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Winter Sowing: Winter Container Gardening, Wintersowing. Winter Sowing: Find the best gardening method to rid the winter-time blues.

Winter Sowing: Winter Container Gardening, Wintersowing

Learn how Winter Seed Sowing can provide numerous amounts of seedlings for your home and garden weeks sooner than traditional methods. Most people haven't heard of wintersowing, let alone ever tried this neat and fun method. In a way, it throws many of the text book style planting methods out the window. Product Details - The LEDGE. Constructed from handcrafted, powder-coated wrought iron, our Siena and Malibu models of The LEDGE include UV-rated acrylic glass, while the petite Capri model features a laser-cut wrought iron shelf and does not require a glass top.

Product Details - The LEDGE

Each model of The LEDGE is designed to fit most pots, urns and even wine barrels. Equipped with cushion tabs, The LEDGE easily slips on and off pots without scratching or compromising the pot’s structure or appearance. Choose from three models in black or brown: Please note that we are unable to fulfill online orders shipped outside the USA. Capri (laser cut) - 8.5" W x 24" L. Horseshoe Pit Home Design Ideas, Pictures, Remodel and Decor. Perfect idea for the swing without a porch! This is really a great idea... Old Tin Ceiling & Metal Pieces…re-purposed into a rustic garden fence!!

Perfect idea for the swing without a porch! This is really a great idea...

Awesome potting table …. so I made a similiar potting table from pallets… I WILL BE painting it white. I love this. I think I may put it right under my kitchen window too. Unique garden design ideas bring interest into creative yard landscaping.

Unusual garden boarders, planters, flower beds and garden stands beautifully accentuate garden design with surprising details and colorful elements. Lushome created a great collection of spectacular garden design ideas that are inspiring and unique. Unusual garden design ideas, combined with small decorative plants, flowers and shrubs, create fabulous backyards and dramatically change yard landscaping.

Chrysanthemums are beautiful fall flowers.

Fall gardens look bright and impressive with these beautiful flowers which are wonderful for art installations and backyard landscaping ideas to celebrate fall colors. Lushome collection of gorgeous photographs invite to enjoy the striking beauty of bright waves created by florists around the world with these fall flowers. Fresh chrysanthemums make gorgeous yard decorations, add spectacular waves of color to yard landscaping in autumn and allow to enjoy the fall flowers versatility and elegance. Mums come in many colors, small and large sixes and various forms. These fall flowers look fantastic with fall leaves and inspire beautiful flower arrangements and art installations celebrating fall colors. Flower beds are gorgeous elements of garden design.

These traditional and beautiful elements can add charming look to any corner of the garden and create spectacular centerpieces, making your yard landscaping ideas more scenic, colorful and inviting. Flower beds can vary in sizes and shapes, allowing to personalize garden design and create pleasant and very different accents. Plaster Casting Leaves Tutorial. So, while perusing the web looking for crafty ideas, I came across several versions of leaves cast in concrete.

Plaster Casting Leaves Tutorial

Absolutely beautiful. But after checking out the cost of supplies at the Home Depot, I decided that maybe I could scale mine down a bit. I already had plenty of Plaster of Paris, so I decided to try my own version of plaster casted leaves. So, while perusing the web looking for crafty ideas, I came across several versions of leaves cast in concrete. Absolutely beautiful. For this project I used: Plaster of Paris Plastic (to protect my work surface) Newspaper Hemp cording or string I began by covering my table in plastic.

Roll up more pieces of newspaper and put under the edges of the leaves in several places to create nice waves in the leaf. Mix the Plaster of Paris with water in a plastic cup. Add Style Outdoors With a Copper Patio Torch. 4 Ways to Grow Hydrangea from Cuttings. Steps Selecting Hydrangea Cuttings <img alt="Image titled Grow Hydrangea from Cuttings Step 1" src=" width="728" height="410" class="whcdn" onload="WH.performance.clearMarks('image1_rendered'); WH.performance.mark('image1_rendered');">1Brush away mulch and soil from the base of the back or side of a mature hydrangea plant.

