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DIY Life - Jul 11, 2008
Filed under: kids, recreation, seasonal, gardening and plants, landscaping, nature Summer vacation keeps rolling along. How long until your kids go back to school? Are they spending too much time lounging on the …
Also tagged: hardware, tools, projects, ideas, photos, exercise, child, children, kids, holiday, target, gardens, gardening, crafts, vacation, summer, climb, outdoors, play, flowers, stake, vegetables, wildlife, journal, home movies, worms, kid, cardboard, sand, outside, stars, hole, trees, lawnmower, fertilizer, spider, beans, clover, label, seeds, yard, mulch, radishes, tree house, bulbs, tomatoes, herb, compost, dig, leisure, backyard, shovel, lawn, tool shed, compost bin, root, decorate, lizards, nectar, vegetable garden, rosemary, path, ladybugs, playhouse, feeder, venus flytrap, pruning, sunflowers, woodwork, scarecrow, sprinkler, hummingbirds, wind chime, pots, coffee grounds, terracotta, secret garden, thinning, vines, edging, camp out, fresh air, butterfly garden, watering, weeding, peterson, cuttings, fireflies, bat house, garden beds, woodpeckers, gourds, pinecones, hopscotch stepping stones, paving stones, seedlings, mister, brush pile, impatiens, nesting box, carnivorous, four leaf clover, university of illinois extension, stepping stones, toad house, marigolds, english ivy, audubon society, elephants ear, caladium, master garden products, garden for kids, tee pee, inukchuk, landscaping fabric, sandpit, dust bath, birdseed, my first garden, butterfly pond, corncob holder, copper tree com, flower press, container garden, sweet basil, rock sculpture
DIY Life - Jul 10, 2008
Filed under: in the kitchen, seasonal What better way to add spice to your summer table than a cool, sassy wasp cake! This scary looking creature is an original creation by Cloth and Fodder, and while it certainly …
Also tagged: bees, baking, dark chocolate, killer bees, wasps, toffee, bee stings, entymology, fantasy cakes, fun cakes, cloth and fodder, killer wasps, wasp cake
DIY Life - Jul 4, 2008
Filed under: food, in the kitchen, gardening and plants, Avant Yard Mmm-mmm. Fresh basil. It's so very fragrant -- the indispensable ingredient in a host of mid-summer recipes. My basil is lush, green and ready for …
Also tagged: water, tips, storage, wikipedia, cooking, greenhouse, fresh, slashfood, cook, kitchen, oil, bacteria, blender, spring, summer, blend, salt, olive oil, flowers, refrigerator, vinegar, crop, location, garlic, dry, soups, edible, stem, fertilizer, garden, salads, freezing, seeds, harvest, pinenuts, freeze, ehow, herb, food processor, culinary, temperature, regenerate, stews, basil, pesto, leaf, roots, mother nature, parmesan cheese, scissors, room temperature, rosemary, jar, pinching, snip, pots, ice cube trays, lemon juice, plastic bag, diy life, cuttings, potting soil, thaw, green daily, rooted, seedlings, bacterial growth, harvest basil, tip pinching, genovese sweet basil, overwinter, store basil, dry seeds, basil vinegar, winter cooking, seed heads, yogurt containers
DIY Life - Jun 24, 2008
Filed under: preventative maintenance, nature I'm usually all for letting nature just be in my backyard. I'd rather take preventative measures (like the fence around my garden to deter hungry bunnies) that allow us …
Also tagged: bees, summer, garden, yard, pest control, wasps, insect control, stinging insects, wasp trap
DIY Life - Mar 14, 2008
Filed under: seasonal, gardening and plants, landscaping Azaleas are remarkably easy to grow, hence their immense popularity with homeowners and landscapers everywhere. They are super-tough, for one thing. For …
Also tagged: tips, ph, sun, gardening, healthy, spring, flowers, wildlife, growth, fertilizer, pine needles, plants, mulch, buds, landscaping, soil, homeowners, fungal, shade, blooms, hints, pests, pruning, rot, relocate, drainage, blooming
DIY Life - Feb 25, 2008
Filed under: gardening and plants, landscaping Want colorful flowers this spring? No time to read that 500-page gardening book you got for Christmas? Well, time-pressed gardener, here's how to grow masses of beautiful …
Also tagged: weather, chair, boots, plant, texas, color, florida, sun, gardening, spring, busy, flowers, annuals, usda, fertilizer, insects, rabbits, mulch, dirt, container, soil, sink, shade, roots, blooms, pests, whimsical, trays, aphids, container soil, containersoil, potting mix, pottingmix, gardening zones, pansies
DIY Life - Feb 19, 2008
Filed under: gardening and plants, outdoor, wood working, Avant Yard Each week, Diane Rixon brings you Avant Yard, a look at all your lawn and garden could be. Diane shows you how to give life to everything inside …
Also tagged: privacy, tree, diy, swing, trunk, birds, lights, make, nature, peanut butter, wildlife, annuals, bottles, sculpture, seat, coffee table, fencing, garden, yard, seed, mulch, fence, container gardening, birdfeeder, compost, bench, coffeetable, bird feeder, peanutbutter, rainwater, woodwork, critters, stump, refuge, wind chimes, pottery barn, polka dots, potterybarn, polkadots, containergardening, yard art, yardart, branches, doves, firewood, birdbath
DIY Life - Sep 5, 2007
Filed under: seasonal, gardening and plants, staying green Aphids are those tiny, black, pear shaped bugs that coat the stem of your flowers and feed on your baby leaves. They are also sticky and hard to get rid of …