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Cat's eyes with a black border.

The Animals SpeakWhen I was twenty-four, I took a walk through a meadow near my home. Where the meadow ended, a few small trees had cropped up here and there. Some small Dogwoods were in the mix. I thought I spotted a Trillium. As I bent over to get a better look, I braced myself by grabbing on to one of the lower branches of a nearby dogwood.

Cleaning Mold From Vinyl Siding - arrow pointing to cleaned area

Cleaning Mold From Vinyl SidingIn another post, I mentioned having used equal parts household chlorine bleach and white vinegar to remove green mold growing on the vinyl siding facade on the north side of my home. It is quite effective. But, I've found something much better, a 3% hydrogen peroxide solution.

A bottle of roach and ant killer and a mousetrap to keep rodents away.

Keeping Mice And Rats AwayFor many years now, I've had an annual visitor. Never the same one, but always arriving at the same time and always choosing to set up housekeeping in the same area of my home.

Homemade Panko Breadcrumbs

Homemade Panko BreadcrumbsI had never used panko. I bought a can out of curiosity. I thought it was OK, but I also thought I could do better. I did do better. This homemade panko made with fresh baked French bread is far better than what you buy after it sits on a shelf for who knows how long.

Wear Gardening Gloves For The Unexpected - pampas grass

Wear Gardening Gloves For The UnexpectedSome time back I wrote an article on the importance of wearing gloves while working in areas that might be infested with black widow spiders. One might do well to consider gloves when working in other areas, too.

Photograph Your Garden In Early Light - yellow New Day rose bud

Photograph Your Garden In Early LightI haven't had camera as long as most of you. I've just been picking up bits of information as I need it. I wouldn't know an 'f' stop from a short stop with the New York Yankees. I've always heard though about the wonders of early morning light. It is a great time to take pictures.

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June Is Plant Rooting Month

June Is Plant Rooting MonthJune is the best month for rooting most plants. Now, as to the purpose of this post. It's not a tip nor a bragging post. It is to offer a word of encouragement. To those of you who would say 'I don't have a green thumb, I can't root anything', my reply is, 'Nonsense'!

mixing tubs with drainage holes

Line Small Flower Beds With Concrete Mixing TubsBermuda migrates towards wetter soil. If flower beds are kept wetter than the surrounding lawn, Bermuda will easily invade them. Using sunken concrete mixing tubs as liners for beds can prevent this migration, underground. Keeping above ground migration at bay is much easier.

Rooting Impatiens Cuttings

Rooting Impatiens CuttingsAfter taking the cuttings, I remove all flower buds, open flowers, seed pods and yellow leaves, from each. I also remove any leaves that would be under the soil after inserting them in the medium.

Remembering Granny RollinsWhere does frugality end and parsimoniousness or down right stinginess, begin? That may depend on who's giving the answer and what hardships and meager times they've endured in their own lives.

gardener's hand holding tomato seeds

Heirloom vs Hybrid SeedsGardening is not an exact science and can be very complicated. Misinformation passed along from generation to generation only adds to the complication. Most people are content to plant a packet of straight neck yellow squash, follow packet instructions, and hope for the best. This is good.

The finished lump of clarified butter.

Easy Clarified ButterThere is clarified butter, and then there is ghe or ghee. They are not the same. Clarified butter, or 'drawn butter', as it was called in times past, is the simpler to prepare of the two. It can be used many ways. Essentially, it is regular butter with the milk solids and water removed.

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A compact seed starter tray, made from recycled materials, filled with dirt.

Compact Seed Starter TrayI am in the process of planting several thousand pansy seed. This being my first time to grow pansies from seed, I really wasn't prepared. I have various trays and flats about, and just about anything else that will hold the seedlings until they're ready for transplanting.

Clematis Little Duckling - numerous pink and white flowers

Clematis Little DucklingI've shown this clematis before. I think it's worth showing, again. I paid about a buck for it and now I have 20+ plants.

Mid Winter Flower Bulb Bargains- discounted planter and crocus corms

Mid Winter Flower Bulb BargainsI certainly don't need more flowers. I can barely keep up with all I have now. So, why do I continue to buy more? Lack of self restraint, I guess; though I tell myself it's something more colorful.

Mini Greenhouse From Soda Bottles

Mini Greenhouse From Soda BottlesYou can make mini greenhouses from 2 liter soda bottles. They are simple and dirt cheap. It is a very effective little greenhouse for rooting cuttings.

