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Three Aralias for your indoor gardens
The picture at right shows a variegated (leaves having white or yellow markings) Ming aralia.The all green types are just as lovely.Dinner plate aralia (Polyscias scutellaria, or P.
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El Segundo
Yes, Joyce, there is a Money Tree (Pachira)
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...
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El Segundo
Too Much Magnesium for Plants
You can detect a deficiency by yellowing or striping in the leaves. Gradually, the lack of potassium affects the entire leaf system, disturbing plant production by limiting the movement of water and other nutrients through the plant.
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Santa Monica
How Much Sun for Corn?
The heat from sunlight warms the soil in spring adequately to allow seeds to germinate. All corn plants are rather narrow, never getting much wider than 20 to 30 inches; leaves tend to grow and orient in one plane on each stalk.
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Santa Monica
Garden Crafts: How-to Instructions For A Macrame\' Hanging Planter
This will leave you with four cords to start the first leg of your macrame hanger. Hold all of these cords together and thread the ring over them. If your cords are long enough, you can step on them with a toe to hold them too, but as the work progresses,...
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El Segundo
Bad luck with houseplants? Try lucky bamboo
Four is not a good number as the Chinese word for four is similar to the word for death.) For what it's worth, a gift of Lucky Bamboo is luckier than buying it for oneself.It sounds like the vendors took free rein at some point and decided that whatever...
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El Segundo
A Grapevine Christmas Tree
And each year, new ornaments are added as gardening friends add to my collection. Spray painting it with flat brown paint made the galvanized metal of the cage less obvious. Multicolored lights added some needed brightness to the dark brown tree.
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El Segundo
Warm and Cozy Buckwheat Seeds?
I also found some other sites that showed the seeds made into small pillows that could be used in the same way. It reminds me of newly dug soil and planting seeds, scents of spring and warm sunshine.When I talked with June she reminded me that the cozies...
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El Segundo
When Anxiety Attacks…
I don't want to contribute to mass hysteria by discussing scary Swine Flu details (as in, OMG it's already here in Washington!). Unfortunately, news of our imminent Swine Flu pandemic was kind of difficult to miss last week, and given the fact that I...
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Philadelphia
How Much Water for Lucky Bamboo?
Chiff.com recommends to avoid giving tap water to lucky bamboo because the salt and fluoride contents will damage the plant.According to the Flower Shop Network, "soil should be kept moderately moist," not "soggy or dry." Inspect the soil before watering...
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Santa Monica
Sorghum: For Much More Than Syrup
Cut your sorghum cane into pieces about the length of carrots and experiment with your favorite juice recipes that way. Sorghum juice is very sweet and can add great refreshment and sweetener to your juice concoctions, or can be a refreshing drink by...
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Philadelphia
Lobelia for Hiccups—And Much More!
It likes full sun, but can tolerate some shade. Seeds and plants can be readily obtained from responsible native-plant nurseries. United Plant Savers lists Lobelia inflata as a “To Watch” species because it has the potential for decline.
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Philadelphia
My favorite, versatile, new gardening tool is my \
I saved myself a few dollars in initial cost, more in doomed remedies, and lots of gardener angst and disappointment over yet more rose failure. My phone holds a lovely portrait of a sunkissed compost tea brewer in front of the local organic market.
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El Segundo
Hummers at your window - a great gift idea!
An internet search for 'hummingbird window feeder' will turn up a whole list of possibilities for you. This one is also easy to clean and fill. Last year was the first time I attempted to attract hummingbirds to my garden by deliberately planting nectar...
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El Segundo
How Much Water for a Crape Myrtle?
Often, natural rainfall maintains an appropriate soil moisture level for all established trees, and the mulch layer keeps the soil barely moist -- perfect for crape myrtles. They need a well-drained soil to prosper, although more watering is needed after...
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Santa Monica
Party Favors From the Heart: African Violets and Handmade Containers
As a senior, I didn't have much extra time, but I did have a bee in my bonnet about this new project. Their small stature was perfect for my petite giveaways. I set up an inherited 55 gallon aquarium as aforum on Dave's Garden, mainly to boast of my undertaking...
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El Segundo
Gardening Gifts A to Z
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 membership.
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El Segundo
Diana\'s Anise Biscotti
Once rooted, it should not be relocated. They store in cookie jars well when sealed in airtight baggies. Fennel or anise provides the distinctive flavor in Italian sausages and in other savory dishes, such as pork or tomato sauces.
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El Segundo
What the Gardener Gets for Christmas
Non-gardeners don't know that apples aren't herbs or that the scent of harvest is dependent upon what you're harvesting. Sure enough! The same flowers were used in different arrangements throughout the calendar.
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El Segundo
Plant Profiles For New Gardeners: Sempervirens tectorum, Hens and Chicks
They may wither a bit, but if given a drink, they'll bounce right back with no ill effects. Great for new gardeners, lazy gardeners and busy gardeners. These plant profiles will feature time-tested seeds and plants that are easy to grow, but produce a...
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El Segundo
Gifts from and for Gardeners: How to Make a Discharge Printed Vest
I also cut a piece for the inside of the vest to keep the bleach from bleeding through to the back side. The thought and care involved in choosing the gift is often more valuable than the actual item
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El Segundo
Handmade decorative paper with added flowers, seeds, leaves
To the pulp mixture in the tub, OR these can be sprinkled quickly to the deckle as you bring it up from the water BEFORE you add the top screen that's used to squeeze out water. This is a wonderful project for kids and makes great gifts.
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El Segundo
Plant Profiles for New Gardeners: Zinnias
The flowers are irresistible to our winged friends and it isn't unusual to see many species dancing among zinnia blooms on a sunny day. Work the ground to about 6" deep after danger of frost has passed, removing rocks, grass and weeds.
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El Segundo
Clay Critters for Plant Pots: A great kid craft for inside days
You can also make great wiggly shapes of snakes and caterpillars that will hang from the edge of a pot. You'll need red, green, and a bit of black polymer clay. Don't get it too flat; your ladybug will look better with a domed shape.
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El Segundo
Just add water, Paperwhites bring a hint of spring
Add water as needed to just keep the bottom of the bulbs touching the water.Paperwhites, being much more sensitive to frost than typical daffodils, are rated for the warmer garden zones 8 to 10.
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El Segundo
How Much Epsom Salt to Use for Houseplants?
Spray the plants when they first produce flowers, and again when the tomatoes or peppers first appear, with a solution of 1 tablespoon of Epsom salt dissolved in a gallon of water.), which have varieties that thrive in all U.S. plant hardiness zones,...
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Santa Monica
Just so much Junk!
I used the red and yellow spray paint to cover two old birdhouses that I would hang from the water laden limbs, right along with some windchimes that had been my favorites for years.
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El Segundo