How To Start Seeds at Home with a Seed Starter Kit

Starting your own seeds at home is an easy way to increase the variety of garden plant options that are available. Our own grow2girl from the Home Depot Garden Club forums shows you how to get started.

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Seed Starter Kit
Seeds

Geodesic Dome Greenhouse

When you're living at 7,750 feet above sea level, with a summer growing season of 80 days, at best, between killing freezes, how can you grow your own food? The answer, as it turns out, is pretty cool: A geodesic dome solar greenhouse.

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How to Build a Cat Enclosure

Oh, how I love this. I had 8 cats at one time, 7 were strays and my son got 1 from his girlfriend at the time. Well, we moved to the busiest subdivision in the South and 2 were hit by cars and 3 more were sick. I wish I would of done something like this. What an awesome tunnel!

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How to build a bench around a tree

MATERIALS :

Compound miter saw or circular saw

Drill/driver with a 3⁄8-inch spade bit and 3⁄32x3-inch bit

Speed Square

Clamps

Adjustable wrench

4-foot level

Garden spade

120-grit sandpaper

How to Cómo hacer macetas con tus viejos pantalones

Hoy te vamos a dar una idea muy divertida para reciclar tus viejos pantalones. Puedes transformarlos en macetas simplemente cosiendo sus bajos, y rellenándolos de tierra vegetal y plantando unas bonitas flores.

Macetas colgantes reciclando botellas de plástico

Ya habíamos visto aquí otro ejemplo de maceta colgante reciclando una botella de plástico. Este es un caso similar pero más elaborado. Es una buena idea para reciclar y adornar nuestro jardín. Muy ingenioso.

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How to Space-Saving Herb Garden

Vertical Gardening is quite the trend this year. From salad gardens built on hanging wooden planks to the inventive use of hanging shoe organizers. And why not? It is the classic cook’s conundrum: You want to have fresh herbs at arm’s reach, but you haven’t got the space for an entire herb garden—or you live in an apartment with very little outdoor space. So, we created our own simple DIY solution that props your herb garden up with basic yard lattice.

How to Jardín vertical móvil con un palé

Una manera sencilla de crear un elegante mini jardín vertical con hierbas aromáticas como el orégano, el cilantro o el romero. Una inspiradora idea, perfecta para los amantes de la cocina natural a los que les guste tener a mano productos frescos y naturales.

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Ferry Morse Large Vegetable Garden

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Start some seed indoors to get an earlier garden
17 different varieties
Varieties within the same species may be substituted for unavailable varieties.

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Botas de agua como macetas

Quizá tienes algunas botas de agua que se han quedado antiguas y no quieres utilizar más?. Pues esta es una original idea para reciclarlas creando macetas para tu hogar o jardín. Nos ha parecido muy ingenioso.

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Invernaderos reciclando botellas de plástico

Invernaderos reciclando botellas de plástico

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Flores decorativas en sencilla maceta de vidrio

Con un sencillo recipiente de vidrio, unos guijarros y unos cuantos bulbos de nardos o flores similares podremos tener este elegante elemento decorativo en poco tiempo y sin apenas esfuerzo.

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How To Build a Flower Tower

Add architectural beauty to your landscape with this simple project. This flower tower adds a beautiful, unusual touch to any garden or patio.

MATERIALS

4-foot galvanized wire fencing with 2-inch x 4-inch openings
Landscape fabric
6-inch black zip ties
13 1⁄2-inch flower pot

How to Sillas transformadas en jardineras

Las viejas sillas que ya no queremos pueden tener una segunda vida como peculiares macetas o jardineras de exterior. Una ingeniosa idea de reciclaje que ayudará a dar un toque colorista y original a nuestro jardín.

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How to Pequeña jardinera con bloques de hormigón

Ya habíamos visto aquí algo muy similar, pero esta es una interesante idea para crear unas jardineras de esquina que pueden adaptarse a pequeñas terrazas o espacios. En este caso utilizan bloques de hormigón a los que se les pinta unos planos en diagonal que dan un toque de contraste a la vegetación. Es un concepto muy adaptable y sencillo que nos ha parecido muy ingenioso.

