The cookies cutters make the perfect stencils for little hands to trace. All this cookie-cutter fun makes we wonder why I don't get them out more. The kids have so much fun searching through the cutters, organizing them by color and seeing how many of...
Most varieties will reach between 6 and 15 feet tall, but small cultivars such as the dwarf bottle brush (Callistemon citrinus 'Little John') will reach only a petite 3 feet in height.
Trailing cutters may be PTO-powered or have their own gas engines. It has no problem knocking over and chewing up 2- to 3-inch saplings, 8-foot-tall giant ragweed or 2- to 3-foot cedar invading a hillside pasture.
Gallons Per Minute (gpm) This unit is a measurement of a tractor's total hydraulic power, which is used in steering and in the operation of additional implements 7. As a hobby farmer, buying a tractor might be your first major purchase outside of the...
“I would lie in bed with every fiber of my body aching, amazed that Craig could even get up in the morning.” By 2012, they were selling out of all the cheese they could produce.
"Your dad needs to mow the yard, and he is going to mow down all those flowers that have sprouted there. I collect only a couple of them, though, because that's all it takes in order to have a garden full of plants and I like to leave the rest to nature.
Working in a garden is a holistic, full-body experience, and the idea of a polluting, noisy, vibrating machine presents a big obstacle for the peaceful, quiet growth that I want to experience.
If that is all you do, it will grow back.Cut the branches and trunk down to the ground with a chainsaw. Each brand of brush killer features specific instructions for the best results.
Likewise, the guard is easy to adjust, which means I am more likely to do so. For a klutz like me, it means the motor stops when I release my grip. After brushing up on tools and motors during my tool-shopping expedition, I spent some time on the web...
'Country life has its conveniences,' he would sometimes say. 'You sit on the verandah and you drink tea, while your ducks swim on the pond, there is a delicious smell everywhere, and .
We can now walk out of this ravine and go back to civilization, maybe enjoying a drink by the lagoon before heading home to the garden. We will anyhow be back as there still are around many interesting vines waiting for us to admire them!
This will surely be the year of “experimental peas” in my own garden as I plan to grow at least two different varieties of each type of pea (shell, snap, and snow), as well as growing some for fresh shoot production.
They went forth and multiplied in wild scrubland where only the strong survived; their descendants are today's Spanish goats. History: Christopher Columbus brought the first Spanish goats to Espanola (Haiti) on his second voyage in 1493; when Francisco...
Although it is more common to see leaves skeletonized once the beetles are on them, there are instances where the leaves simply have holes in them. Several chemical insecticides, according to Clemson University, work as well.
My second thought was that if I could get certified, I could stop explaining things like my brush piles. The only boxes I didn't check on this list were "cave," "pond," and "roosting box."are needed to complete your habitat.
Most orb weavers hide out by day and weave their big, round, spiral-shaped webs in the evening. Spiders don't get stuck to their own webs because they use both sticky and nonsticky silks to weave it.
You can leave the hearts un-sandwiched and just ice and decorate them with red sprinkles, or use pink frosting between the cookies instead. A couple came from my mom's kitchen and a couple of others were picked up in my travels.
What better way to say “I'm hungry!” than to run outside where the coyotes lurk? Last weekend, we had record low temperatures. But today must have been miserable for him when it hit 90 degrees.
The print is from an 1801 edition of Curtis's Botanical Magazine, courtesy of plantillustrations.org. Sparmannia africana, also known as cape stock rose, is one of those plants that bristles when touched.
My mother could not hullwithout breaking out into a rash on her hands. Basically, it's the same protective mechanism that animals and insects use to keep from becoming a predator's lunch! Ever see a deer or rabbit munching on poison ivy?
I know — a mix? In this season, a tomato salad seemed the obvious accompaniment. Broccoli di Rabe Pancakes 1/4 cup Parmesan, grated 1 cup Bisquick, pancake mix or other baking mix 2 cups cooked, well-drained and chopped broccoli di rabe (add a minced...
The goats are managed by Andree Soares of Star Creek Land Stewards and are a Spanish x Boer cross. In fact, goat services across the country offer up herds of goats for anything from mowing grass to eradicating invasive plant species.
Monet is famous for his garden in Giverny, France, where he planted swaths of Japanese irises. His plan was to make it go straight across, poor dear, bisecting the front lawn (it was still lawn back then) parallel to the street.
Rub the steel wool across the blade in outward strokes that are parallel to the teeth. When rummaging through your tool shed, deciding which tools you should keep or toss, don't eliminate an item just because it looks old and rusty.
For more about RobinFor more information on communal South Amana and its sister villages,Tourist information on the Amana Colonies is availablePhotos of swans and deer courtesy of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
My nodding scadoxus (Scadoxus nutans) bloomed for the first time recently, looking like a somewhat bent orange shaving brush. It is the shortest of the genus at about 15 inches.can reach 4 feet with umbels of pink or red flowers.Its individual blooms,...
