Jute is good, as is this nylon clothesline. If your cords are bigger than your bead, or, if you're like me and forgot to get beads the proper size, you can just take a bit of cord and make another Hangman Knot right there in the middle.
Is your Spider plant perpetually spindly? Fertilizers labeled for hydroponic growing would be most suitable.The most common, of the few complaints about lucky bamboo, is that a single stem may suddenly turn yellow for no apparent reason.
After a time, the cage was interwoven with circle after circle of grapevine. What a treasure it has become! For a long time I hung them on the tree with all my other ornaments. These homemade seed envelopes are then tied onto the tree with small red ribbons.
I tried them for awhile but I continued to shiver.From the north came the words: “Lots of exercise will warm you up.” I already run through my days like a spinning top, but I added to that, and all the time I continued to shiver.A friend from the...
My phone holds a lovely portrait of a sunkissed compost tea brewer in front of the local organic market. 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...
The gardens are usually flourishing with a marvelous display of spring blooming plants, trees and shrubs and fall plantings of tulips, daffodils and other favorite bulbs are ablaze at this time of the year.Often busy gardeners don't allow themselves this...
It's much too well-designed to discard.Our friends were truly amazed when they visited and were able to see the hummingbirds feeding or resting right at the window. I was fascinated, but wondered if the little birds would really come that close to the...
Traditional firing in a kiln can take up to 2 days, while raku can be as fast as 5 hours. I stamped the date of our wedding beneath with a date stamp. No two pots looked alike. Sometimes friends would sit at the wheel next to me and contribute a pot to...
Buy the biggest one there (for about a dollar a pound). 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 Garden, get her started with a newsletter and free...
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 every fall.Anise and/or fennel seeds add...
I would love them more if they had holes in the bottom. “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. I bet you didn't need the one you got this year.And of course we got pretty plant pots for Christmas.
The 'mother' plant with the smaller babies surrounding it is how the common name 'hens and chickens' came about and the various sizes of the plants in a grouping is very attractive, either in the garden or in a container.
Take for instance the tall plant that Aunt Bett introduced me to; she called it horseweed because she made a salve from it that folks used to treat skin blemishes, cuts, and irritated areas on horses and often on cattle.
This step is important. I also cut a piece for the inside of the vest to keep the bleach from bleeding through to the back side. Don't be alarmed if an orange color comes out in the water.
(Warm water seems to soften the paper scraps quicker.) Pulse the scraps until well blended, and dump the blender contents into the tub. Repeat until you have about 3 to 4 inches of very watery pulp in the tub.
These plant profiles will feature time-tested seeds and plants that are easy to grow, but produce a great show. The first group that was planted in mid-April usually looks great until sometime in August, but the new plants are ready to bloom by then.New...
It wouldn't hurt to put down an old plastic tablecloth, although I usually work directly on my laminate countertop or kitchen table.Roll a big ball of red clay, about an inch in diameter.
In the fall, paperwhites may be sold in small bags along with other autumn-planted bulbs. Give them a full sun location and fertile soil, and cross your fingers, and you just may see more paperwhite blooms in future years from those bulbs.
Fish waste helps to produce healthy, quick-growing plants (green, leafy vegetables are most common) and fish can be harvested at the end of a growing season for a freezer full of healthy proteins.
All the other images, including the thumbnail are of un-named seedlings. Plant daylilies in well-drained soil in a sunny part of your garden. Shapes range from a basic star shape to round, sculpted, recurved, crispate and spiders.
The geographic range of native prairies in the United States centers along the 100th meridian, which runs through the heart of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.
You might want to create a garden-specific calendar, create a word document, or use a journal to keep up with all the places you will, might, or want to go. Nothing's worse than realizing you've missed a prime opportunity to buy the perfect plant.
The American Farmland Trust revealed in 2004 that farmers pay more in property taxes than the government services they receive. The opposite is the case for the residential landowner.
Depending on how fast your horse's feet grow, the farrier will need to come out every six to eight weeks. The advantage of the mini is it is all the fun of a large horse, in a small enough space to be perfect for any farm or homestead.
A run-in shed with three sides and a slanted roof is adequate for pastured horses. Before offering it to the horses, make sure it is a temperature that you would drink. Remove the blanket immediately if the horse's body is damp, then dry the haircoat.Choose...
Photo by Audrey Pavia Rio and Milagro – Houdini's relatives reincarnated? Like the other day: I came out in the morning to feed the horses their breakfast and found Rio grazing on the lawn.
I had not only one, but two horses who loved me enough to tell me so. Photo by Audrey Pavia Milagro and Rio tell me they love me. This unending passion started at around age 9 and never quit.
