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Gardening

Gardening

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Gardening is one of the hottest topics on Hometalk. Whether you're gardening as a profession, or as a hobby, you'll find awesome gardening inspiration on Hometalk. Do you need to identify a plant? Post a photo of it, and a gardening expert will be able to identify it for you. Is your garden blooming in a spectacular way? Share the joy with fellow gardening buffs. All garden talk is welcome on Hometalk; so whether you're planting a flower garden, looking for green gardening tips, or researching the perfect gardening tools, you've come to the right place.



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May Garden ~ Birdhouses & Flowers

In looking around the garden, I see a theme has developed. It's all about the birds and flowers. With approximately one hundred birdhouses, I suppose my collection is now nearing ...»
intervention status! Some are decorative and some are functional with clean-outs, but long ago I found out the birds are the ones who decide which is which. A bossy little house wren has commandeered the gazebo garden where she and her hubby have taken up residence in a blue bird house, chasing any other birds who dare to come near.

Every new flower is an awaiting surprise and , as I stroll our garden, bird song greets me. A red fox streaked across the front lawn this early morning, probably from the cat food on our porch. We've had lovely rains and everything is an intense shade of spring green.

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Barb Rosen
Barb Rosen Wilmington, DE 2 days ago
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    Lumen Castaneda ~ thank you for your visit!
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  • 1. Gently wash the leaves, removing any garden debris.
  • 2. Lay out the leaves, sandwiching them between dry paper towels. Place them in the microwave.
  • 3. Microwave at 30 second intervals or until leaves are dry and crispy. Our usual drying time is 1 minute.

The Fastest Way To Dry Herbs

We want to make the most of every herb we grow this year. We also want to store some for later use. And we want to do it quickly. For small batches, the most convenient drying method we ...»
have found is...the microwave!

No thyme to wait for herbs to dangle about drying? Or maybe you live in a humid climate like we do? Try these simple steps to quickly preserve every last leaf in your herb garden.

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The Garden Stamp
The Garden Stamp Frederick, MD 2 days ago
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    The Garden Stamp 39 minutes ago
    Sounds lovely if you have a dehydrator or a basement. We have neither. We do have herbs and a ...»
    microwave and a tea infuser. I get a kick out of brewing up my own leaf concoctions during the months where fresh leaves are harder to come by. It's a nice reminder that the garden will return.

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  • A great idea for growing peas in a compact space. The project looks fairly simple as well.
  • here is a photo from another blogger who made one from bike rims. peas already growing!

Bicycle Wheel Trellis

Spotted this trellis on a walk around the neighborhood. What a great recycling project and a sturdy trellis for peas. More on posts trellising peas here http://gardentherapy.ca/spotted-bicycle-whee...

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    love this idea.
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  • We made and planter 6 flower boxes across our front porch.
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  • Stacks of cedar.
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May Flower Boxes Across Our Huge Front Porch Makes Me Happy!

Finally made flower boxes for the front porch and I didn't realize how happy they make me! I'm spend all day out on the porch, eating, napping, working on the laptop, talking on the ...»
phone. Love the curtained off feeling the flower boxes give. Best room in the house! More photos on the website.

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Jeanette Country Design S... Payson, AZ Yesterday
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    I love the photo of the stacks of cut cedar boards - it's a beautiful wood. The porch really ...»
    looks great! ~M

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  • Pink and white flower decoration.
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Mini Lilacs Flower Decoration

Lilacs are among the most fragrant of flowers. These mini lilacs take up a lot less space in a city garden, but smell just as wonderfully as their big sisters. ...»

A simple flower decoration of mini lilacs in a white vase, brings the scent of Spring into your home.

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    Dorene H 2 hours ago
    where did you purchase a texas lilac?
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  • This is what it looked like when I first transplanted it. It's about 1 1/2 inches taller now and has more leaves on the top. But not much growth to the "trunk".

Gardening: Silver Maple Sapling.

I had a silver maple sapling come up in one of my flower baskets when I brought them inside last fall..It stayed alive in the basket all winter and even had 2 little leaves on it. This spring, I transplanted it in a 5 gallon bucket making sure to get all of the roots even the tap root. It's doing wonderful and now has at least 10 leaves on the top of the "knitting needle" sized stem (or should I say trunk?). It's definitely getting taller but I'm not seeing much growth in the ...»
circumference. Is there something I can do to help it along? I really don't want to lose it as it's an offspring of a very large Maple we recently had to cut down due to disease. Thank you for any advice you can give me.

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Donna N Weatherford, OK Yesterday
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    Donna N 2 hours ago
    Thank you Nancy Hand. I will feed it tomorrow. And Patricia, what a wonderful story! I'm so ...»
    sorry you had to leave it behind. I am very attached to this little one as it's "parent" and I had a very special bond. Can't explain it really but I could feel it. I so much want it to do good and be as majestic as my "Old Man Maple" was! Thank you for your kind words!!

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  • My son's fledgling floral design

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It was a beautiful morning, so my son and I got our hands dirty. While I planted flowers, he rearranged the newly purchased vegetables awaiting their designated place in the garden. Little did I know that he apparently has an eye for floral design. I call it Fire Red Tomato Truck, but do you have a better suggestion?
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Small Talk Mama Kansas City, MO 4 hours ago
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    Small Talk Mama 3 hours ago
    Thanks
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  • My Prickly Pear is ready to bloom again.
  • It also has lots of near ripe fruit on it, which I plan to try to eat. 1

Gardening: Ants on My Prickly Pear!

A friend noticed some tiny (sugar) ants on my Prickly Pear then told me they would kill it. They are not easy to grow here and I really don't want to loose it. At this time it also has ...»
fruit which I'd like to eat. So I'm looking for a way to rid my plant of ants without poisoning my fruit. Anyone out there have a solution?

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Donna Shipley-Richie Mckinleyville, CA 13 hours ago
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    Donna Shipley-Richie 3 hours ago
    Thanks everyone :) I appreciate all you advice!
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  • Take a blah garbage can to fab with a little spray paint. 1
  • The finished product.
  • DIY details, love that copper spray paint.

Garbage Can Turned Flower Planter DIY

This is a fun and easy up - cycle project. I rescued some old garbage cans from the side of the road and added some hammered copper spray paint to jazz them up a bit. Now I have some ...»
great vintage flower planters for about $5 and 15 minutes! #MayGarden #upcycle #flowers #planterbox

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The Lily Pad Cottage Middleville, MI Yesterday
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    The Lily Pad Cottage 3 hours ago
    Thanks so much FunkyJunk Interiors - Donna!!
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  • Succulents are a perfect plant for this kind of project.
  • My hypertufa planters from previous post
  • I used Playtex gloves as my mold
  • And florist wire wrapped around a pencil to make these cork screw things to use as "rebar" in the fingers
  • I slid the cork screws into the fingers and filled the glove with the hypertufa mixture
  • And after 7 days of curing, we have a hand
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Can Someone Give Me A Hand?

I've been dying to try my hand at one of the hypertufa hand planters again this year. Last year I tried one and half my fingers fell off, so pretty much anything would be an improvement. ...»
Doubling the amount of Portland Cement in my normal hypertufa recipe plus adding the "rebar" appears to have made all the difference. My hands came out perfectly and are hard as a rock. Or cement.

The recipe for hypertufa can be found on Hometalk on this post - http://www.hometalk.com/1285023/making-light... or on my blog on this post - http://www.houseofhawthornes.com/2012/05/mak... .

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House Of Hawthornes Columbus, OH 11 hours ago
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    Christina 3 hours ago
    Love this! So clever!
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