Fiskars Garden Shears Review

Altering a pre-made apron is a quick and easy craft with very little sewing and would be a great project for kids with a little help from an adult.I spent some time experimenting with an apron for myself and a few as gifts for friends.

I just have to remember to bring them indoors once the temperatures start dropping below 50 degrees at night.Inspect your plants for critters, yard litter, disease, and pests. Fantasy gardens (whereis not as important) are designed to entice fairies,...

The luffa sponges will last a long time if allowed to completely dry out between uses.Of the many practical uses for the sponge, creating luffa soap is one of my favorites. Place the sponge out to dry in the sun for storage, or start using them immediately.If...

It occured to me that I should probably hire aare in need of reworking. I have too much invested in theThe dogs were all hovering around the bathroom, looking worried, so I went to see what was up.

The idea was simple.Every person would plant all they could in order to take the pressure off the national food supply. Victory gardens---an idea that was lost to me. They passed out booklets on how to plant the garden, care for the garden, and how to...

Under the guidance of Master Gardener and other volunteers the offenders prepare beds, maintain walkways and plant seeds and plants in the vegetable garden. Produce raised in the community garden is donated to area food pantries to help feed the disadvantaged.

This clears the rust dust out of the pits and crannies.Any water proofing material will work as long as it dries well and doesn't leave an oily residue. By placing my kettle where I did, it is shaded after 2PM.

Every inch of space is utilized...They have dammed up a ditch that carried rain water from the parking lot and created a rice paddy which is very productive. One thing that I found very interesting, I didn't see on tomato plant in these gardens.Rice and...

It stands in the middle of urban Detroit. The first piece of property was taken over for the expansion of a mega casino in downtown Detroit. The classes have been full since they began in 2005.There are over 50 community gardens in the Detroit Metropolitan...

Patina on a lantern or moss on a rock and weathered wood are examples of koko. The Zen garden needs to be clean, manicured and weed-free. Even numbers go against principle of fukinsei.

The garden is used by students for research as well as local residents to grow organic vegetables and flowers.Welcome to the Uof M Dearborn Organic Community Garden.Recycled good are used throughout the garden as witnessed by sunflowers in clay drain...

It has had an interesting life so far. We have even filled it with cold well water one really hot summer and used it as a "poor mans" pool. Later I wandered out to take another look at it and discovered Mom had taken advantage of the hollowness and planted...

If only I had room in my garage for such a setup, but alas, now we're getting into my non-gardening list of resolutions...3. Yes, fellow gardeners, this year will be the year I get my act together.

I purchased it and two others for $1 each and I'm sure that most of the people who observed me loading them into my car were quite puzzled at what I could want with them. The air tool made quick work of the task, but several good tugs on the rusty cross...

You can usually find seed potatoes at most full service garden centers, feed stores or farmers' co-ops. If you go to the rear of many stores near the trash dumpsters you will often find stacks of pallets that the store owners are more than happy to give...

It was late morning and the sunlight took away the color of the palm and made this shot look like a black and white photo. During my visit today with my good friend Beth, I decided to focus on garden structures and art.

Every site and situation will be different. I like Kentucky Wonder green beans which require a taller trellis than I care to climb. Have a great garden season! This meant digging out a little more in some places, or shimming with bricks in others.The...

Sun clocks, or sundials, can be found all over the world. The more simplistic traditional sundials sold in garden centers do not tell time all that well (to me), but serve as a decorative reminder of a bygone era.I spent weeks searching through math-ladden...

Johnny's Selected Seeds claimedseeds came from Swallowtail. When composing next year's resolutions, it behooves one to remember the Rule. I got fabulous seeds though.Just looking at the packets makes me smile.

This might be a stove, fridge, sink, toilet, heater, scrap lumber, or bathtub. When you are out and about, you will find these things and you will want to take them home and plant in them.You might even have a burning passion to build a whole little kitchen...

The Four Seasons garden also changes with the seasons, as symbolized by the statues of the Seasons in the niches of the black iron fence.Here are a few of the flowers featured in the formal garden beds in mid-July.The path leading from the upper formal...

Please scroll down to the form below. By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.--Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) They are also often used to support, oppose or present an entirely different view of a situation in a humorous light or pridefully...

If you'd like to duplicate my terra cotta fountain, here are the items you'll need and where to find them:The terra cotta fountain I used is a fairly popular one, so you might find it at one of the larger garden centers or big-box stores.

That doesn't stop the birds from singing and the grass from greening, or me from putting it all into words. Late in the season, I begin to feel a part of it all, down to the very small.: "March 1" "Equinox" "April Fool's Song" "Spring Ahead" "A thousand...

The monastery grew fruits and vegetables to feed the hungry and cultivated herbs and flowers to use in healing the sick. Exclusion of women, however, was the rule rather than the exception in monasteries of the time.As word of Fiacre's miracle spread,...

There will be plenty of new seedlings to replace them though. Spring is here. Take your time, stop occasionally and breathe in the fresh clean air, enjoy the feeling of the sun's warmth on your face.

I worked very hard and managed to have a good onion harvest. They just sold the house and rented the land to other people living there, to use it for growing cereals or whatever they would want to grow.