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Add a pretty ribbon to the jar and your gift is ready to go!For a luxurious gift that all gardeners would love, try making lotion bars. Also, try your own DIY herb blends and infused vinegars and oils for the food lover on your shopping list.If you have...

This aralia has ruffley compound leaves on light colored "trunk." One variety has been called "parsley aralia" and it does look a bit like parsley growing on a very small tree. Polyscias species have been known to cause abut it seems rare.

Ugh, tax time! Are you wishing that you had a magic money tree? A minor point but one that some readers may find importantMoney Tree art at left by the incomparable "Inky" Used here with permission, Thank you! Inky Art not to be used elsewhere without...

Slip the end of your cord through the loop at the bottom and pull up on the top cord that is still sticking out of the coil. It looks a bit like a Hangman's Noose, and that is what it's called.

Use filtered water, spring water, or freshwater aquarium water. Your bamboo may eventually need fertilizer but be careful to only use tiny amount. It should do well with standard office lighting or a bright spot in a home.

Then I stick a decorative label with the name of the seeds and planting directions on the outside of each envelope. Obviously a sturdy support was needed. And each year, new ornaments are added as gardening friends add to my collection.

I have bird baths scattered around to supply them with a drink and a bath when they need it. I have gone to great lengths to make my yard bird-friendly. I wanted to attract smaller birds but discovered the hard way that the holes were too big and lost...

Of course if you make a small pillow, it would need to be of a size that would fit in your microwave. When my friends call me during the winter months, most know better than to ask how I am.

I'm tempted by one that would help me take notes about my own plants over time. My phone holds a lovely portrait of a sunkissed compost tea brewer in front of the local organic market.

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...

Also steer clear of places where house sparrows like to nest such as abandoned farm equipment, barns, etc.In locating the nestbox, consider placing the box on the quiet side of the yard, away from other bird traffic, such as the feeder, particularly if...

It doesn't have to be dramatic. But one bat can eat 10,000 mosquitos a night.* Bats can actually be quite beneficial to your neighborhood. Imagine what a small colony can do, all without the harmful effects of pesticides.Each moth a bat eats represents...

Here is a perfect gift for someone you know who already enjoys hummingbirds in their garden, or for someone who would like to attract hummers to their yard. One day when the bottle feeder needed refilling, I cleaned it but didn't put it back out.

Feel free to decorate with birdhouses with blocked or false, painted entrance holes. That may mean my searching skills are not the best (certainly a possibility) or that these guarded birdhouses just aren't widespread commercially.It's midsummer now,...

As an avid gardener himself, John Quincy Adams personally enjoyed planting seedlings that included fruit trees, herbs and vegetables.During his term in the 1830s, President Andrew Jackson became a big supporter of the gardens.

Although he spent almost two years working on his favorite (and largest) birdhouse, most of them require between two days and six weeks to build. John built anything: homes, fences, decks.

One of which was by John Lennon:"Love is the answer, and you know that for sure; Love is a flower, you've got to let it grow."I then attached these cards to bamboo sticks and placed one in each violet pot.Probably the most comical part of the story is...

Despite their petite stature, they are as hardy as many standard full size roses. These dipped gloves are surprisingly tough, durablecomfortable. Well known and loved, red flowering "Christmas cactus" can be surpsisingly long-lived and thus passed down...

Fennel or anise provides the distinctive flavor in Italian sausages and in other savory dishes, such as pork or tomato sauces. Place biscotti on their side back on the cookie sheets.Bake again at the lower temperature for 15-25 minutes.Check the bottoms...

It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity It turns problems into gifts, failures into success, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events.

Great for new gardeners, lazy gardeners and busy gardeners. It was thought to protect inhabitants from thunder and lightning strikes, so was a common sight planted on thatch and sod roofs.

Quickly pick the plant material off, and flip the garment over on to the dry plastic piece……NOW you understand why a second piece is needed!Work quickly, placing your plant material on the fabric.

I have placed wet sheets on my living room window glass to dry, which gives them a very smooth finish on one side. All that's important is to use a material that will let the water drain off while not being deformed by the weight of the wet paper pulp.

They aren't going to work in a xeriscape garden, but will survive more new gardener neglect than ferns or petunias. Even if you don't pinch them, they will put on a great show, but this helps the plants stay compact and not as likely to fall over in hard...

I also made feet by rolling 3 snakes of black clay and putting them under her body so they stuck out on each side.Your ladybug is done! At this point, you could stop and bake your bug in the oven.

Phalaenopsis hybrids growing in a commercial orchid nurseryThe large white and pink hybrids are among the most popularMore exotic are the yellow spotted types and green-flowered This article will explain why they are so popular and how you can grow them...

(Don't submerge the entire bulb; it needs oxygen from the air). Backyard stones might suffice in an opaque or translucent container. Add water until the flat part is submerged by a half inch.