A sepia photograph of a young boy with a metal tub outside.

Please, Share Your MemoriesYes, it was wash day, again. The clothes were boiled in water heated in a cast iron wash pot above a roaring fire. Then they were scrubbed on a scrub board, using lots of home made lye soap. Or, if you could afford it, store bought Octagon Soap.

My Faithful Begonias - wax begonia

My Faithful BegoniasI grow a lot of begonias. To save money, each fall I bring some in to root cuttings. I'm behind this year. You can see in the picture what an unseasonable 3 degrees did to my plants. Guess I'll have to fork over much dollars for new plants come spring.

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A very light pink and cream rose on a marble background.

Kordes' Perfect Rose

When To Plant Moonflower Vine (Ipomoea alba) Seed

When To Plant Moonflower Vine (Ipomoea alba) Seed

A Misnamed Rose (Playboy) - yellow rose with orangy pink edges on petals

A Misnamed Rose (Playboy)

Pristine Rose At Dusk - pretty pink rose

Pristine Rose At Dusk

Ivies As Groundcovers - different types of ivy

Ivies As Groundcovers

Easy Seed Tape - two dish mats clipped together with the paper taped to them

A close up of a mockingbird walking on grass.

Mockingbird's Unique Behavior

Growing Pansies From Seed - seedling

Growing Pansies From Seed

Turkey Baster To Transfer Garden Chemicals - turkey baster and garden chemicals in containers

Turkey Baster To Transfer Garden Chemicals

A cutting of forsythia with roots, ready for planting.

Give Living Gifts

Problems Contacting Freecycle Moderator

An inexpensive spray bottle from Wal-Mart

Spray Bottle Deal Alert

Testing Rose Cuttings For Roots - remove rooted cuttings from bundle

Testing Rose Cuttings For Roots

Maintenance Pruning For Wisteria Standard - standard wisteria

Maintenance Pruning For Wisteria Standard

Cleaning A Hand Held Can Opener - black handled can opener

Cleaning A Hand Held Can Opener

A data cable for a computer with a large torn spot, exposing the wires.

Desktop Safety Precautions During Storms

Overwintering Mexican Heather (Cuphea)

Overwintering Mexican Heather (Cuphea)

A bowl of peeled hard boiled eggs.

Peeling Boiled Eggs Easily

Bathing Catbird - bird in bird bath

Bathing Catbird

Create A Micro Climate For Rooting Cuttings - cutting with developing roots

Create A Micro Climate For Rooting Cuttings

What Is The Name Of This Wildflower?

What Is The Name Of This Wildflower?

More Uses For Panty Hose - panty hose leg with magnet and retrieved socket wrench

More Uses For Panty Hose

Seedling Pots From Phone Book Pages

Seedling Pots From Phone Book Pages

Main Ingredient in Potato Pancakes - pan with three potato pancakes cooking

Main Ingredient in Potato Pancakes

Hibiscus Pink Swirl - pink and white bloom with dark red center

Hibiscus Pink Swirl

Aquilegia (Columbine) - red and white flowers

Aquilegia (Columbine)

Sunken Gutters For Flower Border Containers - newly replanted

Sunken Gutters For Flower Border Containers

Hibiscus Moscheutos - beautiful dark pink flowers

Hibiscus Moscheutos

The Crinum Lily -pink lily flowers

The Crinum Lily

Expect The Unexpected When Gardening - Blooming Wisteria - closeup of flower ready to bloom

Expect The Unexpected When Gardening - Blooming Wisteria

Mystery Dove In My Back Yard

Mystery Dove In My Back Yard

Corn Reproduction Trivia - closeup of ear of corn with tassels

Corn Reproduction Trivia

Separate Spatulas When Washing - spatula separated from handle for cleaning

Separate Spatulas When Washing

Flora Or Fauna In My Garden - personal sized watermelons

Flora Or Fauna In My Garden

Hymenocallis (Peruvian Daffodil) At Sunrise - beautiful white bloom with curling narrow petals coming out from center bloom

Hymenocallis (Peruvian Daffodil) At Sunrise

Surprise In My Pop Corn Patch - tasseling corn

Surprise In My Popcorn Patch

Day Lily At Dusk - beautiful pinkish daylily

Day Lily At Dusk

Portulaca Grandiflora Border - portulaca in rain gutter planters

Portulaca Grandiflora Border

Finer Points On Rooting Clematis Cuttings

Finer Points On Rooting Clematis Cuttings

Goldfinch At Feeder - male finch

Goldfinch At Feeder

Growing Sugar Snap Peas - peas in a bowl

Growing Sugar Snap Peas

Leveling A Fry Pan Bottom

Leveling A Fry Pan Bottom

Buzz Buddleia As Standard potted dwarf butterfly bush

Buzz Buddleia As Standard

Cardinal or Night Owl? - cardinal on a fence

Cardinal or Night Owl?

