Agiseek home

Best Drugstore Primer For Large Pores

Become a Partner
Garden Crafts: How-to Instructions For A Macrame\' Hanging Planter
Many gardeners love the look of the macrame hanging planters, but few want to spend hard-earned plant money on something that isn't living. Loop two of them out of the way. The bottom loop will tighten and close up into the coil.
California
El Segundo
Bad luck with houseplants? Try lucky bamboo
One website I came across specified that it will not ship in chilly months of year. Just top off with room temperature water as needed to keep it at the same level. Curled and curved stems lead to other graceful design possibilities, such as hearts.A...
California
El Segundo
A Grapevine Christmas Tree
Spray painting it with flat brown paint made the galvanized metal of the cage less obvious. Multicolored lights added some needed brightness to the dark brown tree. I tuck a few seeds in 2 ½" x 3 ½" brown coin envelopes.
California
El Segundo
Warm and Cozy Buckwheat Seeds?
I wondered about its name until I found that it comes from its triangular seeds, which resemble the much larger seeds of the beech nut from the beech tree, plus it can be used like wheat, though it contains no gluten.
California
El Segundo
My favorite, versatile, new gardening tool is my \
I can't believe the quality I get from this little device, especially in coping with low light situations. So I agreed, and went back to planting my birthday batch of, and he went off to wrangle with the salesman at the store.He came home with a little...
California
El Segundo
Hummers at your window - a great gift idea!
All the feeders were used, but, selfishly, I wanted them at the window feeder. Fuschia is a favorite nectar plant of hummingbirds. There was also a nyjer feeder for finches on that pole.
California
El Segundo
Party Favors From the Heart: African Violets and Handmade Containers
The combustible material explodes into flames and creates a wonderfully varied glaze surface on the pot. I would move stacks and stacks of pots to the solitary glaze room and dip them each in different glaze buckets for hours.
California
El Segundo
Gardening Gifts A to Z
For the strictly organic plant lover, buy a seaweed or fish based soluble fertilizer. Perhaps you should look for something more modest, like the traditional St. Francis statue. Take a hike with your gardener, collect some acorns, and plant a special...
California
El Segundo
Diana\'s Anise Biscotti
For this recipe, you don't have to use seeds at all, but they sure enhance the texture and flavor.iscotti is a treat your family will love and is very rewarding to make. Mama's favorite way to enjoy anise biscotti is to dunk them in her coffee!
California
El Segundo
What the Gardener Gets for Christmas
I've even gotten interesting metal ones. The plaques may be made of wood or cross-stitched, and they're usually lovely. On Black Friday this year I provided you gardeners with a means of getting.
California
El Segundo
Plant Profiles For New Gardeners: Sempervirens tectorum, Hens and Chicks
These plant profiles will feature time-tested seeds and plants that are easy to grow, but produce a great show. To transplant, simply detach one of the runners with a 'chick' at the end and pin it in its new home until roots appear.Forgetful gardeners...
California
El Segundo
Gifts from and for Gardeners: How to Make a Discharge Printed Vest
This process can take between three and ten minutes. Colored tee-shirts are nice, and fabric handbags. This is a normal chemical reaction, and it won't explode. You can then place your flowers and leaves on the fabric in a pleasing pattern.
California
El Segundo
Handmade decorative paper with added flowers, seeds, leaves
These frames are technically called deckles. Uncoated wood works just as well, but it tends to warp as it soaks up water after several uses.Meanwhile, prepare the paper by tearing it into pieces about 2 inches square or less, until you have a sackful.
California
El Segundo
Plant Profiles for New Gardeners: Zinnias
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.
California
El Segundo
Clay Critters for Plant Pots: A great kid craft for inside days
You'll need red, green, and a bit of black polymer clay. Don't get it too flat; your ladybug will look better with a domed shape. Antennae are optional, but I thought my ladybug needed them, so I rolled a couple of tiny clay snakes and stuck them into...
California
El Segundo
Just add water, Paperwhites bring a hint of spring
In an open bowl you may add a bit more stone around them for stability until they root.Add water to the container until the base of the bulb is under water by about a half an inch.
California
El Segundo
A Fruit-Tree Pruning Primer
Assess overall structure. In order to avoid damage from the cold, dormant pruning is best done at winter's end, just prior to sap returning to the branches. Do you see any branches that are preventing the tree from maintaining a proper structure (central...
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Plant Profiles for New Gardeners: Daylilies
Tiny little plants for the front of the border are available to towering giants with flowers the size of dinner plates.If you have a sunny area with average soil, you can grow daylilies.
California
El Segundo
What Are Stomata: Stoma Plant Pores And How They Work
Some plants are more efficient at keeping their stoma cracked open just enough to allow CO2 in but reduce the amount of water lost.While transpiration is an important function of stomata, the gathering of CO2 is also vital to plant health.
Ohio
Willoughby
Pasture Primer: A Look at Pasture Plants
“Thirty years ago, the only horticultural interest in grass was for use in lawns, but now a lot of native grasses are being brought into cultivation because they look nice and people want them in their gardens .
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Soil Porosity Information – Learn What Makes Soil Porous
When researching plant needs, it is frequently suggested that you plant in rich, well-draining soil. For example, silt andhave a finer texture and sub-micro porosity; therefore, they are able to retain more water than coarse,Both finely textured soils...
Ohio
Willoughby
A Quick & Easy Harvest Apron
Likewise, reinforcement is needed for any buttonholes in thin fabric to keep buttons from pulling off through the fabric. Here is my quick fix so you can make one for yourself! And I needed one quickly!I finally settled on an inexpensive white cotton...
California
El Segundo
Containers and Baskets - A Primer on Seasonal Color Design
Make sure the pot is twice as large around and deep as the root base, and then surround it with annuals or smaller perennials and a mixture of fantastic foliage. Even cool zones can use these types of plants in pots but they may need to be moved indoors...
California
El Segundo
Citrus - A Short Primer on How To Grow Them.
Citrus trees grow best in full sun but they will take some shade. In the dead of winter, there is just something about being able to smell the intoxicating smell of the blooms, or reaching out and picking the ripe tropical fruit that begs the home gardener...
California
El Segundo
Living Large
This certainly limited the amount of workable land I had at my disposal. Some people around here managed to score anywhere from 3 to 5 acres for their urban farms. And I guess I do, compared to the postage stamps they call backyards.
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Getting Attached To Your Equipment: A Primer On Tractor Attachments
It can also be used as a furrower to help with sowing. Rotary Cutters If you're looking to tackle a significant amount of mowing and you aren't overly concerned about a finished appearance, the rotary cutter—aka a brush hog or bush hog—is the implement...
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Overgrown Container Plants: Tips For Repotting A Large Plant
Every now and again. If it sticks, try running a knife around the edge of the pot, pushing through the drainage holes with a pencil, or tugging gently on the stem. Either way, if your plant seems to be languishing or wilting soon after watering, it might...
Ohio
Willoughby