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Archive: February, 2007

Windowsill Cozy

Crocheted Windowsill Cozy Here's the follow-up to last week's Toasty Pot Coaster project. This windowsill warmer is easily crocheted much like coaster using double crochets and shell stitches as a decorative edge. Start by measuring the width and depth of your windowsill.
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Gayla : February 28th, 2007 : 5 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Seasonal, Projects, Link, Houseplants, Art/Craft

Your Questions Answered: Tall and Floppy Seedlings

Question: I bought an all-in-one seed starting kit that is supposed to make the procedure a breeze. I’m new to this so I tried growing stuff like marigolds, pansies, and herbs but everything died! The seedlings grew tall and floppy with a couple of sad looking leaves.
Gayla : February 26th, 2007 : 17 Comments
Posted in: Seasonal, Info, Seeds, Propagation, Gardening 101

Ants in my gardening pants

Maggie Wang, forum member and gardening gal, created one of the easiest ways to organize and decipher planting dates by using an Excel Spreadsheet. Gayla posted this chart last year, but its automated style makes it useful for this and years to come. If you, like me,
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Renee : February 22nd, 2007 : 2 Comments
Posted in: Link

Seven Years!

I have been so caught up lately in prepping for early spring presentations, working on site-wide changes, and other goings-on that I completely forgot that sometime within the month of February, this site reached its seventh year online! Every year I say I will remember, and every
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Gayla : February 21st, 2007 : 6 Comments
Posted in: You Grow Girl

Rooting Begonias

This morning on my blog I wrote about how we're getting crowded out of our dining room by the sheer number of plants in there, so it seems only natural that the next thing I did this morning while drinking my coffee, and in my housecoat,
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Amy : February 21st, 2007 : 1 Comment
Posted in: Projects, Houseplants, Info, Propagation, Gardening 101

Starting

And almost as though to laugh at me in the face in regards to my last post, it has been snowing, snowing, snowing here for approximately four hours today, and sticking to boot. It started just as I had arrived home from buying myself a plastic flat,
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Kelly : February 19th, 2007 : 2 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Seasonal, Projects, Seeds, Propagation

Seedy Saturdays

It is no secret that Seedy Saturday is by far my very favourite gardening event of the year. It's a great way to trade and purchase local, organic and heirloom seeds and support small gardening and seed suppliers. It is also a turning point in
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Gayla : February 19th, 2007 : 5 Comments
Posted in: Seasonal, Link, Seeds

Lilac FAQs

I saw a comment pop up on an old post of mine from last May about Lilacs that I thought I would pull out and do my best to address here. The comment, or rather question was about a healthy seeming lilac bush that doesn't seem to
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Emira : February 18th, 2007 : 7 Comments
Posted in: Flowers, Link, Info, Gardening 101

Awaiting

I wish there was something wonderful and exciting for me to report, but alas, there's only something I feel is wonderful and exciting to half-report. I feel the spring in the air, and white the other side of the continent from me is frozen, dreary, and covered in snow,
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Kelly : February 17th, 2007 : 4 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Deep Thoughts

Toasty Pot Coaster

Like many apartments mine boasts poorly insulated windows and baseboard electric heating. Yep, it's a keeper. With the weather being in the high My Ass is About to Fall Offs I've been scheming ingenius ways to keep the plants that are stuck enduring their fate on
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Gayla : February 16th, 2007 : 5 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Seasonal, Projects, Houseplants, Art/Craft
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