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• BigBox Botanical Garden Collage

  
  Toronto Gardens — Authority: 127
  For all you Mac users: behold my success at fooling iPhoto into creating a photo collage, something it doesnt profess to do. There are a number of third-party software choices available to let you do this... but I found a quick, easy and no-cost solution.Just pour your photos into a page template for a new iPhoto ...
  10 hours ago

• Cool Idea: Turn That Frond Upside Down

  
  CasaSugar — Authority: 622
  I fell in love with the topsy-turvy tomato planters when I first found them a year or two ago, but Im so excited to see the concept taken to a sleeker level. Ranging in price from $25 to $75, the Boskke Sky Planters are made in New Zealand from black or white ceramic. Theyre modern, beautiful, and completely ...
  1 day ago

• The Top 10 Anti-Pollution Houseplants

  
  Doctor Mercola — Authority: 106
  Having plants around your house adds to your home’s aesthetic appeal. But houseplants are more than mere decorations; they can also help improve your emotional healthy as well as your indoor air quality. Living close to nature may help you live longer and happier. Hospital patients who have a view of nature ...
  2 days ago

• How to thrill your cat

  
  Kaseys Korner — Authority: 118
  in one easy step ~ no subscriptions to "cat TV" required.  Heres how ~ youre on the edge of your seat, arent you!??  Sow some cat grass seed .  No matter what other expression you think you might see, let me reassure you, this is the face of one ecstatic cat: Oh yeah.  Hes just discovered a brand, ...
  3 days ago

• Indoor Plants for Hanging Around

  
  The GreenMan — Authority: 117
  Indoor hanging plants seem to come and go in style. Unfortunately, many people lose interest in them because they become bored with little more than green fronds hanging over their heads. But hanging plants can offer a great deal more, depending on how they are selected.A hanging plant does not simply mean Boston ...
  3 days ago

• Things Are Heating Up

  
  millertime — Authority: 103
  November up here is looking more like September with the current temps.......causing some plants to hang onto their lives-and blooms! (Like this borage, too bad my tomatoes couldnt survive this well!)Theyre mixing with the fall foliage thats already been established....this is spirea Mellow Yellow.Of course the ...
  4 days ago

• What to Do This Week

  
  In the Garden — Authority: 133
  Perennials: Continue planting bulbs. Mulch loosely with leaves or straw. Protect from squirrel foraging with plastic fruit boxes, screening or soak them in a deer repellent. A scattering of mothballs might help, too. It is too soon to mulch beds, but collect fallen oak leaves and pine needles to use later, after the ...
  5 days ago

• Why you should keep plants

  
  Good for You! — Authority: 127
  Bring a little of the outdoors to your indoors!Houseplants add an organic, natural touch to rooms in your home or to your office workspace. Gazing at the greenery amidst that tangle of cords and technology can be quite soothing.According to Eureka! Science News, “Adding these plants to indoor spaces can reduce ...
  6 days ago

• paperwhites on the rocks

  
  A Way to Garden — Authority: 121
  I AM REMINDED BY MY ANNUAL EMAIL from a venerable gardener in Rhode Island that paperwhites are lushes, and need a stiff drink their first two waterings to stay compact and less tipsy than they would otherwise. Depending on the “proof” of the alcohol you use, the mixture can be about 1:8 alcohol:water; her ...
  1 week ago

• Autumn Cabbage: Pretty and Edible Outdoor Decor

  
  EcoSalon — Authority: 523
  Organic, textural and highly ornamental, cabbage is an ideal crop to plant in your garden during those fall and winter months when falling leaves can be the only color abundant in the garden. Planting rows of the cabbage was a great solution for my own raised veggie bed (below), which is very challenging to maintain ...
  1 week ago

• What to Do This Week

  
  In the Garden — Authority: 133
  Perennials: Prune back chrysanthemums as soon as they finish blooming. Finish cutting down all perennials except those with interesting seed heads, which can be left for winter interest — and for hungry birds. Rake up and destroy fallen leaves under rose bushes to reduce the carryover of insect and disease ...
  1 week ago

• Put Your Houseplants On a Schedule

  
  Mother Earth\'s Garden — Authority: 122
  Many people tell me they have a hard time keeping houseplants alive. I love houseplants, so I usually have several in my house. One of my favorite tricks to keeping my houseplants alive is to keep them on a regular schedule for watering, and attention. I water (or at least check) my houseplants once a week. My ...
  2 weeks ago

• Itll do (for now)

  
  Kaseys Korner — Authority: 118
  referring to my makeshift winter "greenhouse" which is really my bathroom.  Since I dont have a real greenhouse (still on my wish list) I have to make do with the best light in my house.  Wouldnt you know its in the master bathroom?  Well take what we can get, right?  The small hallway is lit up by one large, ...
  2 weeks ago

• My Winter (Indoor) Garden

  
  Mother Earth\'s Garden — Authority: 122
  My winter garden is not so much a garden as it is a series of containers in sunny windows. I love to garden, so just because it turns cold outside doesn’t mean I’m ready to give up on growing. During the late fall and winter I still have several gardening activities going on inside. Here are a few of the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Turning Office Spaces into Greener Places

  
  The GreenMan — Authority: 117
  The modern office is generally a product of strict efficiency and economic design. Lines are straight, wall-coverings are bland, windows are sealed shut, lights fluorescent, and cubicles ubiquitous. And this is where many of us spend the better part of our lives. Perhaps it’s time to consider personalizing – and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Stay Away from the Banana Plant

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 646
  My cat is slowly killing my indoor banana tree by scratching the hell out of it. Now what? I live in Central Pennsylvania and in the spring of this year purchased a dwarf plantain plant/tree. It grew very well outside in the summer but now that the weather has taken a turn for the cold, Ive brought the plant ...
  2 weeks ago

• Vertical Living Wall

  
  Luxury Housing Trends — Authority: 136
  Plants are an excellent addition to your home, because they provide life, color and air filtration. However, those large potted plants take up quite a bit of space, which isn’t convenient if you live in a smaller home or apartment. Instead of taking up your horizontal space, use up the vertical space in your home. ...
  2 weeks ago

• My Favorite Bulbs To Force In Winter

  
  Mother Earth\'s Garden — Authority: 122
  This time of year I always like to force a few bulbs so I’ll have some beautiful splashes of summer in the middle of winter. Some of my favorite bulbs to force? Amaryllis is probably my absolute favorite, but you need to stake it and tie it up when it gets ready to bloom. Sometimes the blooms are too heavy ...
  2 weeks ago

• Resolution time

  
  DIY Network - Home Improvement How-To & Projects : DIY Network — Authority: 158
  1) I resolve to water my flats this winter so that I actually have more than a couple seedlings to show for my yearly $50 shopping spree from seed catalogs.2) I resolve to water my houseplants at least once a week.3) I resolve to water my annuals and new perenials daily during summer’s hotest months.4) [...]
  2 weeks ago

• Houseplant Facelift

  
  millertime — Authority: 103
  Okay, back to the plants! After my last post, I promise I wont "vent" for a looooong time (like Skynrd said "I do not sing the blues" :) Okay, I try not to. Anyhow, I discovered that I could go back to the older post editor on blogger, so now my posting should be back to normal-Yay!Anyway....this Schefflera is ...
  2 weeks ago

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