4 Ways to Grow Hydrangea from Cuttings

How to Make a Succulent Wreath. Please welcome authors John Gillespie & Christina Symons of the fabulous garden craft book, Everyday Eden: 100+ Fun, Green Garden Projects for the Whole Family to Enjoy (Harbour Publishing).

How to Make a Succulent Wreath

No Green Thumb? 13 Healthy Hard-to-Kill Houseplants. You’ve got a dark apartment, a busy schedule and a seeming inability to water plants with any regularity.

No Green Thumb? 13 Healthy Hard-to-Kill Houseplants

Are you just hopelessly black-thumbed, doomed to live a plant-free existence in a home with poor air quality forever? Not if you choose super-hardy, hard-to-kill houseplants that can withstand poor lighting conditions and go for long periods without water. These 13 houseplants are tough as they get, thriving in spite of all kinds of neglect. Kernock Park Plants Ltd Primula Belarina 'Buttercup Yellow' (P) Additional Notes (*): All information provided is based on producing a default finished pot size of 1L for our plug products, and 2L for 7cm and 9cm liner products.

For alternative pot sizes please adjust cultural notes accordingly. Finishing times - Based on average estimated climatic and environmental conditions, and are for guidance purposes only. Temperature – These conditions assume a protected ornamental growing environment. Recommended growing is generally above 5°C. Feeding – Does not specify controlled release or liquid fertiliser application. No Green Thumb? 13 Healthy Hard-to-Kill Houseplants. How to Make Moss Graffiti.

Growing Garlic from Table Scraps! - 1FrugalMom. Did you know? 1) you can easily grow garlic from table scraps! 2) the young leaves can also be eaten! They have a nice, mild, garlic (almost onion like) type tasty flavor. That's right, you can eat the leaves much like you would green onions or chives! Cut a little bit off, and toss it into your salad (or pasta, dip, soup, etc.), or onto a baked potato, or whatever you like.

Below are some step by step photos of my garlic being grown from table scraps: Notes: I used an inexpensive American organic garlic bulb from my local grocery store which only cost about $0.50 cents. P.s. Re-Pin this post, here. Follow 1FrugalMom on: For ways to save $, earn extra cash, & score freebies, click here! 20 Insanely Clever Gardening Tips and Ideas (with pictures!) 30 Insanely Clever Gardening Tricks. How to Mosquito Control. How to Create a Succulent Pocket Garden.

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The Demo Garden Blog. Are you just getting started with vegetable gardening and looking for some ideas on how to plan your garden? A couple other horticulture agents and I have put together some simple garden plans that will get you started on your garden. These garden plans are all 4 ft x 8 ft gardens, ideally designed to be raised beds. However, raised beds aren’t necessary! If your garden space is bigger, you can simply use several of the garden templates end to end. How to make a Worm Tower. Alexe drills holes in a pipe to make a worm tower A worm tower is a simple and effective way to take any garden bed from average yield to gloriously abundant. Simple to build, with materials you probably already have, a worm tower is the perfect addition to any garden bed, in any climate.

It will bring increased fertility to your plants, improve your soil, make every living thing very happy and process organic waste to boot. No Garden? Here Are 66 Things You Can Can Grow At Home In Containers. By Rachel Cernansky - planetgreen.discovery.com Growing your own food is exciting, not only because you get to see things grow from nothing into ready-to-eat fruits and veggies, but you also don’t have to worry about the pesticides they might contain, and you definitely cut down on the miles they—and you—have to travel. As it turns out, with pretty minimal effort, anyone can be a gardener. My boyfriend and I are essentially first-timers this season and so far have the beginnings of strawberries peeking out, tomatoes are on their way, the basil’s about ready for a big batch of pesto, and once the last frost hits, the peppers, kale, spinach, chard, and mesclun will be on their way, too.