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“kokedama” string garden

“kokedama” string garden
The days are getting longer, and the sun is shining more; I can’t think of a better time to get my hands into soil and play around with some fun plant experiments for spring! I’ve seen kokedama — Japanese moss balls — looking great hanging in homes, but I never realized how easy they are to create. Netherlands-based designer and all-around super-creative Aura Scaringi made this simple tutorial for crafting your own hanging kokedama garden using a combination of peat soil and akedama, or bonsai soil. Like all of Aura’s work, the results are lovely — I can’t wait to try it out for myself. Thanks for sharing, Aura! — Kate CLICK HERE for the full how-to after the jump! Materials a tiny plant; moss can’t stand direct sunlight, so choose a shadow-loving plant. Instructions 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Recycled Sweater Elf Hoodie Reserved by katwise designing edible ornamental gardens Designing Ornamental Gardens with Edible Plants Many edible plants can be used in ornamental gardens. Not only will your garden look nice but you can eat it! Please read the web pages Before you start and Design Tips. More information on edible ornamentals In the design below we have chosen warm vibrant colours and strong foliage to give impact to the garden. Plants have been chosen for a garden that requires hardy plants, has a moist (normal), medium (loamy) soil with a neutral pH, and is in full sun.

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Peinture à l'argile, esprit cabane, faire soi-meme ses peintures ecologiques De tous temps, l’argile a été utilisée dans la construction, pour réaliser des briques, des enduits (voir la recette d’enduit décoratif à l’argile) ou des peintures. Cette recette de peinture à l’argile est simple à préparer et à mettre en oeuvre. Le rendu est superbe, la finition est mate, couvrante, très typée et naturelle. Récolter de l’argile Soit on achète l’argile en poudre, soit on la récolte sur les bords d’une rivière ou d’un étang. Mettre la terre argileuse dans un seau et ajouter un peu d’eau. Recette de peinture à l’argile Pour préparer la peinture, on ajoute à l’argile différents ingrédients. La coloration de la peinture d’argile peut se faire avec un colorant universel, des pigments, etc. Sur peintures anciennes, poncer légèrement et dépoussiérer. D’autres recettes à base d’argile ou de terre ? * Blanc de Meudon ou Blanc d’Espagne, c’est de la craie naturelle broyée finement, se trouve en magasins de bricolage, au rayon ciments en paquet de 1,5 ou 5 kg. Pour aller plus loin

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Aérienne ou hydraulique : quel type de chaux pour quel usage ? Particulièrement adaptée aux constructions en matériaux naturels tels la pierre et la terre, écologique puisque qu'elle récupère lors de sa mise en oeuvre le CO² qu'elle perd lors de la fabrication, la chaux maçonne, recouvre, protège et décore les maçonneries d'origine tout en leur conservant leurs qualités respirantes. Imperméable à l'eau mais perméable à la vapeur d'eau, fongicide, anti-bactérienne, elle est l'alliée des habitats sains (voir les fiches: rejointoyer à pierres vues et enduit traditionnel à la chaux ). Associée à des matériaux naturels (chanvre, lin, bois, billes d'argile, liège....) elle peut constituer le liant de mortiers fibrés et/ou isolants (voir la fiche enduit terre/chaux et paillettes de lin et dalle en béton de chaux ). La chaux est issue de la cuisson de pierres calcaires. Sous la dénomination "chaux naturelle" on trouve donc deux types de chaux : La chaux aérienne dite CL 90 : La chaux en poudre est vendue en sacs de 25 kg. La chaux hydraulique dite NHL :

open letter regarding growing food… « oakparkhatesveggies ed note: before you read the letter, i want to link to a petition that someone started at change.org. many people seem to be coming here from other sources, and since they do not follow the blog, they don’t know where to find it. also, i wrote on another post that i would like this letter to be used as you see fit- as a template for your own letter, as a jumping-off point for discussions/letters to the editor/local debates/anything else you can think of to get people talking about these issues. in addition, you have my full permission to print and re-print all or part of this letter, so please feel free to do with it whatever you think will be the most useful. you are welcome to adapt it as necessary. thank you for your support. -julie Dear Sir/Madam: In the past year or so, I have seen a growing assault on a specific type of individual freedom. So what can you do? Thank you and best wishes,

Next Step Recycling Light Bulbs As Plant Pots - Daily Doozy Next step recycling time to use used light bulbs for a better purpose check out these great ideas for putting your dud bulbs to good use as plant pots! If you have any cool recycling ideas send us a message and we’ll do an article covering your ideas. About Recycling Recycling is a process to change (waste) materials into new products to prevent waste of potentially useful materials, reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials, reduce energy usage, reduce air pollution (from incineration) and water pollution (from landfilling) by reducing the need for “conventional” waste disposal, and lower greenhouse gas emissions as compared to plastic production.[1][2] Recycling is a key component of modern waste reduction and is the third component of the “Reduce, Reuse and Recycle” waste hierarchy. There are some ISO standards related to recycling such as ISO 15270:2008 for plastics waste and ISO 14001:2004 for environmental management control of recycling practice. Source: Wikipedia

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