Gardening Tips Weekly (February 24, 2019)


Spring brings birds and the need to get your seedlings ready. We have some great ideas below, plus a new photo. Check them out and then submit a tip, photo, or garden project of your own. If you are unsure of which contest to enter, contact us and we can help. Happy garden prep!

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Today's Featured Post

Citrus Peel for Seedling Starter Pots

By mom-from-missouri

Citrus Peel for Seedling Starter PotsDo you start your own seeds each spring? Start saving your orange, grapefruit, Cutie, and such peels. Instead of peeling them normally, first slice them in half. Use the empty halves to fill with soil and your seeds. I have some old rusty muffin pans I use to stand them up in. You plant the entire thing.

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This Week's Guides
The Smallest Fairy Garden
The Smallest Fairy Garden - outside on plant shelf
Growing Tomato Plants from Seed
Grow your Own Tomato Plants - plants in cups
How to Crush Egg Shells
A plastic bag of crushed egg shells and a rolling pin.
Creating a Greenhouse in a Basement
Seedlings growing.
Clean the Air in Your Home With Houseplants
Many broader leaf houseplants such as: philodendron, spider plants, schefflera, and snake plants are excellent for purifying the air in your home. They can remove a significant percentage of toxic chemicals such as formaldehyde in a relatively short time, especially in an enclosed space. This is a guide about clean the air in your home with houseplants.
Creative Garden Trellis Ideas
Reuse Chair Back As Trellis in the garden.
Today's Posts

Making a Hanging Air Plant Frame

By 15mhhm15

Making a Hanging Air Plant Frame - hanging on a brick fireplaceThis is a cute air-plant hanging frame your toddler/child can make. This would make a cute gift from toddler/child to give to someone special too (like grandparents, dad, mom, aunt, uncle, etc.).

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Dividing Potted Plants

By 15mhhm15

When your plant is getting tight in the pot (or when you purchase a plant like this one), you can easily get more plants by separating into more pots. This will allow room for your plants to grow, or is a great way to give some plants away as gifts.

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Veggie Seedlings

By CharleyBear

Veggie SeedlingsIn addition to serving as "food" in a few months, these plantings are helping me to "Think Spring" and avoid the winter blues! Some of the planters have just one seed-type, others have a variety.

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Get Bird Houses Ready Now

By Shawna

Get Bird Houses Ready Now - nuthatches on bird nesting boxAlthough it may still seem like we're in the icy grip of winter, spring will be here soon. It's time to make sure the bird nesting boxes on your property are ready for their residents. And if you don't have bird houses, it is a great time to add them!

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Uses for Garden Hoses

By Ann Winberg

Old garden hoseDon't throw away your old garden hoses there are many uses for them. Cut chunks to use around trees when keeping them from leaning, just run wire or rope through the hose and tie to a stake in the ground.

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Feeding Birds from a Hanging Planter

Photo of a hanging planter with a bird in itI remove the dead plants in the fall from my hanging plastic basket. I leave the soil in tact, and add seed over them. The birds love eating off my hanging basket while I watch. Sometimes 'mother' or 'father' stand guard while "family" eats away.

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Baby Sunflowers (Black-eyed Susans)
Some bright yellow Black-eyed Susan blossoms with the sun in the distance.
Refresh Your House Plants
Take advantage of a light rain and set your houseplants outside. Just like giving them plant food and you don't have to pay for it. Helps keep the plants clean, too!

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This Week's Questions
Amaryllis Not Blooming
My new amaryllis is producing a few leaves, but no stalk or bloom. I've watered it per directions for two months or more. I started in early December. I have it in a window to give it some light, and water it just when it needs more. I have it in the soil and container provided.
Identifying a Houseplant
Identifying a Houseplant - gray green fuzzy succulent type plant
Indoor Avocado Tree Losing Its Leaves
What causes the buds to drop from a healthy indoor grown avocado tree. The tree is about 4 1/2 feet tall. Two other trees don't seem to have the same problem.
Avocado Has White Waxy Leaves
Avocado Has White Waxy Leaves - odd leaves
Growing Morning Glory from Cuttings
Can you grow a morning glory out of trims? My in-laws has a huge one. And I want one too. But I want a piece of theirs.
Moving a Pigeon Nesting on My Balcony
A pigeon is nesting on my apartment balcony with two eggs. I am leaving to live in another apartment in ten days and have to clean everything. What do I do?
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