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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
What Is Tree Sap Used For?
Natural rubber is "bled" from rubber trees; according to the Kew Botanical Gardens website, it is used in 50,000 products from tires to rubber boots.Often called sap, resins are not sap at all.
California
Santa Monica
Garden Crafts: How-to Instructions For A Macrame\' Hanging Planter
Now, wrap all of the cords with the second end of the rope from the top down. It will be marked at the halfway point, with three lengths on each side of your mark. There will be three sets of Square Knots in two different levels.
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El Segundo
Bad luck with houseplants? Try lucky bamboo
If you must use it, leave it in an open container overnight first to allow chlorine to escape. Insect complaints are few but if bugs bother your bamboo, try washing them off with warm soapy water, or treat them with insecticidal soap spray.Thanks go to...
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El Segundo
A Grapevine Christmas Tree
Next came all of my garden ornaments. Uncovering it is like seeing an old friend. I had been making grapevine wreaths for years, so making a grapevine tree shouldn't be an insurmountable task.At any rate, one of the most challenging activities that creative...
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El Segundo
What Is Palm Tree Wood Used For?
Unlike oak, maple and mahogany, palm trees are soft stemmed trees that, despite their size, are more flexible than sturdy. Palm trees are readily used as a building material for house walls, rafters and roofing.
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Santa Monica
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 is not related to wheat, nor is it a cereal, and it isn't a grass.
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El Segundo
Using Sand For Lawns: Is Sand Good For Lawns
For this reason, it is especially important to not top dress clay soil with sand. It is a common practice on golf courses to add a thin layer of sand over the green. If you were to pour water on a pile of cards, most of it would run right off the flat...
Ohio
Willoughby
My favorite, versatile, new gardening tool is my \
I'm tempted by one that would help me take notes about my own plants over time. Davison from the University of North Alabama, was online and in my hand. My smart phone has an awesome utility for keeping records, issuing reminders, and gathering information.
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El Segundo
Hummers at your window - a great gift idea!
Last year was the first time I attempted to attract hummingbirds to my garden by deliberately planting nectar plants and hanging hummingbird feeders. Ever the optimist, I hoped to have enough hummers that there would be territory issues.
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El Segundo
What Is Gypsum: Using Gypsum For Garden Tilth
The effects are short lived but serve to soften the soil enough for plowing and sowing. Additional benefits are a reduction in crusting, improved water run-off and erosion control, assisting in seedling emergence, more workable soils, and better percolation.
Ohio
Willoughby
Party Favors From the Heart: African Violets and Handmade Containers
I would immediately take them home, strip off two or three outer layers of leaves and begin to propagate them. No two pots looked alike. Often times I could find AV's in not-too-bad-a-shape for just a dollar.
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El Segundo
Gardening Gifts A to Z
Our national tree*, an oak tree would be a grand gift for someone with room enough to accomodate a large shade tree. When potted and kept warm, this bulb will grow huge leaves and become a spectacular specimen by next summer!is a feng shui color for good...
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El Segundo
Diana\'s Anise Biscotti
Biscotti can be made in a variety of ways, using almonds, pistachios or dried fruits. All rights reserved., the free Encyclopedia; Biscotti. Our family's favorite recipe for Sicilian anise toast cookies, Biscotti all'Anice, uses fresh fennel or anise...
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El Segundo
What the Gardener Gets for Christmas
We get the same thing every year, usually prefaced by the excited non-gardening giver saying, “I knew you'd love this because you're a gardener.” The gift is usually something beautiful, but with limited purpose.Somehow the presumption exists that...
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El Segundo
Using Yarrow In Compost – Is Yarrow Good For Composting
Yarrow, in particular, is thought to be an excellent addition because of its high concentration of certain nutrients and its ability to speed up the decomposition process. In fact, many gardeners use yarrow to make a useful, nutrient rich tea that can...
Ohio
Willoughby
What Is Aromatherapy: Learn About Using Plants For Aromatherapy
It is a health practice that is based on a plant's essential oils. Gardeners armed with aromatherapy information can try their own hand at making cosmetics, perfumes and concoctions for wellness.
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Willoughby
What Is Wild Celery: Uses For Wild Celery Plants
This is why it is also called freshwater eel grass or tape grass.freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1"); });Do not ask how to plant wild celery nor envision growing wild celery in your vegetable garden.
Ohio
Willoughby
Plant Profiles For New Gardeners: Sempervirens tectorum, Hens and Chicks
This little succulent is native to the dry slopes of southern European mountain ranges like the Alps and has been a familiar house-hold plant for over a thousand years. To transplant, simply detach one of the runners with a 'chick' at the end and pin...
California
El Segundo
Gifts from and for Gardeners: How to Make a Discharge Printed Vest
The bleach needs to fall down on the garment without pushing the plant material around. I even folded the collar of this vest back and sprayed behind it. The vinegar neutralizes the bleach.Lay your item on one piece of your plastic and smooth out wrinkles.
California
El Segundo
Handmade decorative paper with added flowers, seeds, leaves
The sheets I put on my windows dried in several hours although they tend to adhere to the glass if you let them get fully dry. (We added some old light blue paper pulp for this batch, and left some of the white paper in larger pieces while blending, for...
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El Segundo
Plant Profiles for New Gardeners: Zinnias
Clip the stems early in the morning and only take flowers that are just before their peak. They do need about an inch of water a week, and if they are container-grown, a bit more. They aren't going to work in a xeriscape garden, but will survive more...
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El Segundo
Clay Critters for Plant Pots: A great kid craft for inside days
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.
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El Segundo
Just add water, Paperwhites bring a hint of spring
Add water until the flat part is submerged by a half inch. White roots will grow down from the base of the bulb into the rocks, and green grasslike leaves will soon extend a foot or so above.
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El Segundo
Frankincense, Gold and Myrrh ... what are they?
Perhaps it was meant to be useful for boyhood scrapes and scratches!Today, myrrh is sometimes an antiseptic ingredient in dental preparations. The Torah calls myrrh "a kingly fragrance."At the time of Jesus' birth, according historians' estimates, myrrh...
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El Segundo
Plant Profiles for New Gardeners: Daylilies
This way, you can watch over your seedlings and give them proper amounts of water and light. Many cultivars are affordable as well and hundreds of varieties cost less than $10 for a double fan division.
California
El Segundo
Is Hackberry Good for Firewood?
The tenacious hackberry tree (Celtis occidentalis), hardy in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 2 through 9, withstands much that nature sends its way. Hackberry's water content begs for proper preparation to deliver the fire you deserve.
California
Santa Monica