How To Make Sarsaparilla

Don't discard these broken pieces but lay them on moist seedling mix to sprout and form future plants.Starting at a point, work clockwise or counter clockwise placing plants into the base.

She'll pull a traditional compost pile apart for a shred of lettuce and the Toter keeps it out of her reach.All things considered, I'm quite pleased with the way the composter is working.

It is important to maintain a healthy balance of moisture content. I've learned quite a bit about composting in a contained system as opposed to composting in an exposed pile. So, we can take away two lessons from this incident; juicy fruit may attract...

Making sauerkraut is an excellent way to utilize and preserve a bountiful cabbage harvest. Waiting It Out After the sauerkraut is packed and submerged, replace the lid on the fermenting crock or place a cloth over the container and set it in a secluded...

Store any unused potpourri in a plastic bag. The leaves dry easily and retain their fragrance once the moisture is gone. Hold the tip of the stem in one hand and use the thumb and forefinger of the opposite hand to pinch just under that.

(Bonus: A layer of pebbles on your soil creates a dry surface to repress fungus gnat.) You can also use small sticks to emulate downed trees or benches. Place the moss around the edges of the cloth barrier, with the green tops facing the glass and slightly...

Plant mandevilla plants in equal parts of garden soil, humus and coarse sand so the soil has good drainage. Before moving the plant outdoors in spring, prune another 2 feet from the vine to make room for new growth and flowering.

The aluminum in the soil produces the blue shade, but don't go adding aluminum. Pick the mophead variety if you want its pom-pom flowers, or a lacecap cultivar for a disk-shaped blossom with frilly petals around the edges.

This may take up to two months. Chewing tobacco can be expensive to buy in stores, and if you have a green thumb and some time, you may want to experiment with growing and curing your own.

Grind them in a food processor, breaking them up to a fine powder if possible. Orchids are tropical plants that exist in more than 25,000 varieties. Filter out the grounds with cheesecloth.

Do not dry flowers in a damp or moist environment.Prepare a small fabric pouch. This might be an old sock, nylon sock or a fabric pouch you sew together by folding a fabric rectangle in half and sewing up the sides.

Until the wick builds up some layers of wax, children will likely need to carefully pull on the bottom of their wicks to keep them straight. Where I live, we aren't exactly busting out our swimsuits (we aren't even safe to do that in June!), but in our...

Blue roses do not occur naturally, and until only recently, they had never been successfully bred at all. Your roses should be a blue color relative to the amount of food coloring you added to the water.

Lavender adds a subtle scent and texture. This is your paper mold. Lift the mold out of the water, wait for it to stop dripping, and ease it onto a piece of white felt or flannel fabric so the new paper is on the fabric and the mold can eventually be...

Once your herbs starting blooming and leafing out this season, be sure to cook up some herbal goodies. Blend the herbs and sugar on low until mixed thoroughly. Sugar is an incredible preservative! Step 1 Forage in your herb garden for an appealing herb:...

However, avoid placing the orchid in direct sun; the leaves easily burn in sunlight.Orchids require regular watering, generally once a week when the potting mix is dry. If the orchid's leaves are dark green, it's not receiving enough light.

Wood ashes contain oxides and carbonates that act as natural liming agents, causing the soil to be more alkaline. One quarter of a cord creates enough ash for a bed approximately 225 square feet.

If you stay organized, you'll be able to discern the change in syrup ambers (from light to medium to dark), and see the change in the sap itself. Adding a splash of heavy cream will calm this, or if you want to keep the syrup pure, be ready to move the...

Materials 2 ounces beeswax 1 ounce jojoba oil 7 ounces infused olive oil 1 ounce coconut oil molds (as large as 3 ounces in size) Step 1: Melt wax Melt beeswax in double-boiler or small glass measuring cup set in pan of boiling water.

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 longer seed pod basket.

Flower food added to water also helps blossoms open. Then rinse them with a solution that is 1 part bleach and 10 parts water, and rinse them with water. Rose blooms are most vigorous and long-lasting when cut in early morning, which is when they are...

The seeds are embedded inside of the paper, and they're perfectly spaced for optimum growth. Fold the paper in half, pressing one side against the other to stick them together. The solution, of course, is to make your own seed tape.

In the colder regions of the country, a little extra mulch will help it overwinter and give you blooms for years to come. The white or Easter lily has been used in the European and traditional Chinese medicinal traditions for a long time.

You might extend your growing season by planting frost tender plants on the south side of your house using the sun and shelter of the building in creating a microclimate for them.With a little time and thought, you can figure out how to make a microclimate...

Densely packed bales are also more stable when stacked. If you decide to bale hay in large bales, wrap them with net wrap or plastic twine to reduce bale sag and help maintain bale shape.

Gingerbread, ginger snaps and ginger ale are familiar products made from the root, or rhizome, of the ginger plant (Zingiber officinale). This typically takes two to three days.Choose a sunny spot for planting and prepare the ground by mixing 3 inches...

Envision how you want your final topiary to look and trim off no more than 3 inches in working towards that shape. Outdoor topiary can create a striking effect in your garden. If you are an experienced topiary artist, you can attempt to create topiary...