The slogan the Gatorade Company uses to advertise its product -- "Is it in you?" -- relates to the product's ability to replenish fluids in an active person and increase performance on the playing field.
This will encourage fruiting. It is acidic, but not toxic, which means it is safe to consume. Use a watering can to sprinkle this mixture over your tomato plants and the surrounding soil.
Since their feet can't reach anything to roll them back upright, they're stuck until someone comes along and helps them up. She's 13 years old—that's like 90 in human years! She has arthritis, so she hobbles but she's happy, and Mom loves her more than...
Cuttings need to be semi-woody, taken late in summer and treated with a rooting hormone like Rootone. Yerba-mate seeds and plants aren't normally found at local garden centers, but sometimes a search in a local herbal medicine shop yields results.
The exception to this is the Miracle-Gro Excel product, which has extra calcium and magnesium. Although many different recipes exist, one popular choice calls for the use of 1 cup of lemon-lime soda, not sugar free, 1 cup of water, and 1/2 tsp.
But I don't have two years to get my pigs to market, and our 12 acres could never hope to sustain a rotation-heavy hog and chicken pasturing system . In the end, I have to believe that buying meat from a farmer willing to wrestle with these questions...
Instead, use a rich, fine compost. This is actually the worst thing you can do, as adding sand to clay soil does not loosen up the soil; instead, it creates a cement-like soil.The best description I've ever read about clay soil particles is that they...
Flowers emerge six to eight weeks after the plant breaks ground. During this period, the peanut plants should receive a good soaking, to a depth of of 6 to 8 inches each week. This process takes about 10 days.
Therapeutic horticulture—gardening as therapy—has been shown to give patients with clinical depression existential purpose , aka a meaning to life, and gardening has also been shown to markedly improve the lives of veterans .
“But what's most exciting to me is that it allows us to reimagine what's possible in cities. In early May, the filmmakers packed their bags and headed to their first major stop: Los Angeles, Calif.
Keep reading to learn more about composting with yarrow.Is yarrow good for composting? Is a great way to do away with garden waste and get free nutrients in return. It's also thought by some sources that these high concentrations of nutrients work to...
I usually end up with so many that I have no room to plant them, so they sit in a box until I can find someone to pass them onto. For added aroma, add some dried lavender or other essential oils into the melted oils before you pour it into the molds.
After transplanting to their permanent position leek seedlings will benefit from frequent watering. Insert a sharp knife through the leek about 2 inches from the root and slice down through the leaves.
The foliage and stems are well proportioned on this plant, so it has a tree like form at any size. False aralia has lacey, dark green, sometimes nearly black leaves. And they share a similar habit, tending to stay narrow and upright.
“It's a model that makes a lot of sense,” notes Program Coordinator Meaghan Sheehan. The group has partnerships with local orchards, farms and CSAs to secure produce donations and deliver the harvests to food pantries, children's programs, low wage...
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 express permission of the creator.
Today, we call those chickens “ unreliable layers .” If a rooster were present, and if the season were fall or spring (especially spring!), the chickens would mate on reproductive instinct.
Notice how I hold the carrier cords as I tie the outside knots. Pull it to the middle point so that when you hold it up, you will have twelve cords, six on either side of the ring.
The stems are typically "planted" in a decorative ceramic pot or glass vase with rocks or marbles in place of soil. Insect complaints are few but if bugs bother your bamboo, try washing them off with warm soapy water, or treat them with insecticidal soap...
So if you're worried about your children getting the sniffles from being out on the farm or around the animals too much, maybe it's time to relax a little. The Amish dust contained a certain bacteria, which in effect, immunized the Amish children against...
Holiday visitors are invited to choose a pack of seeds to take home with them.I have since seen similar trees for sale at garden centers and places where decorations are sold. I have sprightly garden Santas, garden angels, miniature gardening tools, flower...
New, young stem growth tends to ward off flowering for a while.When a celery plant has flowers in spite of preventions, it means the plant is not experiencing correct cultural care.
While you may be able to keep your kids and pets off a chemically treated lawn, a wild animal or a neighbor's pet cannot read the sign that says your lawn has been chemically treated.So instead of cringing at the glares you get from your neighbors with...
I was warm from my nose to my toes for the first time in months, and I had only been reading for just a few minutes. It'll make you warm.”So I watched the mail, and sure enough, a package arrived.
That's fine if you're outside. And I must say, it looks good, doesn't smell and seems to stay put (except when my collie decides to do some digging.) The mulch has been in place for about six months and my plants do not show any ill effects.As an organic...
You can put the wood of a crabapple tree to good use. It burns beautifully and sweetly in a fireplace or bonfire."blossoms." is Copyrighted by Flickr user: yumyumbubblegum (Jasmine Jahromi) under the Creative Commons Attribution license.Crabapples are...
Discard the plant and start with fresh seed in the spring. Basil (Ocimum basilicum) is an annual herb that's part of the mint family. Lemon-scented basil (Ocimum x citriodora) bears large leaves with lemony overtones.
