A large wrench for loosening and tightening the filters will be useful, and a pair of pliers can be handy for all sorts of tasks. The arrival of spring means that it's time to fire up your farm equipment.
According to thisfrom the Missouri Botanical Garden, the dinnerplate aralia is not safe to have around pets and children. At first glance, though, you'd hardly guess they are closely related.
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...
The left side cord is then brought behind the carrier cords and pulled through the loop that the right side cord has made. When you tighten the tension, you will have made a Square Knot.
Lucky Bamboo Shop also graciously allowed me to use the picture above; thank you!Another site with information on feng shui : Lovetoknow, article , This botanical bearer of good fortune is a tabletop plant having jointed green bamboo-like stems with a...
Spray painting it with flat brown paint made the galvanized metal of the cage less obvious. Next came all of my garden ornaments. After a time, the cage was interwoven with circle after circle of grapevine.
It's like June said in the card that came with the cozies: “Enjoy the warmth of the cozies and of the friendship that comes with them.” While the cozies warm me outside, the friendship warms me inside.
I used my phone to take a pictorial note of wildflowers as I walked the dog. I'm not sure; I have only just begun to browse through the many apps available on my smart phone. The nifty screen, the icons, so many features to explore! Within minutes of...
I appreciate the fact that I can use it in the house without fearing for the safety of my critters. I had to spray!! It isn't my fault it's winter and it can't be done outside. Even though I had sprayed them in the bathroom and left them there behind...
Then you simply unscrew the top, wash the top and bottom, refill and reassemble. Ever the optimist, I hoped to have enough hummers that there would be territory issues. Of course, I try not to let that happen too often.
Other common uses include insulation and filtering pharmaceuticals, wine and foods. Gardeners frequently have bags of perlite around the house.Beginning gardeners often confuse vermiculite and perlite with the other.
The result is a pile that becomes anaerobic and you will know it! Thewill repel you but send out a welcoming aroma to everySo, when adding vegetable oil to compost, only add small amounts.
It truly didn't matter what shape the plants were in, I was just looking for maximum number of leaves. Several shriveled for unknown reasons, and at least one time my tower of precariously rigged shelves fell down, creating a mess of leaves and potting...
Maybe your gardener dreams big and hopes to nurture a future champion like the late greatof Maryland. 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,...
Place biscotti on their side back on the cookie sheets.Bake again at the lower temperature for 15-25 minutes.Check the bottoms and when they are slightly toasted turn them over and bake the other side for 5-10 minutes.When completely cool, they store...
Admittedly, in winter months a picture of a bloom can lift the flower gardener's spirits, but of course said photo will never take the place of an actual blossom. Too bad our non-gardening givers don't know about the newGardeners get oceans of lotions...
Hot water is not always bad for plants, but whether it is depends on how hot the water is and how frequently the hot water is used on the plants. Plants with dead cells will lose their turgidity, and they will wilt all over and die.Brief periods of watering...
These plantings include multiple species of flowering ornamentals that are allowed to go to seed at the end of the flowering period. Most seed eating songbirds will be feed on these types of mixes.Poppies are included in ornamental wildlife food plots...
To transplant, simply detach one of the runners with a 'chick' at the end and pin it in its new home until roots appear.Forgetful gardeners will be happy to note that this plant can survive long periods of neglect.
You need a really good breeze to deter them, they are a fair size reaching 3/4 of an inch or more. We'd duck under the water to evade them and when we came up for air they'd be waiting for us.They buzzed around our heads crazily.Deer flies like it hot.
Now is the time of year that for many people, thoughts turn to gift giving. The odds of splashing bleach go up in the same ratio as how much you like what you're wearing. I can assure you that if you do not, some favorite item will be splashed, and bleach...
When most of the water has been drained off, the sheet should easily come loose from the deckle if you turn it upside down on a dry towel.Now put your new sheet of decorated paper somewhere to dry.
Work the ground to about 6" deep after danger of frost has passed, removing rocks, grass and weeds. They aren't going to work in a xeriscape garden, but will survive more new gardener neglect than ferns or petunias.
You'll need red, green, and a bit of black polymer clay. A real ladybug has the same set of spots on both wings, in mirror image, but your ladybug can have any pattern of spots you want to give her.Now make her head from a ball of black polymer clay.
The container size is up to you; do plant bulbs closely and with all the bulbs at the same level. (Don't submerge the entire bulb; it needs oxygen from the air). White roots will grow down from the base of the bulb into the rocks, and green grasslike...
Given time, they will be clipping in public rose gardens and walking along the neighborhood. Soon they are traveling to arboretums and stunning local gardens to help the plants with a little pruning care.
It is also an excellent emollient and can be used to treat dry skin. There will be a subtle difference in almond oil depending on the variety and location where thePeople with nut allergies should avoid using almond oil, but the rest of us are wondering...
