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DIY Life - Jul 30, 2008
Filed under: gardening and plants, landscaping, staying green, Avant Yard I am not a weed vigilante. I do not obsessively seek to control the weeds in my yard. "Live and let live" is usually my philosophy. Some …
Also tagged: water, about, roundup, herbicide, location, perennials, weed, fertilizer, garden, yard, seed, grow, weeds, lawn, shade, roots, emergent, pliers, mow, flowering, slope, groundcovers, ornamental grasses, daylillies, pre emergent, re seeding, digitaria, crabgrass
DIY Life - Jul 23, 2008
Filed under: home decor, wedding, gardening and plants Leave it to Better Homes and Gardens. Somehow, they're able to inspire me without making me feel like a second-rate Martha Stewart wanna-be. Since we joined our …
Also tagged: flower, decorating, decoration, flowers, lavender, blossoms, garden, floral arrangements, decorative, arrangement, flower arrangements, arrangements, fresh flowers, blooms, centerpieces, better homes and gardens, foliage, lilies, poppies, bhg, geranium leaves, daylilies
DIY Life - Jul 22, 2008
Filed under: crafts, sewing, gifts I am in desperate need of a kitchen apron. I have been cooking since I was 8 years old, and I have always absentmindedly wiped my hands on my clothing, even though there is always a …
Also tagged: ribbon, how to, cooking, tutorial, gift, apron, make, craft, fabric, sewing, napkins, thrift stores, cloth, fabroc, gadening
DIY Life - Jul 21, 2008
Filed under: backyard science, kids, gardening and plants Got a kiddo who's driving you stir crazy on a rainy day? Or maybe you just have a budding botanist in the family. Either way, this kid's terrarium from …
Also tagged: science, gifts, children, kids, crafts, plants, homeschooling, terrarium, rainy day projects, plant care
DIY Life - Jul 18, 2008
Filed under: gardening and plants, landscaping, Avant Yard Your front yard doesn't have to be perfectly manicured or professionally landscaped to look good. It is, however, your public face -- of sorts. Plus, your …
Also tagged: cars, dogs, kids, toys, furniture, neighbors, pesticides, appliances, trucks, pets, trash, eco friendly, sculpture, trees, grass, concrete, plastic, stone, neighborhood, yard, mulch, landscaping, leaves, garden gnomes, compost, statues, lawn, dont, gnomes, herbicides, mow, front yard, knick knacks, fountains, greendaily, walkways, landscaping fabric, yard donts, yard signs, leaf mold, rusting
DIY Life - Jul 18, 2008
Filed under: gardening and plants, nature Colony collapse disorder, the mysterious phenomenon that has entire colonies of honeybees vanishing into thin air, has brought the state of our bee population to the …
Also tagged: bees, flower, bee, flowers, green, eco friendly, garden, colony collapse disorder, honeybees, pollination, pollinate, pollin, draw bees to your garden
DIY Life - Jul 11, 2008
Filed under: in the kitchen, gardening and plants, nature I dare you to find an American household without any carrots in the fridge. Granted, most will probably be the scrubbed-clean, prepackaged, more expensive baby …
Also tagged: resources, food, money, environment, cooking, waste, green, vegetables, carrots, vegetable, garden, growing, grow, baby carrots, carrot, peel, green daily, less waste, waste less
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: bugs, hardware, tools, projects, ideas, photos, exercise, child, children, kids, holiday, target, gardens, 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 2, 2008
Filed under: food, in the kitchen, gardening and plants This is the first year we've used a CSA, and every Tuesday we get a delivery of fresh-from-the-farm vegetables. Last week, however, our delivery came the night …
Also tagged: fresh, veggies, vegetables, csa, green onions, scallions, farm, freezing, plastic bottles, storing food, garlic scapes
DIY Life - Jun 27, 2008
Filed under: gardening and plants, landscaping, Avant Yard My mother had a juniper plant in her garden. Other conifers, too. I thought they were awful, just awful. Dull, squat and flat, the juniper just sat there year …
Also tagged: medicine, heat, contrast, tough, dutch, plant, craigslist, color, sun, wind, shelter, gin, spice, flowers, berries, wildlife, evergreen, needles, border, garden, juniper, yard, invasive, seed, landscape, landscaping, native americans, shrub, slopes, juniper berries, lawn, pruning, planting, ground covers, mowing, conifer, prickly, hedges, prune, thinning, ivy, masses, branches, groundcovers, thinned, avant yard, lawn alternatives, drought tolerant, transplanting, pruning juniper, foundation shrubs, blue pacific juniper, low growing, genever, shearing, sheared, bar harbor juniper, seed cones, slow growing, green mound juniper, parsoni juniper, coniferous, cultivars, garden bed, blue rug juniper, urinary infections, specimen plant, visual interest, pfitzer juniper, massing