What S Cardamom Good For

She was renting a property in Texas and was growing about 400 named daylily varieties in her garden when she received thirty days' notice to vacate the premises. There are so many more stories to be found in each of the dozens of forums available at Dave's...

In fact, we all did!Well, if we are all gonna stay overnight somewhere, how ‘bout a community meal? Most of the members attending (we have lost only a few) are still members: Roadrunner, her son Keith and DIL Donna (TnMom)), Vic and DH Hank, GrannyLois...

The twice-weekly chat rooms are an additional way for DGers to visit together.Garden topics are discussed there, but are often interspersed with talk of family and food (especially chocolate).

It challenges us to get beyond the urban/rural divide — to really think about how we can all be producers in a society driven by consumption.” Monbouquette and Susman started investigating what Omaha had in terms of urban farms , but they didn't find...

For added aroma, add some dried lavender or other essential oils into the melted oils before you pour it into the molds. If you have a vast amount of pumpkin puree or applesauce, bake it up for gift giving.

They are best grown when temperatures are between 55 and 75 degrees F.Leeks are related to onions but have a subtler, sweeter flavor that will readily combine with other ingredients without overwhelming them.

The picture at right shows a variegated (leaves having white or yellow markings) Ming aralia.The all green types are just as lovely.Dinner plate aralia (Polyscias scutellaria, or P.

Seeds for the kids table flyers for either Earl May storeStatue of a little girl angel playing in a pot of dirt To borrow a quote from that famous scene in the movie, Field of Dreams (filmed in Iowa): "Is this heaven?

DG revolutionized my idea of gardening and I narrate how it all happened and changed the way I live, changed the way I garden and much more. It was July 2001 and the internet had become accessible even to me [!] and I had begun 'cyberslacking'.

It grew.The vocation/avocation of many people to play in the dirt, to watch flowers grow, to enjoy the fruits and vegetables of our own labors, to enliven our residences with the bountiful beauty of nature, has led to a search for like minded individuals.

Youth also attend workshops to learn about the relationship between food and health, as well as to gain education about gardening and food-justice issues. From a bumper crop of peaches in urban parks to an abundance of apples in a rural orchard, organizations...

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.

Hope y'all don't mind that I print all the stanzas.The hand pictured is of my sweet, sweet Mother in law, Clare. But the absolute love of gardening that she instilled in my husband Michael and also passed on to me is something that will never end.Clare...

Hold all of these cords together and thread the ring over them. Cord is cheap, and you want to make sure you have enough. This will leave you with four cords to start the first leg of your macrame hanger.

John built anything: homes, fences, decks. The homes have a natural, rustic look because John creates them from reclaimed 80 to 150 year old barn wood. John does not work from plans, so the ideas come to him as he constructs the homes.

Lucky bamboo in quantity can be bundled into towers or woven into a pear or pineapple shape. Lucky bamboo stems and arrangements can be ordered directly from growers via their websites.

Obviously a sturdy support was needed. These homemade seed envelopes are then tied onto the tree with small red ribbons. I tuck a few seeds in 2 ½" x 3 ½" brown coin envelopes. Then I put it in its place in the garage-high on a shelf and out of the...

Here, we will take a look at a different kind of gift, one that will last far longer than a box of chocolates or bouquet of cut flowers. Start now for a lifetime of shared memories.

Christmas came and went, as did the arrival of 2010, and I greeted the new year with an extra long shiver from my nose to my toes. I opened it up and inside there were two of what appeared to be those long white feeder socks, the kind I buy for my goldfinches.

However, their emergence can occur at any point from two weeks to three months after the seeds were planted. For the best results, therefore, you should acquire fresh and untreated cardamom seeds from a seed seller rather than from your grocery store.After...

A database of plants is another tempting app. The handyby Paul G. I could view PlantFiles on my smarty pants phone, and see if those varieties were anything to go gaga over. While I can't advise you on apps, the virtual market where I am shopping for...

WebMDthat "health benefits can be acheived with bouts of exercise lasting at least ten minutes." Gardeners know that it's quite easy to work up a sweat by digging or trimming tree branches.

In more northern regions, however, they get killed to the ground by cold winter weather. The gardens and the gardeners wither. For a while all is well, and the gardeners puff up, sit back, and look around in a self-satisfied manner, completely convinced...

Members follow webcam reports and photo stories of birds from egg to fledgling and beyond.For those seeking advice on attracting birds, members suggest garden construction and plant species favorable to the type of bird desired.

The National Institute of Health suggests that adding turmeric as a dietary supplement can increase resistance to avian necrotic enteritis. Turmeric is in the ginger family and the rhizome, aka dried root,is the usable part of the plant.

Last year was the first time I attempted to attract hummingbirds to my garden by deliberately planting nectar plants and hanging hummingbird feeders. I was fascinated, but wondered if the little birds would really come that close to the house.

Snakes are members of the reptile family, which also includes lizards, turtles, alligators and a few other odds and ends.They are also somewhat closely related to amphibians.These are poikilotherms, or cold-blooded vertebrates, meaning that they have...