Create Newspaper Pots for Seed-Starting
Previous 1 of 8 Photos Next x + Enlarge Photo – Shrink Photo Save 2458 392 7 Google13 Stumble Share Newspaper Seed-Starter Pots You can grow dozens or even hundreds of new plants to fill your yard and garden with great flavors and bright color for the cost of just a few packets of seed. By: Nan Ondra Tags: Learn about Crafts View Crafts Photo Albums Photos 0 Comments Post We Recommend... 15 Clever Ways to Start Seeds Get growing with these fun, inexpensive seed-starting projects. See Also: From Our Sister Sites: ShareThis Copy and Paste
Grass Removal Methods - Sonoma County Master Gardeners
Removing lawn Sonoma County Master Gardeners Cathy Williamson, Rosemary McCreary, Sandy Metzger and Steven Hightower contributed to this article- The current drought situation has motivated people to replace their lawns with alternatives that use less water. Herbicide There are a number of herbicides that will kill turfgrass, but most are not substances that the Master Gardeners would endorse using, as they are residual and carry too much risk of eventually ending up in the water supply. Physical removal The fastest way to remove a lawn is to physically remove the sod by cutting it into strips with a sod cutter, rolling the strips up, and either taking them away or turning them over and letting them compost in place. You can do the same thing in a small area with a flat shovel, but it is labor intensive—see Alan Chesterman's related essay this month. Removing sod doesn't work if you have a persistent perennial lawn grass like Bermuda grass. Irrigation Conversion Regarding lawn removal.
Plan the Perfect Homestead
Ever since 1970, when MOTHER EARTH NEWS was founded, readers have been writing in with questions about homesteading and stories about their own experiences with rural living. We get calls and e-mails every week confirming that thousands of Americans still dream of going “back to the land” to learn to grow their own food, build their own homes, generate electricity from renewable sources and live a self-reliant lifestyle. Often, people ask us “What should I do first? Where to Start Although many people dream of buying several acres in the country, you can start homesteading wherever you are. In fact, many aspects of homesteading work as well in the city or suburbs as in the country. Whatever your homesteading plans, Hunt says it’s important to focus on your priorities. Making Ends Meet For many people, the homesteading dream is to buy a few acres and earn a living from their land. Roberta Bailey of Vassalboro, Maine, says another good farming strategy is to sell a variety of products.
The Shirt
As with all these designs, try to start with a relatively clean, crisp bill. It will make it much easier. All folds should be sharply creased. It helps to go over the fold with a fingernail on a flat, hard surface. Start by folding the bill precisely in half lengthwise. (I prefer to fold in toward the front of the bill. Fold the bill one quarter of the way in from each side lengthwise. Turn the bill over. Turn the bill over again. Fold a little less than one third of the bill lengthwise from the opposite end as shown. Now you will fold inward in the same direction, tucking the previous fold under the "collar" created in step 4. Gently unfold the previous two folds, keeping the creases. (This step is hard to describe, but it is actually fairly easy.) (This is a close-up of what the fold should look like when complete.) (This is what it should look like after both sides are complete.) When you re-tuck the fold you've been working on back under the collar, you're done!
Building a Raised Bed Vegetable Garden - Building Raised Beds, Garden Boxes and Planters
Sometimes gardeners purposely build a raised bed vegetable garden and sometimes raised beds are just wicked little plots that happen! Maybe you've been given some garden boxes, maybe you have recycled wood, rocks or other edging to use, or possibly you want to define your garden areas. Now you decide is the time for building a raised bed vegetable garden. All the information you need to know can be read here Raised Vegetable Garden. Whereas THIS page gives you a mix of photos and ideas that other gardeners have used... raising your hopes that you can build your own raised garden too! First, some larger scale ideas if you have the space. Straw bales make excellent surrounds for raised gardens, as well as using the bales as the growing medium as described in Straw Bale Gardening Roll up a few old tyres (or tires) into your yard and either make an enclosure with them, and/or fill the tyres with soil and plant away. Helpers and pupils of Richmond High School construct 6 wooden planter beds.
How to Turn Coffee Tins into a Hanging Herb Garden » Curbly | DIY Design Community
Even though summer is on the wane, that doesn't mean we still can't plant an herb garden. Like this one! So colorful and lively it will keep summer in your heart all autumn and winter long. I also like how it serves as a window treatment as well. Check it out: Wanna make one? tin containers with plastic lids (like coffee cans)coat hangerspliersscissorsherbsmasking tapecoffee filters (genius!) For the entire tute, saunter on over to Persephone Magazine. Tagged : herbs, garden, hanging, How-To, DIY
Biblioteca online completa sobre permacultura, bioconstrucción, agricultura ecológica y más
Apreciados lectores, Parece un contrasentido, crear un método en la Apicultura del “no hacer” (Wu Wei, como lo denominó su creador), cuando precisamente esta “cultura” estudia a las abejas, que conforman uno de los modelos asociativos más complejos, organizadas y trabajadoras que se conocen de los seres vivos. Sin embargo, si juntamos las técnicas… En "CSA ENTRANSICIÓN 2.0" Qué es la permacultura y cómo podemos aplicarla La permacultura es una respuesta que entrega herramientas factibles a nivel individual y colectivo, a la inquietud interna de cada ser humano, por querer conectarnos con la tierra. En "Permacultura"
The Advantages of No-Dig Gardening
Winter digging looms ahead. Well, for some of us, anyway. Personally I never do any. I’ve also, on the whole, cut down on weeding. Why Use the No-Dig Method? No-Dig gardening has, I think, special appeal to organic gardeners. And we want as many worms as possible. Digging also tears up mycorrhiza - invisible fungus-like networks that live symbiotically with plants, benefiting the roots. Of course, all that compost also improves water retention. No-Dig Gardening in Practice So if you fancy a change, now would be a good time to prepare. You might decide on raised beds. It’s also extremely unlikely that you’ve produced anything like the amount of compost you’ll need (possibly you never will) so you’ll need to find a supplier and order some in (a lot easier than collecting from the garden centre). Above all, you must keep it up. If you do leave it too late to spread compost in the autumn, all is not lost. By Helen Gazeley Image at top of page courtesy of the Good Gardeners Association
How to Turn a Pallet into a Garden
Good news and bad news. I had planned to film a short video showing you how to make a pallet garden, but the weather didn’t cooperate. I was stapling the landscape fabric onto the pallet when it started drizzling and got really windy. That’s the bad news. But I know I promised a tutorial today, so I took photos and have kept my word to share how to make the pallet garden. I tried to be as detailed as possible. So keep reading my pallet loving friends, instructions on how to make your own pallet garden are just a few lines away… Find a Pallet The first thing you need to do is–obviously–find a pallet. Don’t just take the first pallet you find. Collect Your Supplies For this project, you’ll need the pallet you found, 2 large bags of potting soil, 16 six packs of annual flowers (one six pack per opening on the face of the pallet, and two six packs per opening on the top of the completed pallet garden), a small roll of landscape fabric, a staple gun, staples, and sand paper. Now for the sides.