Keep Gardening Interesting hibiscus bloom

Keep Gardening Interesting - Hibiscus Bloom

The Pristine Rose In Bud Form - pale pink rose

The Pristine Rose In Bud Form

Blackberries Require Decision Making - hand holding several blackberries

Blackberries Require Decision Making

What Variety Is This Dogwood? - dogwood leaf of green and yellow

What Variety Is This Dogwood?

The Classic Rose(Dark Desire) deep red rose

The Classic Rose (Dark Desire)

Picking The Ripest Blackberries

Picking The Ripest Blackberries

A SD card for storing data.

Secure Your SD Card Data

The Balloon Flower - closed flower

The Balloon Flower

A white-breasted nuthatch on a tree.

White-breasted Nuthatch

Birds In The Sun - male house finch

Birds In The Sun

A computer screen showing how to use Window's Quick Launch options.

Using Windows Quick Launch

Grow Grapes On Your Patio/Deck/Back Yard - grape standard in bucket

Grow Grapes On Your Patio/Deck/Back Yard

Notification to Neighbors Regarding Building Permits

Rats next to a bird in a yard.

Keeping Rats And Mice Away - Part 2

A Plea For The Animals - Chihuahua on a bed

A Plea For The Animals

Clematis Elsa Spath - violet clematis with lighter purple stripes on petals

Clematis Elsa Spath

Computer screen showing settings for adjusting your mouse.

Cut Your Mouse Clicks In Half

A screen from a Windows computer showing instructions for making a shortcut.

Turn Computer Off With Desktop Shortcut

New Day - New Rose - long stemmed yellow rose up close

New Day - New Rose

Circular Pansy Bed - purple and white pansies

Circular Pansy Bed

Tradescantia Close Up - purple flower with fuzzy center

Tradescantia Close Up

Transplant Bedding Plants Quickly - river birch and hornbeam

Transplant Bedding Plants Quickly

Yoshiko Cherries - small bright red cherries

Yoshino Cherries

An Iris I Call 'Appreciation'

An Iris I Call 'Appreciation'

Fleur de lis (The Lily Flower) - light and darker purple iris against a royal purple background

Fleur-de-lis (The Lily Flower)

Making Rose Water - pots with roses

Making Rose Water

Gray Catbirds Gather Nest Materials - catbird with nesting materials in its beak

Gray Catbirds Gather Nest Materials

A cut branch on a rose.

Seal All Rose Bush Cuts

A paintbrush dipped in a container of boric acid.

Rid Your Kitchen Of Ants

Yellow Two Tone Iris - yellow and white iris with orange in center

Yellow Two Tone Iris

Dark Desire Rose - dark red rose

Dark Desire Rose

Snow Pea (Melting Sugar) - closeup of white pea blossom

Snow Pea (Melting Sugar)

All Flowers Deserve A Hard And Digital File - peach and bronze iris flowers

All Flowers Deserve A Hard And Digital File

Volunteer Violas - closeup of yellow, white, and purple viola

Volunteer Violas

Variegated Hosta - green and yellow edged hosta leaf

Variegated Hosta

Yellow Iris - brilliant yellow iris against wood fence

Features Of A Tree Honeysuckle - pink flowering

Features of a Tree Honeysuckle

Label And Catalog Your Flowers = closeup of dark purple and white iris

Label and Catalog Your Flowers

Why Are There No Toilette Exhaust Fans?

Calibrachoa (Million Bells) Hardiness - closeup of red flower

Calibrachoa (Million Bells) Hardiness

Clematis Niobe - dark red flower

Mr. Mourning Dove Checks His Surroundings

Mr. Mourning Dove Checks His Surroundings

Homemade Strawberry Collars - collar around base of plant

Homemade Strawberry Collars

Eastern Bee Balm (Monarda Bradburiana) - plant with several light purple blooms

Eastern Bee Balm (Monarda Bradburiana)

Ragged Pansy Bed - purple and white pansies

Ragged Pansy Bed

The Brilliant Goldfinch - finch on feeder

The Brilliant Goldfinch

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