How to Turn a Pallet into a Garden Good news and bad news. I had planned to film a short video showing you how to make a pallet garden, but the weather didn’t cooperate. I was stapling the landscape fabric onto the pallet when it started drizzling and got really windy. That’s the bad news. But I know I promised a tutorial today, so I took photos and have kept my word to share how to make the pallet garden. I tried to be as detailed as possible. So keep reading my pallet loving friends, instructions on how to make your own pallet garden are just a few lines away… Find a Pallet The first thing you need to do is–obviously–find a pallet. Don’t just take the first pallet you find. Collect Your Supplies For this project, you’ll need the pallet you found, 2 large bags of potting soil, 16 six packs of annual flowers (one six pack per opening on the face of the pallet, and two six packs per opening on the top of the completed pallet garden), a small roll of landscape fabric, a staple gun, staples, and sand paper. Now for the sides.
Top Ten Most Nutritious Vegetables and How to Grow Them in Your Garden A perfectly ripe, juicy tomato, still warm from the sun. Sweet carrots, pulled from the garden minutes (or even seconds!) before they're eaten. Growing your own vegetables is one of those activities that balances practicality and indulgence. In addition to the convenience of having the fixings for a salad or light supper right outside your door (or on your windowsill), when you grow your own vegetables, you're getting the most nutritional bang for your buck as well. Vegetables start losing nutrients as soon as they're harvested, and quality diminishes as sugars are turned into starches. Broccoli is high in calcium, iron, and magnesium, as well as vitamins A, B6, and C. How to grow broccoliGrow broccoli in containers: One broccoli plant per pot, pots should be 12 to 16 inches deep.What to watch out for: Cabbage worm. 2. There is nothing like peas grown right in your own garden — the tender sweetness of a snap pea just plucked from the vine is unlike anything you can buy in at a store.
The Fern and Mossery: How to Make a Terrarium Looking for a new kind of terrarium to test your skills? I recently built a marimo ball terrarium from EclecticZenMarimo, whose kits are available on Etsy. This was an easy terrarium to set up and would make a great gift for someone looking for an unusual aquarium or terrarium for their office or home. UPDATE: Act now and you can enter to win a Marimo terrarium of your own! How to Build a Marimo Terrarium Marimo Terrarium Supplies The basic marimo kit from EclecticZenMarimo included gemstones, shells, sand, a spherical bowl with feet, a piece of seaweed, and marimo balls! 1. After rinsing out the bowl, use the funnel to pour in some sand and stones. What if the seaweed is too big to fit? What if the sand sticks to the sides of the bowl? 2. Pour cool tap water into the bowl very slowly. What about floating sand? 3. Nothing fancy here- just pop your marimo moss balls into the water. I will post again soon with more news about how my marimo balls are adapting to office life!
Articoli per la casa - bricolage Indoor Water Gardens -- Martha Stewart Home & Garden As anyone who has snorkeled can attest, the cool aquamarine light underwater casts an enchanted glow on everything in its domain. Perhaps this explains the allure of water gardens. Small freshwater gardens are fun to create and simple to care for. Those that can remain entirely submerged in water, such as anubias and parrot's feather (Myriophyllum), are known as true aquatics. When choosing plants, keep in mind that some will need twelve hours or more of bright light daily. Rinse gravel thoroughly to remove dust, which can cloud the water, and salt, which can damage roots and leaves. A few plants, such as black taro (Colocasia) and bamboo plant (Calamus), may be sold potted in plastic containers. After a few weeks, begin fertilizing the plants with tablets made specifically for water gardens.
my love for you… | sfgirlbybay Posted by my illustrious guest blogger //// 25 Comments hello everyone! it’s meighan from ml4u. this week i got a bit of a terrarium bug! they’ve been the rage for awhile, and i’ll admit i have totally bought into the little microcosm eco-world. i have always wanted to make one, but never found the time. so over the weekend my good friend, rae and i took a terrarium workshop class at workshop. it was all rae’s idea, and i am so glad she signed me up. it was so much fun and surprisingly calming and easy! i am fully addicted to making terrariums now, full stop. if you aren’t in the bay area and can’t make it to workshop. here are a bunch of images and links to help you with your terrarium needs. along with my final product. also, if you know of other faves, feel free to comment! wendilands minimalist terrarium kits are both beautiful and pretty funny. perfect for your black thumb and ‘serenity now’ moments.
