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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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Garden Crafts: How-to Instructions For A Macrame\' Hanging Planter
Cut your cord.Measure five more cords by using the first long cord as your guide. You can tie them with short pieces of rope, rubber band them or simply clothespin them. A craft ring used to make a hook loop.
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El Segundo
Bad luck with houseplants? Try lucky bamboo
Has your Croton croaked? As long as the roots are in water, the sky is the limit on arrangement. Longer stems, and curled and curved stems, cost more because of longer production time.
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El Segundo
A Grapevine Christmas Tree
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 folks encounter is figuring out the ways and means to bring our ideas to fruition.
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El Segundo
Warm and Cozy Buckwheat Seeds?
My answer is always the same: “I'm so c-c-c-cold!” I try to not talk about the weather, I try to not think of it, too. I have not been this warm in a very long time.It isn't strange to me anymore, the friendships that are made on Dave's Garden.
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El Segundo
My favorite, versatile, new gardening tool is my \
Then I examined them as I sat in a parking lot, waiting for one of the aforementioned teenagers. While I can't advise you on apps, the virtual market where I am shopping for them has user reviews attached.
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El Segundo
Sweet Solution for Garden Hot Peppers
The natural color is just as appealing with the pepper bits suspended in the glistening jelly.The recipe for making hot pepper jelly is simple, and as with all home canning - to be food safe - familiarize yourself with the USDA guidelines for canning...
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What Are Stomata: Stoma Plant Pores And How They Work
Stomata are some of the more important attributes a plant can have. When the sun comes up, the cell begins to fill with water.When the guard cell is completely swollen, pressure builds up creating a pore and allowing the escape of water and exchange of...
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Willoughby
Hummers at your window - a great gift idea!
The bottle feeder went on another pole at the other end of the house. This is now my second year and the funny little birds will go around the house to my patio door, hover and look in if the feeders go dry.
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El Segundo
Party Favors From the Heart: African Violets and Handmade Containers
What could be better? I finally settled on the ludicrous idea to throw the 150 pots I needed on a potter's wheel. It doesn't bother me though because if nothing else, I got everyone I know and love to try gardening at least once and had a wonderful experience...
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El Segundo
Gardening Gifts A to Z
A more personal and stylish gift could be an item of organic cotton clothing.makes a great rodent repellent, is more pleasant to apply and is probably safer than stinkier alternatives like moth balls.
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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. Fennel seeds are double the size of anise seeds, but anise seeds have a much stronger...
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El Segundo
What the Gardener Gets for Christmas
Did it say, “Garden more, work less?” Or did it say, “Time Began in a Garden?” They don't say, “Bunny Crossing” or “Dad's Garden” because they're always for hanging on walls indoors.
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Plant Profiles For New Gardeners: Sempervirens tectorum, Hens and Chicks
It was thought to protect inhabitants from thunder and lightning strikes, so was a common sight planted on thatch and sod roofs. In realty, this was an excellent choice, because the fleshy leaves contain quite a bit of moisture which makes it hard for...
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Gifts from and for Gardeners: How to Make a Discharge Printed Vest
Quickly pick the plant material off, and flip the garment over on to the dry plastic piece……NOW you understand why a second piece is needed!Work quickly, placing your plant material on the fabric.
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Handmade decorative paper with added flowers, seeds, leaves
When most of the water has been drained off, the sheet should easily come loose from the deckle if you turn it upside down on a dry towel.Now put your new sheet of decorated paper somewhere to dry.
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El Segundo
Plant Profiles for New Gardeners: Zinnias
Many new gardeners are starting to plan their first adventure into our crazy, wonderful world. 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...
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El Segundo
Clay Critters for Plant Pots: A great kid craft for inside days
Sculpey IIItm and FIMOtm are popular brands. It's even easier if your pot (not plastic!) fits into the oven or if you have a clay or ceramic saucer with a similar edge. Don't get it too flat; your ladybug will look better with a domed shape.
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Just add water, Paperwhites bring a hint of spring
When you see that classic cliche,"just add water," you're inclined to think there's a catch. 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...
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Plant Profiles for New Gardeners: Daylilies
Vendors will ship bare-root plants wrapped in newspaper during the spring. Originally, yellow, orange and red were the only colors available and the flowers all had a similar shape.
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El Segundo
Soil Porosity Information – Learn What Makes Soil Porous
These instructions very rarely go into detail about what exactly constitutes as “rich and well draining.” When we consider our, we usually focus on the texture of the solid particles.
Ohio
Willoughby
Homemade Reduced Sugar Grape Jelly
Last year we had to prune back the vines to make way for new split rail fencing and voila!...this season we harvested more than 13 pounds of red grapes - a bumper crop for us. With the help of their suggestions the reduced sugar version gelled successfully...
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El Segundo
Beginner\'s Guide to Making Jam or Jelly
Since we had over seven pounds of grapes - much more than the recipe called for - we doubled the recipe.As we were mixing the grape juice and the sugar, I instinctively tasted the mixture, which seemed plenty sweet after the first several cups of sugar.
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Tried and True... or Tried and False - Weather Sayings
Perhaps you won't find any science to support your observations, but if you do, it is extra satisfying. Where and when I grew up, February 2 was the middle of winter and there was no way around it.
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El Segundo
Let your plants help your home be hurricane safe!
You can employ specific plants and trees to help with the first three. As a veteran of several hurricanes, including hurricane Andrew, I am acutely aware of the damage they can cause to your home and property, not to mention your plants and trees.
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El Segundo
Invasive Succulents in My Yard
In awareness of National Invasive Species Week earlier this month, I thought I would discuss some species I have personal experience with that most don't normally think of as invasive, but certainly are in my garden.
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El Segundo
Edible Palms: Date Palms
This article explores edible palms and their fruits. This article serves as an introduction to date palms and the varieties of dates available. Though all these will produce dates if pollinated, they would not be of edible quality due to excessive humidity...
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