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Tater Totes: DIY fabric pots for potatoes & other plants
Planting potatoes in a container with little soil and lots of mulch keep the plants happy and the spuds covered.My friend Pam and I prefer containers for potatoes, mainly because there is no digging to harvest.
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Dear Sheila (2), Groundbreaking time in your new veggie garden
Since we live close to each other, and our soil should be nearly the same, I'm going to use my judgement for your garden this year. Squash goes "next to" the cucumber cage. Save up a stack; we'll use them in the garden.You couldn't resist some research!...
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A Quick & Easy Harvest Apron
Here is my quick fix so you can make one for yourself! A little fabric glue or decorative squeeze paints can help seal the cut edges and prevent raveling.I applied an iron-on transfer of a picture and a poem to the top bib section of the apron.Another...
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Miniature Container Gardens Provide Indoor-Outdoor Fun
Sometimes "less is more," so do not try to use everything you have collected in one container. This is useful for plants that have the same light requirements, but different water and soil conditions.
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For the Love of Luffa, or is it Loufah?
2004.narc.org.np/publicaton/pdf/book/Descriptors%20Sponge%20gourd.PDF 4 Dec 2008Du, Xu, Li, Zhao, Jerz, & Winterhalter. Gourds have been utilized by man for more than 10,000 years, making them one of the earliest domesticated plants.Luffa gourds are native...
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A Day at Dave\'s Garden
Some of the forums are subscriber only, but the information available, and the friendships that can be formed are well worth the price. The words highlighted lead to their matching forum, just click on them to be taken there.
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V for Victory - Victory Garden That Is!
The story I am told is that this photo was taken on the day they planted their first WWII victory garden. In the aftermath of the war, people stopped the victory gardens and went back to buying their produce from the stores.
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Community Gardens Different in their own Unique Ways, Part I
I want to show you a few of my favorites in this series. Many who live in condos, apartments or have home with small yards need someplace to grow things and the Goodwill Garden gives them a place to do this.For a small fee residents can rent a plot for...
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The Frugal Gardener: Money Saving Projects and Tips; How to Create a Small Water Garden
Mosquitoes carry disease and preventing them is the responsible thing to do.Algae is another problem when you have standing water. I also dusted a bit of black spray paint on the exterior just to 'fluff it up' a bit.
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Community Gardens Different in their own Unique Ways, Part IV
One thing that I found very interesting, I didn't see on tomato plant in these gardens.Rice and other bog plants Fallow ground is covered until the next plantingThe path ways are covered with discarded carpeting in order to deter weeds; areas that are...
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Community Gardens Different in their own Unique Ways, Part III
It's a ¼ mile north of the old Tiger Stadium. Some of them have branched and are providing nutritional programs for children.The kids are taught how to grow fruits and vegetables and about the vitamins and minerals they provide to their diets.Raised...
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Making a zen garden: Your garden is your spa
Have you ever been in a garden and said, "This is so magical!"? The rocks should be sunk into the ground enough to look as though they have been there always. Finally you will need a small rake.This will take some thought.
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Community Gardens Different in their own Unique Ways, Part II
His mansion Fairlane is ¼ mile east of the garden. A 10 HP rear tine tiller as well as a lawn mower is provided by the University for Gardeners use.4 hours are set aside once a month for a “community” work session.
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Container Gardening to The max
You may be surprised at the beauty you can create. The people that live near me aren't surprised by anything anymore. The one pictured in the photo belongs to DG member carrielamont.Over the years I have used many things to hold plants.
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Promises, Promises: My Gardening Resolutions
I will update my online garden journal more often.for several years, but I use the term "kept" loosely. Learn from your mistake (if you even made one) and move on.9. I will try to tackle at least one of the "problem areas" of my yard.I would post a picture...
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The Frugal Gardener: Money Saving Projects and Tips; How to Make a Planter From an Old Chair
Things are starting to shape up and the little frugal planter is beginning to materialize.Some of my succulents needed dividing and there were a couple of small plants propagated in thethat needed a new home.
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Unorthodox Gardening Methods
Mound up more soil/compost mix, but do not to cover the leaves. Cover with 3 to 4 inches of soil-compost mix. I plopped down a couple of bales in those spots and I now have two more productive growing areas.
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Missouri Botanical Garden: Garden Structure
Watch the light in your gardens to see how different it looks as the daylight changes.The Floating Onions were kept at the garden after the Chihuly exhibit last year. During my visit today with my good friend Beth, I decided to focus on garden structures...
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Use cattle panels to build an arched trellis & hoop house
They may also work for the cattle panels!The anchors help hold the angle in place when the cattle panel ends are flexed into position between the two pieces of angle.Wire ties were used to connect and hold the sides of the cattle panels together, which...
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Sun Clocks: Interesting TIME In Your Garden!
This special monthly positioning causes the human shadow to fall more closely on the appropriate hour mark in "solar time."But, what about Daylight Savings Time (DST)? Consider scheduling preliminary workdays to make and customize component features for...
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Garden Resolutions: Next Year I Shall...
Obviously this list is only a draft, and I must remember the Rule, so I rip the paper out of the notebook and begin with a fresh sheet. How long will it take them to germinate? That ought to do it! Next year's garden will be scrumptious, undoubtedly worthy...
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Garden Bling Bling - Garden Art
No one but you can know for sure. OK, so we all have a little garden art here and there. So when do you know you have too many? Here we go! There are a few little tips to help you know when you have really crossed the line in the world of garden art.
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Cantigny Gardens
Most of the displays are changed frequently, and the garden is always a scene of novelty and fun.This is the newest of Cantigny's plantings, a three-acre prairie restoration where native plants flourish.
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Wit and Wisdom: Gardening Commentary Through the Ages
I've arranged them in categories, with each category representing some basic aspect of gardening.Questions? "They often convey an important, witty idea or thought relevant to a conversation or topic in succinct, possibly memorable or historic words, often...
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A No-Wa-Wa Fountain for Your Garden
Pea gravel is also available at garden centers.New or used pedestal birdbath with a fairly deep bowl (3.5" or more): New ones are available at garden centers and home improvement stores.
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Spring Poems
Spring can start slow here, snow lingers and the wind blows chill sometimes well into May. Late in the season, I begin to feel a part of it all, down to the very small.: "March 1" "Equinox" "April Fool's Song" "Spring Ahead" "A thousand little spiders"...
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St. Fiacre, Patron Saint of Gardeners
St. Fiacre has been recognized as patron saint of gardeners (as well as cab drivers and florists, among other things) since medieval times. Faro told him he could have as much land as he could entrench in one day.
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