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Karen O

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I converted my coat closet to a craft closet/work space

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  • July 9th after a week of record high temps and very little rain...the plants here are loaded with tomatoes inside the cage and full of blooms too!

Tomatoes and their need for water

I started may 28th planting 4 tomatoes around a garbage can with holes drilled in the bottom rim and a second row up about 10 inches... buried the can to where the top holes just barely ...»
were above the ground... put in two shovels full of compost... then I fill the can up with water ever 2 days and try not to water the leaves... these four plants are now 5 ft 4 inches in less that a month and a half and loaded with green tomatoes and about a hundred sets of tomato blossoms...

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  • Some of my hypertufa planters 2
  • Perlite, Sphagnum Peat Moss and Portland Cement and the main ingredients.
  • I used two disposable items for each planter.  You will be pouring the mixture between them so you want them to be different sizes.
  • Two bowls make a great mold.  You could also use two boxes. 1
  • The mixture poured between the juice container and the pop cup.
  • After drying.
  • I tried to make a hand using a glove as the mold,   Would have been perfect to "hold" succulents,  but I haven't perfected that one yet.  The fingers are too thin and kept breaking off :( 3
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Making Lightweight Hypertufa Planters

Last summer I made my first set of hypertufa planters. They have the look of rough cement, but are quite lightweight. ...»

Supply list:

Perlite, Sphagnum Peat Moss, Portland Cement, Water, Cooking Spray (I used Pam), Large bucket or something to mix your ingredients in, Rubber gloves, Particle mask, Safety glasses, Various plastic or cardboard containers to use as molds

Wear your rubber gloves, particle mask and safety glasses!!! Portland cement can be nasty if inhaled, gets on your skin or in your eyes. Don't make me come over there and put them on you!

Mix equal parts of Perlite, Sphagnum Peat Moss and Portland cement. Add enough water to make it a cottage cheese like consistency.

Spray your containers with cooking spray and then fill the areas between the two items with the mixture.

Wrap your planters-to-be in a plastic garbage bag and patiently wait for them to harden. I let mine dry for 24 hours in the bag and then 4 days outside the bag.

A little more detail can be found on my post, which is linked below, and I also show you how to make a sphere.

Warning - these are sort of addictive to make. You will find yourself making them in all sorts of shapes and sizes.

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House Of Hawthornes Columbus, OH
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Wine bottle fountain

I think I'm seriously going to try to make one of these. I mean- I'm going to make one of these.
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Hiline Builders Inc. Fair Oaks, CA
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  • When you first walked into the store, you were greeted with this cool wagon decked out in pretty blooms. Outstanding eye grab.
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Outrageous garden features and toolkit making! HT Meetup at Milner

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THE IMPATIEN Dilemma

Whether you are a garden novice or a veteran gardener, you may be aware of the sad fact that our shade garden annual favorite is being denied life by the nasty downy mildew that spreads ...»
all across our nation now. Even if you save your own Impatien seed and keep other garden center plants away from your carefully and lovingly tended imps, you are still vulnerable as this is an airborn pathogen that will stay in your soil from one season to the next. It starts on the underside of the plant where you don't always see it. You won't notice until the leaves turn yellow and fall off, the plant withering and dying. There is nothing as of yet that effectively will combat the virulent attack.

This is my list of alternatives to the dilemma of what to plant to give that same heavenly splash of color in the shade garden.

My top picks are

1) Begonia , green wax leaf, tuberous , angel and dragon wing

2) Torenia

3) Browallia

4) New guinea impatien

5) Diascia

6) Fuschia

7) Balsam

8) Shade coleus

9) Lobelia

10) Euphorbia 'diamond frost'

11) Geraniums

12) Ageratum

13) Caladiums

14) Strobilanthes

15) Fan Flower(Scaevola)

There are a bunch more that will take part shade such as Nicotiana, Salvia, and Sweet Williams.

I will miss the sweet sweet impatien, but while the experts search for a cure, it gives us all the opportunity to step out of our garden box and into the wild new territory of DIFFERENT and awesome plants that will put a smile on our garden faces.#itchingforspring

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Donna Dixson Buford, GA
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Lemon Topiary Tutorial

Do you like faux fruit. I wanted a lemon topiary, but way too expensive, so I found a way to make one. Super fun and easy. - - -http://www.astrollthrulife.net/2013/04/lemon-topiary.html
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Marty O Surprise, AZ
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DIY Wooden Vase Birdbath

I started with this carved wooden vase that I found at my local thrift store for $1. I really liked the bones of it but I didn't like the two toned wood. I thought it would look fabulous painted. http://www.thriftyrebel.com

Tuula @ The Thrifty Rebel
Tuula @ The Thrifty Rebel Canada
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Take the {repurposed} Path Less Traveled

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Re.Create Design Co. Sweden
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