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Garden Crafts: How-to Instructions For A Macrame\' Hanging Planter
Mark this point with a piece of tape or safety pin. Cross the right side cord over the carrier cords and under the left side cord. Macrame is a natural craft for gardeners and is actually very simple to do.
California
El Segundo
Bad luck with houseplants? Try lucky bamboo
The roots live in water around the rocks. Lucky bamboo in quantity can be bundled into towers or woven into a pear or pineapple shape. The architectural look of the stems and the simplicity of the few leaves invites creativity.
California
El Segundo
A Grapevine Christmas Tree
What a treasure it has become! I visualized a simple tree made of grapevines. I wound them in and out among the grapevines and pushed some up into the center of the cone and wired them in place as needed.Decorations included a dozen or so ready-made red...
California
El Segundo
Pressure Canning Phobia - Don\'t be afraid!
Wait for a big, geyser-like plume of steam. The venting period is important for reaching the right processing temperature. When you've found the setting that seems to work out well on your stove, it's a good idea to make a note of it.
California
El Segundo
Warm and Cozy Buckwheat Seeds?
One of the sites I read, the one referring to the pillow, mentioned that the fabric used for the cozies should be of natural fiber.The warmed cozies have an almost earthy scent. I wondered about its name until I found that it comes from its triangular...
California
El Segundo
My favorite, versatile, new gardening tool is my \
I'm not sure; I have only just begun to browse through the many apps available on my smart phone. Are you, like me, shopping wisely these days? A picture is worth, etc, and in a split second I can capture an idea or scrap of plant information, to dwell...
California
El Segundo
Hummers at your window - a great gift idea!
But they liked the Opus bottle feeder, too. So next season I will buy one with the suction cups below the section with the feeding ports. As I surfed the web looking at the various feeders available and asking questions of, I decided to purchase a HummZinger...
California
El Segundo
Party Favors From the Heart: African Violets and Handmade Containers
Several shriveled for unknown reasons, and at least one time my tower of precariously rigged shelves fell down, creating a mess of leaves and potting soil everywhere.In the end, I wound up with enough violets that I could toss the really sad looking ones...
California
El Segundo
Gardening Gifts A to Z
(Hint: if the gardener you love is ME, you've got 26 ideas now!) Go to the exotic produce section of your local large grocery store. Wish your loved one good health with a yellow blooming plant.
California
El Segundo
Diana\'s Anise Biscotti
They store in cookie jars well when sealed in airtight baggies. Biscotti can be made in a variety of ways, using almonds, pistachios or dried fruits. Fennel or anise provides the distinctive flavor in Italian sausages and in other savory dishes, such...
California
El Segundo
A Dozen Tips to Make Your Gardening a Little Easier
If it crumbles apart it is ready to work.To make plant labels that are virtually indestructible recycle the flat discs used in home canning. Tetanus is a bacterial disease that affects your nervous system, leading to painful muscle contractions, particularly...
California
El Segundo
What the Gardener Gets for Christmas
Too bad our non-gardening givers don't know about the newGardeners get oceans of lotions for Christmas. Nowhere is the misunderstanding more prevalent than in the gift exchange. What are our loved ones trying to tell us?
California
El Segundo
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. They may wither a bit, but if given a drink, they'll bounce right back with no ill effects.
California
El Segundo
Gifts from and for Gardeners: How to Make a Discharge Printed Vest
It gives me a frame of reference as to how fast the bleach will start to work. Flat, daisy type flowers work well, as opposed to dense, multi-petaled flowers that do not have a distinctive silhouette.
California
El Segundo
Handmade decorative paper with added flowers, seeds, leaves
(Ink runs on most handmade paper.) This also helps your decorative material press into the wet pulp. For a beginner project, you may not want to buy any cotton linters; your paper will still be okay, just a bit fragile.One of the first things to do is...
California
El Segundo
Plant Profiles for New Gardeners: Zinnias
The main reason for this, is they give a huge bang for the buck invested. These plant profiles will feature time-tested seeds and plants that are easy to grow, but produce a great show.
California
El Segundo
Clay Critters for Plant Pots: A great kid craft for inside days
Once you see how cute your ladybug looks, you'll want to make a whole troop of clay critters for your pots!A special thank you to my friends Annabelle and Todd, who do snow day crafts with me.
California
El Segundo
Just add water, Paperwhites bring a hint of spring
As with most bulbs, the bigger the better. In the fall, paperwhites may be sold in small bags along with other autumn-planted bulbs. The container size is up to you; do plant bulbs closely and with all the bulbs at the same level.
California
El Segundo
Don\'t Try This at Home
Molds and yeasts can enter the jar while you are filling the jar; processing heats the head space of the jar destroying them. There is also the danger of breakage and burns while removing them from the oven.Also, and most importantly, the transfer of...
California
El Segundo
Plant Profiles for New Gardeners: Daylilies
Regardless of your garden style, there is a perfect daylily for your landscape.From their humble origins many centuries ago, the genus has been refined and thousands of hybrids created, so there are an almost unlimited number of choices available.
California
El Segundo
Home and Garden Shows; A Spot of Green for Weary Gardeners
There were vendors offering unique containers, orchids in bloom, gazing balls, birdhouses and home made soaps. We spent several hours taking in the sights and the experience bolstered out winter-weary spirits enough to face the next few weeks before spring...
California
El Segundo
Making Apple Juice and Applesauce with a Mehu-Liisa
The produce remains in the top section, and never touches the water. The mixture will return to a full, rolling boil and expand in the stockpot, if you use one that is too small, it will boil over, so be prepared with a large pot.
California
El Segundo
Home Remedies for Bird Repellent
Remember to move the objects around to different areas every few days---otherwise birds will acclimate and begin to ignore the objects.Large colorful balls can be hung from trees and in gardens off of fence posts and stakes.
California
Santa Monica
Flowering Houseplants For Your Home
They are more interesting to add to your houseplant collection than they are pretty to look at. There's no source of pleasure and pride than to have a well-cared for plant that has lived in a house for many years, flowering duly in its season.
Ohio
Willoughby
Geothermal Systems for Your Home
The Earth absorbs about 46 percent of the solar heat energy.” Geothermal systems can expand your self-reliance; reduce carbon-dioxide emissions by avoiding the need for natural gas, propane or other fossil fuel-based heating or cooling systems; and...
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Foliage Plants For Your Home
To grow plants under artificial, most indoor gardeners combine a cool and warm tube in a fixture to provide light of good quality for many interior plants.Duration refers to the length of light exposure.
Ohio
Willoughby
Preserving Pears
Return the milled pears to the saucepan. Also, try to stick with established canning recipes, as you need to achieve a proper ph balance to create safe shelf stable foods. If, even after you have followed a canning recipe to the letter, you suspect your...
California
El Segundo