Veneto Agricoltura Il Centro Biodiversità Vegetale e Fuori Foresta fa parte del Settore Attività Forestali di Veneto Agricoltura, Azienda Regionale per i settori Agricolo, Forestale ed Agroalimentare. Missione del Centro è contribuire alla conservazione della biodiversità delle specie vegetali autoctone. Contrastare la perdita di biodiversità intraspecifica conseguente all’uso nel territorio di piante autoctone di provenienza non idonea Contrastare la perdita di biodiversità legata alla scomparsa e/o rarefazione nel territorio di specie e di habitat naturali Promuovere l’uso sostenibile del territorio mediante la sua riqualificazione e la mitigazione degli impatti antropici con l’impianto di piante autoctone Promuovere l’impianto, economicamente ed ecologicamente sostenibile, di alberi nei terreni agricoli a scopi produttivi Comparto vivaistico Produzione di piantine di specie legnose (alberi ed arbusti) ed erbacee. Nell’attività vivaistica il Centro: Comparto “Fuori Foresta”
Phalaenopsis Orchid Care For Moth Orchid | Plant-Care.com When the holidays approach it means orchids will soon be "Up and Coming". The main orchid crop you’ll find at this time is Phalaenopsis commonly called the Moth Orchid. Click Here For Phalaenopsis Orchid Care. The site of 100s and 100s of carefully grown and selected phals beginning to spike is a site to see. The spikes are young and the flower buds are begin to form… from December 1, through Mothers Day (plan now on that unique gift for Mom) you’ll find these beauties in the store. Orchids have a myth of being very difficult to grow. The Plant Should be in proportion to the container.The foliage should be clean, unblemished, medium green in color and free of any visible pest. The Flowers Should be held well above the foliage on a strong, well-supported spike. Indoor Care One way to kill your orchid is to let the roots sit in water. How Does Your Houseplant Rank? Top 10 House Plants Revealed Discover The Best Houseplants….More Here… Remember this when watering orchids
Blog ? The Top 10 Plants for Removing Indoor Toxins Common indoor plants may provide a valuable weapon in the fight against rising levels of indoor air pollution. NASA scientists are finding them to be surprisingly useful in absorbing potentially harmful gases and cleaning the air inside homes, indoor public spaces and office buildings. The indoor pollutants that affect health are formaldehyde, Volatile Organic Compounds (benzene and trichloroethylene or TCE), airborne biological pollutants, carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides, pesticides and disinfectants (phenols), and radon. These pollutants contribute to ‘sick building syndrome’, which causes symptoms ranging from allergies, headaches and fatigue through to nervous-system disorders, cancer and death. Through studies conducted by NASA, scientists have identified 50 houseplants that remove many of the pollutants and gases mentioned above. More information on this study as well as references and details on specific chemicals can be found on Dr. Dr. 1. Also called the “Butterfly Palm”.
Garden Cruises by NewsMix Nebraska by jeffreylapin Switzerland by martiz Morocco by yveszieba Learning to Identify Plants by Families. An article by Thomas J. Elpel, author of Botany in a Day. Are you still thumbing through hundreds of pictures to identify wildflowers?That's the way I started learning plants, but now there is a much easier way! Plants that are related to each other have similar characteristics for identification. Learning to Identify Plants by FamiliesIt will forever change the way you look at plants Grandma Josie always loved to walk her dogs down in the meadows, following cow trails through the thickets of willow and juniper along the creek. We collected unfamiliar flowers on our walks, and paged through books of color pictures to identify them. Years later, I launched Hollowtop Outdoor Primitive School, LLC and hosted an herbal class at our place. Some of my books listed the family names of the plants, but never suggested how that information could be useful. My quest turned into a book Botany in a Day, to share with other people this "patterns method" of learning plants. Check out Botany in a Day Return to the Plant Families Index Dear Mr.
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