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Tantos Besos por Besar

Tantos Besos por Besar es un libro de cuentos de amor, de locura, y de muerte.

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How to grow Potatoes in Pots

• STEP 1: Sprout Seed Potatoes

Put Seed Potatoes in Egg Cartons for Sprouting
Sprout (“chit”) potatoes before planting. In early spring, place seed potatoes in egg boxes, with the end with the most eyes facing upward, and set them on a cool windowsill. Plant when the shoots are ¾in (2cm) long.

How to Recover Your Patio with Envirotile

If you’re looking for an environmentally friendly way to spruce up your patio space, consider covering that concrete slab with attractive tiles made entirely of recycled materials. Multy Home diverts over 2.5 million tons of tires from landfills to produce their green products, including the Envirotiles line of durable outdoor tiles. They can be installed on top of existing outdoor surfaces, on level dirt, and can even be put down in basement areas inside your home. We asked Above Average Joe of the Home Depot Garden Club Forums to help demonstrate how easy it can be to install Environtiles on a concrete patio surface.

Grow Squash, Cucumbers and Melons Vertically

If you are planning to plant cucumbers, melons, or squash in your vegetable garden this year, think vertically!

The main thing you want avoid are any varieties that are labeled or marked “Bush Variety” because those won’t climb properly.

Look for a “Vining Variety” because you’ll want to make sure it can climb your trellis, stake, or netting properly.

Here are some standard varieties that will do well:

Organic Gardening Beginner's Manual

Here's the ultimate "Take-You-By-The-Hand" beginner's gardening manual for creating and managing your own organic garden. Even if you know nothing about organic gardening.... so you can get back your health and energy and save a stack of money.

You're going to learn that organic gardening can greatly improve your health and energy levels while really lowering your weekly food bills, and it only takes about half an hour per week.

If you're like me you probably hate the idea of eating foods (and providing them for your family) that may have been grown with chemicals.

DIY Garden Hanging Bed

I love the idea of a hanging bed within the garden! I can’t think of another DIY project that would be more appreciated or well used! Especially as the long days of summer come upon us, laying out on a comfie “bed” while enjoying the weather, nature and the scent and sight of my garden seems like Heaven. Oh, and a good book too! Here are a couple of great tutorials on building a hanging bed or swing bed. It’s easier than it looks, basically just requiring a sturdy overhanging support, a frame, some chain or rope…and a comfie mattress or pad and pillows! This could make a great front porch project as well.

How to Here’s the full, fire pit

She gets paid hourly. One water break. We run a tight ship. The next series of steps moved smoothly since all of the prep work was done. If you’re following along at home, make sure between all of these steps you take time to place a level on each possible stone combination. The rule of thumb is if the first layer of stones is even, you shall move forward to the next level. Sorta like Super Mario 3, but without having to beat Bowser first. Isn’t it pretty awesome? I can’t believe I ever doubted the beautifulness of the fire pit. Lesson learned. I’m so proud of Steve and our new backyard attraction, and I can’t wait to have our first marshmallow-roasting session.
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Got Weeds? Use Vinegar

Got Weeds? Use Vinegar: Homemade Weed Killer 1 gallon of white vinegar 1/2 cup salt Liquid dish soap (any brand) Empty spray bottle Put salt in the empty spray bottle and fill it the rest of the way up with white vinegar. Add a squirt of liquid dish soap. This solution works best if you use it on a hot day. Spray it on the weeds in the morning, and as it heats up it will do its work.
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How to natural water gardens

As anyone who has snorkeled can attest, the cool aquamarine light underwater casts an enchanted glow on everything in its domain. Perhaps this explains the allure of water gardens. Small freshwater gardens are fun to create and simple to care for. And all you need are a few floating or submerged greens in a vintage aquarium, an apothecary jar, or a sleek glass cylinder.
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Terra Cotta Pot Flower Tower with Annuals

Terra Cotta Pot Flower Tower with Annuals
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Grow Hydrangea From Cutting

First  Find a hydrangeas and cut some small branches.

2. Place your cuttings in water, at least for an hour. Then Cut the top and the top of each leave.

3. take a flower pot. And place a coffee filter inside the pot. This will prevent the soil from escaping and it will keep the soil moist.

