb usually used to entice feline friends into playing with toys.
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Santa Monica
Colourful Ireland, Part 2
Anyone who visits Ireland cannot avoid the bright and happy painted doors, windows and even whole buildings (especially pubs) which are present in any town, village, hamlet and even lonesome houses lost in peat bogs.
California
El Segundo
Small Black Flying Bugs in the House
Avoid creating a soil surface breeding ground by removing leaf litter and plant debris. Mature plants exhibit weak growth, poor coloring and drop leaves.Control fungus gnats by letting the top 3 to 4 inches of the houseplant's soil dry out between waterings,...
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Santa Monica
Why Does Wood Spark in the Fireplace?
Install a spark cap on the chimney. When resin bits catch fire, they explode and throw hot sparks up the chimney and out the front of the fireplace. Split and stack firewood so that air circulates around it and dries it.
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Santa Monica
The Advantages of Living in the Countryside
If you want to build on your home, you have the room to do it. But there are other perks.If you like privacy, living in the country works well -- particularly if your home is situated in a remote area and you don't have neighbors for miles.
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Santa Monica
Fruit Trees That Will Grow in Wisconsin
Apple trees are best planted in full sun for optimal growth and production of fruit. The best pears for Wisconsin are the European pears and the Asian pears. Plant the tree in a fertile, slightly acidic, sandy loam soil.
California
Santa Monica
Is the Wood From the Banyan Tree Useable?
The sap can be made into bird lime or may be used to finish metal art. The wood of the roots is thick and strong while the trunk and limbs have lightweight wood that is durable in water.The banyan is often planted around temples and is a sacred tree to...
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Santa Monica
House Plants That Keep Spiders Away
The fruits of this plant, which is classified as a shrub or small tree, are not orange at all -- they come in various shades of green, but have a bumpy skin reminiscent of an orange fruit.
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Santa Monica
Carnivorous Plants in the Tropical Rainforest
Thus, like the sundew, the insect likely dies of exhaustion before being killed.Even the water isn't safe in a tropical rain forest -- if you are small.Insects, worms and fish also find death underwater when they encounter the bladderwort, a member of...
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Santa Monica