How To Make Rice

The color plates show off beautiful natural dyed designs. While the roots of the designs can be traced to Scots-Irish or Germanic origins, materials are uniquely North American and influences attributed to Native Americans noted.This book isn't a ‘how-to'...

Sometimes a thin layer of potting soil may be added between the moss layers to provide some more structure. Bobby pins are inexpensive and can be hidden by the plants or moss.Once the plants have rooted, the wreath can be hung inside or out.

I think the slow start is because I began this project at the end of a cold and dreary winter and the spring hasn't been much warmer. I've added kitchen waste and another layer of brown, dry material.

It improves the texture of clay or sandy soil and helps with water retention, as well as encouraging beneficial bacteria. I should have stayed with the suggested proportions, but I wanted the ants to beat a retreat.

You can grow rice paper plants year round with no worries if you live in the warm climates of USDA plant hardiness zone 9 and above.Rice paper plants grow in zone 7 and 8 (and maybe even zone 6) with plenty of mulch to protect the roots during the winter.

I didn't understand any of those things, of course, and the only way I could feel that I could control the situation was to object to hair dye and to a (surely dangeraous) microwave oven.

Fermenting crocks typically come with stones to weight down the sauerkraut. Tamp layer firmly to press water out of the cabbage. Use the simple sauerkraut recipe below to but your cabbage to use right away.

Its attractive growth habit and scent make it ideal for use in the home garden. Gently mix together using your hands.Pour the potpourri into a decorative jar for display. Your leaves should be dry after three to four days.Peel one orange with a knife.

If your moss is damp but slightly stiff, spritz with water for pliability. Containers with large openings tend to expose the plants to the home's dry, forced air, which can be tough on moist plants.

Stop fertilizing in fall and winter.Pinch back new flower buds when the buds are just emerging to promote a bushier plant. Mandevilla vines grow 6 to 10 feet tall with trumpet-shaped red, pink, yellow or white flowers depending on the variety.

"I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field and don't notice it," says writer/poet Alice Walker -- and there is no denying that the hue grabs all eyes in the garden.

There should be four or five different harvests. If you have too much tobacco to completely coat, make another mixture of apple and molasses.Put finished chewing tobacco into airtight bag to use immediately, or an oak cask to age further depending on...

They grow in a wide range of environments, from arctic tundras to rain forests, writes Dr. Leonard Perry, a University of Vermont horticulturist. Fill the bucket with water and allow the mixture to sit overnight.

Do not dry flowers in a damp or moist environment.Prepare a small fabric pouch. When your lilac bushes are in full bloom, capture and preserve their appealing fragrance by making lilac sachets for your linen or clothes closets.

If they let their wick stay in the vat too long, all the previous wax they've built up will melt off and they'll have to start over. I like this exercise because it helps children to look around their rooms and homes for items that they would otherwise...

It's easier to make one large batch than several smaller batches.Add several drops of blue food coloring to the water. Genetic modification made the first blue roses possible, but you can create your own blue roses at home without expensive laboratory...

Slowly and gently lift off the mold, allowing the wet paper to stay on the fabric. Rose petal colors might bleed slightly and spread into interesting designs. Optional: When the paper is formed, but still wet, lay a pressed flower or leaf onto it and...

The colors of the herbs stay as vibrant as they the day they were harvested, which is amazing. Get a taste of the herbs sprinkled on top of your treat, and enjoy their lovely hue. If you're using a knife only, cut each herb into small particles and mix...

Place the orchid pot in the sink and fill the pot with water. Orchids also require higher humidity than most homes provide. While other orchids may be available, Phalaenopsis is the easiest to locate, grow and rebloom.

Tree bark also yields more ashes than the inner wood. This fertilizer was exported from the United States to Great Britain in such high demand that the era was dubbed "potash fever." The demand for wood ash fertilizers faded once other, cheaper solutions...

Maple syrup After a few years of trial and error in our backyard, making syrup each year has become a late-winter ritual for our family, a reason for us to put down the cough syrup and crawl outside, looking past months of mud and ice for warmer, sweeter...

Step 2: Combine ingredients When wax has melted, stir in jojoba oil, olive oil and coconut oil. If you don't like the consistency of your finished salve, you can remelt it and adjust the ratios of beeswax to oil.

The other type (the seven-pod models) use a water pump that circulates the nutrient water over the seed pods, with the excess water falling back down into the nutrient tank. These models require the shorter seed pod basket.If you've kept the seed pod...

Make the cuts under the water and at a diagonal. If a rose flower is of a variety typically has many petals, then wait until a few rows of petals are open before cutting that rose.

Put a dollop of glue on one small plate, and put the seeds on the other. The entire seed tape is planted into the ground, right down the length of a row, and the seeds germinate as the paper breaks down.

This flower and its beautiful scent is what I remember most about Easter as a child. After the blooms are gone you can plant it in your garden. This year, we all might look a little differently at lilies.

You check those little numbers in the catalogues to see if that interesting plant will survive in your backyard, but there is another important factor to check before you plant. For a basic example of a microclimate in your yard, think of moisture and...