4. Mix potting soil, manure and compose. I used 1/2 of potting soil, 1/4 of manure and 1/4 of compose.

5. Place the cutting in the pot.

6. Water those babies. My daughter love this part!

7. After the soil is moist use two sticks and place them in the pot. They have to be taller than the cutting.

8. Put the ziplock bag on top of the plant. Make sure to use a big enough bag and that the leaves or the plant aren't touching the bag. That is what the sticks are for!

9. Place them in a shaded area where thy don't receive direct sunlight. I put them in my enclose porch in the floor. Make sure to keep an eye on them and water them.

10. After 3 weeks your cuttings should have roots and they are ready to put outside. Leave them in the pot, outside the bag in sunlight for one more week. After that they should be ready to plant! Enjoy!



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How to potato harvest!

I just returned from a week-long trip to Utah and I had a blast with friends and family. It’s nice to be home with my family and be in my garden again. I was so anxious to get home and harvest my potatoes because my husband said they were ready. We dug them up yesterday afternoon and I was happy to have a great yield. I got 34 potatoes, counting a really tiny one! It was so much fun growing them and I will for sure grow them again. To see the process of  growing yukon gold potatoes click on the potato category to the right for older blog posts.

I will plant sweet potatoes in this bin next week. I tried growing a sweet potato slip like I did last year but it never sprouted. I found a farm that sells sweet potato plants online and ordered 12 plants for $13. It is George’s Plant Farm in Tennessee and here is the link if you want to order some. I ordered the vardeman variety and I have never tried it, but it sounded like a great type to grow. I plan to plant three bins of sweet potatoes!

On a side note I have discovered many, many long-lost comments in my spam folder. I didn’t know they were there and now feel so much blog love! In the next few days I will answer the questions in the various posts. Thanks for being such kind readers! I feel connected to fellow gardeners like me that just want to grow something. My garden and this blog has certainly been a fun journey for me. Best wishes to all and happy gardening!

Also: today is the last day of the Mother’s Day Contest. Drawing tonight at midnight. Please forward this link to anyone that might want to give their mom a garden for Mother’s Day! Five lucky winners will win the plans to build it.

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How To Brick Garden Border

Both concrete and brick pavers make a simple, handsome border and work well as edging material too. They're ideal when you want a wide border that keeps grass out of the garden, yet allows flowers and other plants to spill over without intruding onto the grass. You're less likely to chop them up with the lawn mower.

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How To Cheap Raised Garden Beds

So you have little space, little time, little money and you still want to garden. Or maybe you would like to add a great looking focal point to your existing garden or landscape to grow something unique. Even better, maybe you know of someone who still likes to garden but can’t get out or handle as much of the physical activity anymore.

Here is a great solution to all three! It’s attractive, simple to build, and best of all, low or no cost to make.

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Make A Raised Garden Bed

You know something is easy to make when the directions say “just add water.” Making a raised garden bed from a kit is almost that easy, since you only add dirt, plants, and then water. Raised garden bed kits come in a variety of sizes, so you can choose a bed that will fit into your available space and hold as many plants as you want to grow.

MATERIALS

Pre-built raised bed kit, 48″ x 96″
Weed Block
Top soil
Sturdy Stakes
Plant Props (available in assorted lengths)
 Tomato cages 
Velcro plant ties
 Wire plant ties with cutter
Plants or seeds

Starting Seeds Indoors

• Step 1 : Fill 4-inch pots to just below the rim with a light, porous seed-starting or potting mix. Moisten the mix, and let it drain.
• Step 2 : Scatter seeds thinly over the surface. and cover the seeds with the proper amount of mix.

Growing squash and zucchini plants vertically

I used rope and plastic bags cut into strips to tie it to a t-post. It has gone over the top of the 5 foot post so I have since added an extension on it.
zucchini seeds , squash seeds.

Forcing Spring Bulbs in Pots

How To :

• Step 1 : Working in layers, plant bulbs in a container filled with coarse potting soil, ensuring that no bulb is planted directly above another bulb. Plant the tallest flowers deepest in the pot, and move up with shorter and shorter varieties. Cover each neck with 1 inch of soil. Water.