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10 Fall Tasks For Gardeners
Before snow flies or torrential rain falls, there are some chores that gardeners should tend to so that everything will be shipshape next Spring.
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How-To: House Backyard Chickens in Style
My friend Beth, who I've known since high school, recently started a blog to update her friends and family on her latest domestic adventure — raising backyard chickens. Since Beth never does anything halfway, she and her husband Craig built a chicken coop that is super cute and matches their 1922 Craftsman home.
She writes, "I paid my way through college 10 years ago raising and killing chickens and also had laying hens.
Nice and New: Gardener's Fall Finds
Vermont-based gardening company Gardener's is one of my absolute favorite resources for gardening and landscaping supplies and advice. I recently received its Fall catalog in the mail, and I was impressed with all of the great Fall-related gardening finds that are currently available through the retailer.
I'm totally coveting this Orchard Rack ($99.95).
Garden Therapy: Hearty Plants For the Black of Thumb
If you're hopeless with plants, don't resort to plastic potted palms. Try succulents instead. These low-maintenance plants seem to flourish with a lack of attention.
Garden Therapy: Shake and Bake Bugs
Diatomaceous earth (aka, DE) is a naturally occurring, soft, chalklike sedimentary rock that is made from tiny, fossilized water plants and can be easily crumbled into a powder. In its powder form, DE dehydrates an insect's exoskeleton, killing them, so it makes a great nontoxic pesticide. You can disperse DE around your garden to protect your plants.
Garden Therapy: Ethel Rose Glove
Just because you're getting dirty doesn't mean you can't look your best. Made of snag-resistant, two-way stretch spandex and a rubberized grip with reinforced fingertips, and available in a range of chic patterns, Ethel gloves bring fashion, function, and protection to your gardening routine. Better yet, they're machine washable!
Cool Idea: A Shoe Organizer as a Vertical Garden
Vertical gardens are a great choice for those of you who are space-conscious. But, unless you want to pony up for a Living Wall system or the like, they can be complicated and costly to build on your own. So, I was pleased to find a vertical garden made using an over-the-door shoe organizer on Instructables.
Casa Quickie: Contain Yourself
I know that many Casa readers are trying their hands at container gardening this Summer. Container gardening is a great option for those of us who live in urban areas or don't have any yard space. However, your soil requirements are a little different for containers than they are for regular garden plots.
How-To: Create a Simple and Elegant Patio Garden
Short on space? That's no reason to forego a garden. This homeowner took advantage of a nook to create a container garden that's both soothing and elegant.
Do You Nap in Your Backyard?
With warm, sunny weather tempting many of us, it's hard to stay inside. And after a few hours of gardening, it might be hard to resist a nap in the grass. Just don't forget your sunscreen!
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