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Growing Houseplants
Using houseplant guidebooks to teach children how to grow their own plants is fun and educational.
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Kids' Gardening Projects
Enjoy the outdoors with your child, with exciting and educational plant projects.
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Spring Maintenance For Plants
Spring is coming and houseplants are starting to awaken from their winter's nap. Here's a guide to getting them ready to take full advantage of the growing season!
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Gardening Gifts for Spring
This article contains and ideas for spring gifts of plants and flowers that children can prepare and give. Celebrate the growing season with these gifts of joy.
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Fruit Seed Potted Plants
This article gives directions for planting a small windowsill garden from fruit seeds.
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Plant a Pinecone Christmas Tree
Here is a simple windowsill gardening project. Grow a liitle "furr" tree before Christmas. This clever little project will amaze and delight your children.
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Plant a Pub to Please "Flying Flowers"
Planting a colorful "butterfly pub" can be a fun project and will attract flocks of "flying flowers!" Read about some great nectar-rich flowers that will thrive in a butterfly pub container and also brighten up your deck or patio. Containers can be placed wherever you prefer, or moved from place to place. Their versatility makes them a great gardening option.
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Plant an Egg Carton Garden
This short article gives instructions for planting a windowsill garden.
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Soil for Desert Container Gardens
Desert soil, when mixed with water, will have the consistency of concrete. So, when potting desert plants,you'll need to create your own soil mixtures.
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CREATING A STUFFED TOPIARY: A FUN PROJECT FOR TWO
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Preschool Bible Crafts
Here are a few crafts that can be used when you are teaching preschoolers about the Bible. They are not difficult to make and require few materials.
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Propagating Houseplants
Many houseplants can be propagated easily at home with no special tools. Increasing your collection from plants you already have is easy, fun, and addicting!
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Cacti on your Windowsill
The original "drought" plant. Many of these prefer the hot, dry conditions of a desert, and won't mind the drought!
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Container Gardens for Kids
There is room in almost every home for a garden planted in containers--planters, window boxes, or flower pots! Children will be thrilled to grow a planter of flowers.
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Pot Growing & Forcing Bulbs
Forcing bulbs is a hobby that is almost as old as the bringing daffodils out of the field as weeds, and making a garden flower out of them. There's still time to force those bulbs.
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Growing Easy Container Gardens
Read about some great ways to create beautiful container gardens.
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Growing Vegetables in Containers
You don't even have to have a small patio to grow vegetables. A front stairway stoop will even work for a container garden.
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Make Your Own Seed Starter Pots
Turn empty tissue rolls into economical little boxes that are just the right size for starting plants. Add soil and seeds from your local garden center and get growing.
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Wooden Container Garden Windowbox
Are you itching to get your hands in the garden but live in the northern zones? Here is a craft project that will let you get a jump on the garden.
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Amaryllis Bulb Growing Tips
Having trouble with your potted amaryllis? Follow these practical tips and suggestions for better amaryllis bulb growth and blooming year after year.
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Container Gardening
Container gardening provides fresh vegetables for thousands worldwide who don't have time or space for a vegetable garden. Gardening ideas and gardening tips...
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Elementary Mother's Day Activity
Mother's Day is coming! Help your students create beautiful and useful gifts for the most important woman in their lives.
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How to Grow Sage
Sage is a useful herb that is easy and fun to grow. It makes a great landscape plant, can be used in the kitchen as a seasoning, and makes a great tea.
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Palms to Improve Indoor Air Quality
Palms help to improve our indoor air quality.
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Propagating Herbs
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Stuffed Topiaries--A Low Maintenance Method
A low maintenance stuffed topiary for hot, dry summers.
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Terrarium Projects: How to Make Soda Bottle Terrariums
Soda Bottle Terrariums.
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Container Gardens for the College Bound
Just because you'll be living in a tiny dorm room doesn't mean you have to give up your garden. Here are a few ideas of small space container gardens to try.
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RECYCLED PLANTERS FOR THE GARDEN
Recycling containers into garden planters.
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Start Your Windowsill Garden Now
With Fall and winter approaching, thoughts naturally turn towards capturing some of the beauty of spring and summer and keeping it inside for the cold months. Growing herbs inside can help keep you in touch with life and nature as well as provide favorite fresh tastes to meals.
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Raised Beds
If you haven't used some type of raised bed in your garden, you really should consider doing so. I've got several various and assorted kinds of raised beds. When I used to grow vegetables, my vegetable garden consisted of a series of raised beds. This type of bed is good for sun or shade; open space or woodland gardens.
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Caring For Orchids Part One: Watering
How to Grow Orchids.. Watering, air quality, and more to come.
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Grow a Sweet Potato Vine
This article gives simple directions for starting a sweet potato vine.
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Carnivorous Houseplants
A quick guide to some of the most interesting houseplants on earth!
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Growing Herbs in Pots
Even if you have room to grow herbs in the garden, there are some great reasons to grow some herbs in pots too.
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Homemade Father's Day Presents
Looking for unique and thoughtful Father's Day gifts? Kids can make dad yummy pretzels or gifts for the office easily with these ideas.
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How To Grow Geraniums
Summer blooming plants, like annual geraniums, are easy to grow. Geraniums are low maintenance plants, whether planted in a container or garden bed.
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Increase Your Daylilie Plants
The Daylily Appeal
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Indoor Container Gardening
Want to garden but don't have the space outside? Try planting inside and see what you can grow!
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Poinsettia Basics
Selecting and caring for a poinsettia is simple and easy.
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Summer Activities - While waiting for school to begin!
Five activities to do while waiting to school to start.
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Arachis
Native to South America, the leguminous genus Arachis is once again being brought into the limelight by the Florida Nurseryman Growers Association Florida Plants Of The Year Program.
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Balm of Gilead, an aromatic Shrub
Balm of Gilead is a perennial shrub with a lovely eucalyptus aroma. This fragrant herb has a rich and ancient history.
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Check Out On Aisle 9
It used to be that your shopping was done at the local grocery store. Now you're lucky if you can still find one.
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Container Kitchen Herb Garden
It's easy to grow a container herb garden with kitchen herbs that you frequently use. But to be successful, you must know the basics of what herbs need to thrive.
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Creating a Raised Bed Garden
Creating a raised bed garden.
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Creative Mother's Day Crafts
Here are some easy, thoughtful, unique ways to say "I love you!" to a mother from a child.
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Cyclamen
Cyclamens bring joy to the holidays.
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Edible Organic Container Gardening
If sticker shock at the grocery store is keeping you from enjoying chemical-free produce, grow organic fruits and vegetables on your porch, balcony, or windowsill.
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Experimenting With Plants
Enjoy Spring by learning about plants!
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