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Get the Latest Tips & Ideas Delivered Weekly! Garden Basics Whether you are a beginning gardener or an ol' hat, here are garden basics from seed starting and tools to pest control, and everything in between. DIY Tire Planter TutorialDIY Show Off. DIY Umbrella Stand Tutorial from Brooke at Spruce Your Nest. - thesoutherninstitute.com. Welcome to The Southern Institute, I'm so glad you're here!

DIY Umbrella Stand Tutorial from Brooke at Spruce Your Nest. - thesoutherninstitute.com

Make sure you stay in the know... subscribe to our newsletter! Welcome, everyone! Hang It! – DIY Hanging Planters. Hanging planters work both indoors and out, with garden annuals and with evergreens.

Hang It! – DIY Hanging Planters

Creating your own DIY hanging planters is easy, and it adds character to your home or garden by giving you a unique container. Keep in mind that hanging planters can be heavy, so please use your judgement in choosing hanging materials, and in securing them to a structure. Other than that, anything that holds soil and is light enough to hang is fair game! Here are some DIY tutorials, inspirational photos and ideas to get you started. You can find the instructions for our featured project, above, at Drifter and the Gypsy. This re-cycled hanging container idea is an easy one to figure out… glue pop container lids on, dip into paint and let dry, then punch holes (I bet a hole punch would work!) Ten wonderful outdoor activities your kids will remember forever. We all cherish the moments spent with our family in the open.

Ten wonderful outdoor activities your kids will remember forever

Sometimes, though, kids who are used to modern gadgets find it difficult to play without them. That’s why their parents should think about activities to do in advance. We at Bright Side have found ten simple yet creative scenarios for such outdoor trips which can be put to use both in an urban park and in the rural woods. 1. Construire une arche-pergola en cèdre - PLANS DE CONSTRUCTION. Bouturage du rosier : technique et période. Tailler un rosier. © Finemedia Débutant Tailler un rosier permet de lui apporter une meilleure croissance, une plus belle vigueur, donc au final une plus belle floraison.

Tailler un rosier

Comment bouturer un rosier ? Le bouturage est une technique de multiplication intéressante à plus d’un titre.

Comment bouturer un rosier ?

Elle est simple, nécessite peu de matériel pour un coût pratiquement nul. Cependant, sa réussite n’est pas systématique et il faudra veiller à respecter quelques « règles » afin d’augmenter les chances de succès. 8 Ways to Grow In Coke Bottles - Garden Culture Magazine. You don’t have to stick to any brand of beverage really, but Coke is popular globally.

8 Ways to Grow In Coke Bottles - Garden Culture Magazine

All you need is 2 liter soft drink (PET) bottles, though milk jugs, and other types of large food-grade plastic bottles have a variety of gardening uses too. They’re easily recycled into more than one type of hydroponics system, along with more traditional forms of container growing. The cost of them, as a growing container, certainly can’t be beat. Depending on where you live, unreturned pop bottles cost 5-10 cents each, and in lots of places they have no deposit, which means they’re free. Passive Hydroponics This is also known as a self-watering planter, or wicking – which is how seed starter trays work with the mat under the plant cells hanging into the water tray. One thing you really should do is paint the outside of the bottom half of the bottle to hamper algae growth in your reservoir.

Katie's Farm: How to Root Geraniums & Coleus. I have rooted many of my own plants for years, trying different techniques from soil layering to using rooting hormones.

Katie's Farm: How to Root Geraniums & Coleus

By far, I have found that the easiest plants to root from cuttings are geraniums and coleus. It's a quick and easy way to propagate a lot of new plants completely for free! I plan on propagating a lot of plants this way so I don't have to buy as many. Traditional varieties of geraniums do well in sunny beds, pots, or hanging pots and don't mind dry conditions. Martha Washington varieties (aka Regal) are less tolerant of dry, hot conditions; however, they make especially beautiful plants for pots because they will cascade over the sides. Propagate Roses Using Organic Materials as Root Hormone Which Everyone Has In Their Cupboards: Cinnamon and Potatoes - VisiHow. Can you recommend a fast growth hormone for a rose tree?

Propagate Roses Using Organic Materials as Root Hormone Which Everyone Has In Their Cupboards: Cinnamon and Potatoes - VisiHow

The trick is to prune it early and fertilize it. There are a lot of growth hormones for plants in the market (natural and chemical types). It is best to ask shop keepers which brand or type will work perfectly for your type of rose tree. Faire sa propre solution d'hormone de bouturage par Marc. Seedpod, Seed & Seedling Images. Taille des rosiers en été : observer le cycle végétatif avant d’agir ! Début juillet, lorsque la floraison printanière des roses est achevée, c’est le moment de procéder à une première taille d’été des rosiers.

Taille des rosiers en été : observer le cycle végétatif avant d’agir !

Cette taille doit être adaptée à la sorte de rosier à laquelle elle s’adresse. Il existe en effet deux catégories de rosiers très différentes : les rosiers remontants et les rosiers non remontants. Les rosiers remontants fleurissent plusieurs fois pendant la saison (juin à octobre environ). Les rosiers non remontants ne portent qu’une floraison, souvent spectaculaire, fin mai ou début juin. Taille des rosiers en été : observer le cycle végétatif avant d’agir !