If one of your gardening friends mentions a houseplant called "aralia," ask "which one?" There are at least three indoor tropicals called aralia. These narrow leaves found on houseplant size specimens are the juvenile leaf style.
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...
The debate between raw milk and pasteurized milk is divided between science, politics and personal history. Tags bacteria , how many people got sick? Price Association, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Agricultural and Applied Economics...
You are just tying a simple knot with the carrier cords in the middle. (left-handed people do the opposite) what you will end up with is a coiled rope down the whole group of cords.
Just top off with room temperature water as needed to keep it at the same level. Longer stems, and curled and curved stems, cost more because of longer production time. Lucky bamboo in quantity can be bundled into towers or woven into a pear or pineapple...
After considerable thought, an old tomato cage sprang to mind.I turned it upside down and wired the three prongs together to form a cone. I decided that I should have a second tree--one that celebrated the garden and was large enough to hold my garden...
Adding gravel can create the water-logged state it's intended to prevent.Personally I like to use a coffee filter; this prevents the potting medium from leaking from the drainage hole while still allowing adequate drainage.In closing, I expect some of...
But when November rolls around, the days get shorter, the temperatures drop below 50degrees and I shiver. I was warm from my nose to my toes for the first time in months, and I had only been reading for just a few minutes.
A note for when I applied fertlizer, and a reminder to apply more in two weeks? The versatlity and fun of using my smart phone are making it an everyday tool in all my gardening endeavors.
Price Foundation, Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund, and other farmers and consumers. Requiring the Grade A dairy standards be met would make sense if that were reasonable for small-scale, raw-milk producers, but raw-milk producers already have their...
I bought a large hanging pot of Fuschia 'Blue Eyes' to further entice the little flying jewels and hung that on the same pole. Of course, I try not to let that happen too often. They're inexpensive and so much fun! A hummingbird window feeder.
Health effects include possible eye or skin irritations. Dogs consuming perlite could be at risk if they eat entire bags; however, it's not toxic, and removal doesn't require surgery -- just patience.Many dogs, not just Labradors, will investigate anything...
If you freeze milk it as soon as it's cooled and you thaw it slowly in the refrigerator, little or no separation will occur. Start by adding a pinch of baking soda to each canning jar of milk and shake it up before cooling.
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...
Peruse the amazing variety stocked atSmiles are always a good idea! Bring a smile to the garden with something silly (copper pig watering can) or with a personal significance (a gargoyle for someone who's been to Paris).
Place biscotti on their side back on the cookie sheets.Bake again at the lower temperature for 15-25 minutes.Check the bottoms and when they are slightly toasted turn them over and bake the other side for 5-10 minutes.When completely cool, they store...
Too bad our non-gardening givers don't know about the newGardeners get oceans of lotions for Christmas. February's pink roses appeared again in June only paired with white daisies instead of magenta zinnias.
Many dairy goat producers do not allow nursing. Tags dairy goats , doe , hay , lactation , milk , milking , teat It's the pressure that builds up in the teats that stops the lactation, and that's very important.
Maybe vegans miss drinking milk, so this could be a nice option for them. Pasteurized vs. This isn't a nut milk, like almond or cashew, that you've seen in the grocery store or made in your kitchen.
Once the bales become saturated, they are extremely heavy and very hard to move. I think most of us have a milk crate or two lying around. For a large tote or my 20-gallon pot I plant 6 pieces of potatoes.
Hot water is not always bad for plants, but whether it is depends on how hot the water is and how frequently the hot water is used on the plants. This is especially true for tropical foliage plants, which are used to the warm, wet conditions of rain forests.
If there is no calf, milk until the udder is completely depleted of milk to prevent mastitis. Giving your cow enough clean water is of utmost importance, as milk is approximately 87 percent water.
Most seed eating songbirds will be feed on these types of mixes.Poppies are included in ornamental wildlife food plots in areas where the plants will thrive. These plantings include multiple species of flowering ornamentals that are allowed to go to seed...
The 'mother' plant with the smaller babies surrounding it is how the common name 'hens and chickens' came about and the various sizes of the plants in a grouping is very attractive, either in the garden or in a container.
It makes no difference if it's cotton or polyester, or a blend. You don't have to use award winning orchids to make a pretty Discharge Print, but you can if you wish.When you have your botanicals selected, go to your work area…outdoors is best if there...
This is a wonderful project for kids and makes great gifts. (These extra sheets merely make it easy to get the wet, fragile sheets out of the frame.) Once I get the hang of the paper thickness I want, I put down another screen over the pulp and run a...
The flowers are irresistible to our winged friends and it isn't unusual to see many species dancing among zinnia blooms on a sunny day. Zinnia seeds are cheap and they come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes and colors.They are one of the easiest plants...
