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MichelleandJeff Remington

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  • I like to grow a wide variety of carrots in all different colours. You'll need flour, water, a paint brush or pencil, ruler, seeds, and fine tip marker.
  • Add a tiny bit of water to flour to make a sticky paste.
  • Dab the brush in the flour glue and pick up a seed.
  • Set the seeds on the tape at the recommended distance apart. Write the seed names on the tissue with a fine tip marker. Allow everything to dry.
  • Plant the seed tapes at the recommended seed planting depth. The toilet paper will gradually dissolve. This method has provided me with a huge bounty of carrots. 2
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How To Make Seed Tapes For Planting Tiny Seeds

Some tiny seeds can have poor germination rates because the wind, rain, or birds carry them away. To counter this, I started making seed tapes for certain crops like carrots. Now, not ...»
only has the germination rate been excellent, but the carrots grow at set distances apart so there's no need for thinning the seedlings.

There's several options-I like using toilet paper, flour, and water. I've provided more information below and on my blog.

Empress of Dirt - Melissa
Empress of Dirt - Melissa Canada
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Forcing Spring

I started some bulbs so I would have spring colour and scents in the house. The hyacinth are blooming, tulips and crocus haven't yet. Pussy willow is taking her time, but the forsythia ...»
are in full bloom.

#itching4spring

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Debbie Borthwick Canada
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10 Tips on How to HANG Almost ANYTHING

When my husband and I bought our first house, he taught me how to use a stud finder, drill a pilot hole and use our drill to hang things on our wall. Over the years, through a lot of ...»
trial and error I have experimented on all different ways to hang things on walls. And now I have gathered my top ten tips, all in one place, on how to hang just about anything!

Finding Home
Finding Home Middletown, NY
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Storage Auction Dresser

We purchased a storage auction a few weeks ago and I found a little treasure. It was an old, worn dresser with great bones and really cute key-holes. I used some homemade chalk paint in ...»
white to paint the body of the dresser. I decided to leave the drawers in their wood stain because I'm still crushing on the white paint/ wood stain combo. I updated the hardware with some ceramic melon knobs to created an adorable entry area dresser for our home.

Domestically Speaking
Domestically Speaking San Jacinto, CA
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Petunia barrel

Added a new wheel to my petunia barrel. We've been taking apart an old corn husking machine that was left on the property a very long time ago.
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