Friday, July 15, 2016

How to Attract Birds to Your Garden

One of my favorite tasks back in my days of serious gardening was feeding the birds and sitting back to enjoy their antics.  In addition to the birdbath fountain with running water, I set up tables with real dishes for them . . . build it and they will come! Watching birds is so interesting...
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Monday, July 11, 2016

Bamboo Hydroponics - Inspiration

I was so inspired by the photo of bamboo hydroponics that I had to share it.   The photo is for inspiration only, there are no tutorials. Source ...
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Sunday, July 10, 2016

DIY Garden Decor - Inspiration and Tutorial

This is what I call some awesome yard art! The painted teapot is just one of the projects in this awesome article that I found. I just goes to show you that looking at what you once thought as "junk" can be given new life in your garden.  You will hopefully be as inspired as I was...
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Wednesday, July 6, 2016

How to Root Tomato Plants

One of the easiest ways to multiply the number of tomato plants in your garden is rooting them.   And your new plants are free! Back in my days of growing lots of tomato plants, I would root them by using Rootone and planting directly into the soil or containers. Click here for another...
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Unusual Succulent Container Inspiration

What a cool and unusual succulent arrangement in a meat grinder for inspiration! Look at yard sale and flea market items in a new way :) Photo Source ...
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Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Tiered Herb Garden

This tiered herb garden represents the best of container gardening as far as I'm concerned!   Pack this beauty with herbs and annuals for a practical and beautiful show. Click here for the tutorial from Decor and The Dog. ...
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Saturday, July 2, 2016

Seed Storage Box

It is always a good time to think about saving your seeds safely.  My seeds are used year after year with great results . . . I store mine in oversized index card containers, but I love this idea! Click here to go to an article all about saving seeds. ...
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Friday, July 1, 2016

Keep Weeds Under Control

Weeding has to be my least favorite task in the garden.  My best method of keeping them under control is to pull weeds every day as I walk through the garden. Click here to go to an article about weeds and keeping them under control from Mother Earth Living. ...
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Thursday, June 30, 2016

Landscape Inspiration

Love this landscape makeover!  You would not believe the transformation from the "before" photo. The DIY Channel has posted a very impressive gallery of landscape makeovers that will inspire you to start on your landscape project. Click here to go to the gallery. ...
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Benefits of Using Coffee Grounds in Compost

There is something about coffee that plants love.  One of the things I do is water my plants with left over diluted coffee.  It is like a drink of fertilizer for them. There are many benefits to using coffee grounds in compost.  Read about those benefits here in an excellent article...
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