On the "off" days, water the bale deeply but do not add fertilizer. Water deeply.Cover the bale with a 3- to 5-inch layer of a mixture of half commercial potting soil and half compost when you are ready to plant.
Give them as gifts. 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. Your friends will love you for it!Beauty products are easy and fun to make with ingredients from...
Give them a warm, humid indoor location. And they share a similar habit, tending to stay narrow and upright. Remember, it's by the flower structure, not the leaf shape, that we decide who's a cousin to whom in the plant world.
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...
Place bales on top of the plastic, end to end tightly, in rows with the twines facing up. Soaking may require as much as 15 gallons of water per bale. Wheat straw makes good mulch.Remove the mulch in the spring once the plants start poking through.
You are just tying a simple knot with the carrier cords in the middle. Notice how I hold the carrier cords as I tie the outside knots. If your cords are long enough, you can step on them with a toe to hold them too, but as the work progresses, you'll...
Just top off with room temperature water as needed to keep it at the same level. Lucky bamboo in quantity can be bundled into towers or woven into a pear or pineapple shape. If you must use it, leave it in an open container overnight first to allow chlorine...
And each year, new ornaments are added as gardening friends add to my collection. It made a perfect support for the grape vines. What could I use to make a grapevine Christmas tree?
This simple raised-bed technique safely eliminates the need to stoop all the way to the ground, reducing many injury concerns associated with in-ground planting and conventional raised beds that are only a foot or so above ground.
Keeping the bales moist is very important. This works quite well for potatoes if you keep mounding up more old bale material around the potato plants as they grow.Another advantage happens if you use bales on top of hard, rocky soil, or heavy clay soil...
And I did, to no avail.Then one day I received a note from the southwest: “I'm sending you a package, watch for it. Of course if you make a small pillow, it would need to be of a size that would fit in your microwave.
If there is a way to grind the bales and add some energy ( corn ), protein (soybean or cottonseed meal), a mineral packet, and molasses to cut the dust, you could make a decent feed.
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. I'm tempted by one that would help me take notes about my own plants over time.
Densely packed bales are also more stable when stacked. It's possible to remove individual feedings by gradually unwinding the bale and forking them off, but it's hard work and often results in a lot of waste.
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They came to the feeders at various times of day, but 7 p.m. was regular enough that you could almost set the clock by it. There is a 16 ounce size available, but as I was planning on more than one feeder I didn't think I needed the extra volume.
Hayrides! Sometimes when you're busy working all the time it's easy to overlook the joy that can be found in seemingly mundane tasks. Of course, with any large and heavy load like this, be safe and ensure that everything is tied down appropriately.
You can just set a round bale in the pasture and let the animals go after it, or you can cut the strings and unroll the bale, spreading out the forage. Horses should never be offered moldy hay.
I stamped the date of our wedding beneath with a date stamp. As a senior, I didn't have much extra time, but I did have a bee in my bonnet about this new project. I ended up making a card (shown above) to stick in the potting soil of each favor with a...
Buy the biggest one there (for about a dollar a pound). On the other hand, you can start small. Look for fat brown blobs labeled taro, malanga or yautia. Our national tree*, an oak tree would be a grand gift for someone with room enough to accomodate...
All rights reserved., the free Encyclopedia; Biscotti. Fennel or anise provides the distinctive flavor in Italian sausages and in other savory dishes, such as pork or tomato sauces.
“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. Non-gardeners don't know that apples aren't herbs or that the scent of harvest is dependent upon what you're harvesting. The essence of gratitude is expressed in a quote by Melodie Beattie frequently passed around...
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. The 'mother' plant with the smaller babies surrounding it is how the common name 'hens and chickens'...
If you choose to do this, be careful not to spray the developing botanical print. Colored tee-shirts are nice, and fabric handbags. I then remove my flowers, pick up my garment, and carefully spray bleach on side seams and shoulders.
Whatever surface touches the pulp will imprint on the finished paper. I will make ‘cards' you can plant using dill seed sprinkled on the wet paper pulp sheets. If there is not enough paper in your pulp mixture, the paper fibers will be thin on the deckle.
If you have your heart set on giant red flowers or the neon combination of purple and chartreuse, chances are, it is available.Zinnias are surprisingly drought-hardy when established.
You can also make great wiggly shapes of snakes and caterpillars that will hang from the edge of a pot. But to get started, I'm going to show you how to make a ladybug on a leaf that will hang over the edge of a plant pot.
