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Propagating Shrubs from Cuttings
Summer is the perfect time to propagate cuttings from your favorite rose, azalea or hydrangea.
Since it takes several steps, I found this excellent pictorial article describing the ...»
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CommentedI don't even put them in pots... I use the growth hormone powder and pop 'em in the ground and ...»
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CommentedWhen my youngest moved from the crib to a big girl bed I used the ends to make a gate on our ...»
"Polatems" (pots, plates, totems) birdbaths, bird feeders and planters.
I had so much fun putting my "Polatems" together. I collected beautiful pots and plates from Goodwill and garage sales. I dug a hole 12" deep intserted a piece of rebar, which can be purchased at a hardware store in any length of your choice. Fill the hole with concrete. Level the rebar to make it straight. Once the concrete dries..overnight is good, start putting the pots and plates onto the rebar in an artistic order, gluing them as you go..I used glass glue from the hardware
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CommentedIt's on Pinterst .. http://pinterest.com/ellen1968/. Now up to 244 re-pins :)
Gardening: A friend sent a post from another site about killing weeds with vinegar. I'm posting the pix and part of the text from
that. This result happened in only one day. I brushed Roundup on some liriope volunteers over two weeks ago and they're just now puny and can be easily pulled out of the ground, but none are truly DEAD like in this photo. Will this be safe, do you think, if I put it on liriope volunteers and other weeds in my front yard? The yard has tree mulch, no grass, but lots of hostas, some hellebores, ferns, azaleas and other things. Guess I'd need to spray directly onto the potential victims, or brush it on with a sponge brush?
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Commentedyou will need to add salt to your 1 gallon of vinegar for it to be effective. also about 1 tsp ...»
Microbath makeover
We recently remodeled a very small "microbath" in an older home. This included a full gut of the space. Due to the door swing constraints, we opted to install a Rohl "Allia" wall mount
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CommentedBarbara, I also have textured walls.. I am slowly skimming them to smooth them out so that I ...»
Gardening: Does anyone know what this is
Ordered this "cherry hedge" from an online source. This arrived today. Looks nothing like the picture on their website. Truly disappointed!
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CommentedIf you check your catalogs and online order forms you will see that they state that you will ...»
Under Pohutukawa Home in Piha, New Zealand by Herbst Architects
through http://homedesignjournal.wordpress.com/
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CommentedBeautiful home.... I agree that FLW would approve of this home :)
My giant hydrangea bush is popping!!!
I received some wonderful advice at Hometalk to NOT cut back the hydrangea. I followed the advice and I did NOT and it is HUGE and bursting with blooms this year. THANK YOU HOMETALKERS!!!
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Mini Greenhouse from Old Storm Windows
You can have a greenhouse ANYWHERE! This greenhouse will even fit on a balcony. It's built with scrap lumber and 3 same sized storm windows. Repurpose and reuse!
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CommentedMakes me wish I hadn't had all my old windows hauled off when we put in new ones :(