Category: Quick How-To’s
Planting for Butterflies and Hummingbirds
| October 6, 2011 | Posted by admin under Quick How-To's |
These lovely and charming visitors are as useful in our gardens as they are beautiful. They are airy and soft, quick and gentle, and everybody loves them. With the right plants in your yard you can encourage them to stay for a while. Let’s look at what it takes… Butterflies in the larval (caterpillar) stage…
How to Make a Pathetic Christmas Tree Look Great
| October 6, 2011 | Posted by admin under Quick How-To's |
Got a Charlie Brown Christmas tree? Use these ideas to give it some spunk! Here’s How: Don’t cut the top out of a patriarch conifer. It may look great from the ground, but when it’s cut won’t be suitable to stand on its own once the lower branches are trimmed back to fit a stand.…