Creating Gifts from the Garden

Conversations About Creating Gifts from the Garden

• New from Northern IL

  Hi Everyone, My name is Kelly, I'm from Northern Illinois, and I'm new to the board and pretty new to gardening. When I was a kid, my mom did some fantastic work to our yards...creating amazing landscaping and my Grandmother's yard was sort of famous on her street for having… More

• avitar

  The site invites one to choose an avitar - how? I've click and clicked on the symbol, but nothing happens. It's not like I really wanted or even thought of creating an Avitar, but once invited to I thought I might as well! More

• Low yield with organic gardening?

  I am fairly new to vegetable gardening, just doing it for a couple of years now. I did not have a good yield from my organic garden this year. I am planning to do more research and prep for this fall's garden hoping to improve it. I am also planning… More

• New to gardening. Suggestions for Boulder, CO, Garden.

  Hello. I am looking for advice on how to start up a garden in my town home yard. I am considering taking the last third of my yard and putting in railroad ties or stones and creating a space that way. Is there anyone out there who can give me… More

• xxx Rob xxx

  Creating a second ID doesn't mean the guy is a hacker, just that he's persistent. I've had them try 3 or 4 times. After you keep deleting the accounts they get tired of the game and go away. If he does get an account going and posts some junk we… More

• Garden Path material

  I'm looking for some suggestions/help please. We are designing an area in our garden from scratch and will be forming walking paths throughout this area. I know what I want it to look/feel like but I don't know what it is...I'd like something that is soft to walk on, almost… More

• rock bed info

  Im considering creating a rock garden. I was wondering if anyone thought that one made up of all different kinds of sedum would be too much? Ive never done one and dont know that I am creative enough to pull it off, but I do have lots of sedum type… More

• Help, its a slope, help!

  [FONT="Comic Sans MS"][COLOR="DarkOrchid"]Hi everyone! I've got a problem...a slope with a vengence. Our front lawn is a slope you could ski down. Actually, its not that tall, but it is quite steep. Its grassy and a bear to mow. This is our first summer in our new house and I… More

• Tips for creating a butterfly/hummingbird garden

  I need to empty this out of my inbox so I thought this would be a good place to put it!! (And it has some tips that I had never heard of before!) http://images.waysidegardens.com/wayside/wem000731/ButterHummwem000731rg.html (Take out the space between 1 and / when you cut and paste this into your… More

• Is this the place

  Where I can talk about gardening all I want and no one will think I'm crazy. I admit to being a bit obsessed with it. :D I live in Calgary, Alberta and despite our difficult conditions I plug away at creating a little piece of paradise. My user name is… More

• Thinking about setting up a terrarium of ferns

  Greetings, I am new to Garden Community. I am sick of fish, I have a 40 gallon acquarium that I think I want to turn into a fern and moss terriarium with a small water fall included to add moisture. All ferns that i have put in flowerbeds did not… More

• Old Swimming Pool Remedy

  My SIL asked that I design a garden "oasis" for her. The design is done, plants purchased, installation scheduled. My dilemma: I keep mulling over an ancient swimming pool that she will have filled with dirt prior to the work party. I intended on creating a large berm over the… More

• Do you know a good garden quote?

  Seeing Witt's thread on a quote made me think...it would be nice to hear about some of your favorites. I have a stone in my garden that says " Creating a garden is walking with God". Another favorite is "Life began in a Garden". How about your favorites?:) More

• What is avatar measurments needed?

  Hey, I forgot what is acceptable measurements for thumbnail in creating a new avatar. Will someone respond please? Thanks More

• Moving a hosta in a planter?

  I want to replant a hosta that is presently in a planter, to a shade garden flower bed that I am creating. Does anyone think that I will have a problem with the hosta if I move it at this time of year? :confused: More

• What are your money saving tips/tricks?

  Hi all! I'm pretty much a beginner gardener. I've read a few tips about creating a beautiful garden on a limited budget, such as, buying perrenials with bulbs at the end of the season (on sale), waiting for it to die back completely and planting the bulbs; starting plants from… More

• Easy Gardening: creating new beds

  Hi, I'm new here. I want to do LOW maintenance gardening. If I want to create a new raised bed vegetable garden, could I put down layers of newspaper over the grass and add 6 to 8 inches of soil on top of that and plant this year using plants… More

• Lavender Question

  Hello! I'm new to this forum and am having a blast creating my first garden! So far, about a month into it, everything is doing great--except for my lavender. I'm not sure what variety it is--it has frosty, silvery foliage. I had it in a semi-shaded area and realized it… More

• Hi ya'll!

  [FONT="Comic Sans MS"][COLOR="Plum"]Hi! My name's Lori and I'm from the Philly area of PA. As I sit here thinking of the best way to introduce myself, I find myself cracking up at my fave veggie dancing to my right... :broccoli: , how funny is that! Anyway, I'm a stay-at-home mother… More

• Newbie herb gardener questions

  I'm buying a new house and will have 1.5 acre of field to "play with". So I'm thinking of not just expanding my previous veggie garden attempts and creating the berry patch of my dreams. But also trying herb gardening for the first time. So I have several questions I… More

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