by Daisy | Feb 13, 2009 | Garden, Garden Hacks
I tried the drinking glass newspaper pots (too big), the origami newspaper pots (too big and had to think too hard), and the toilet roll paper pots (good but didn’t start collecting soon enough). So, duh, I just made tiny versions of the drinking glass pots with...
by Daisy | Feb 6, 2009 | Garden, Garden Hacks
I looked at this picture in Entertaining, Martha Stewart’s first book, for years, and all I saw was cookies. Delicious chocolate chip cookies. And then, one day, when I was ready, I saw IT: the antique wooden thing the cookies were in. I don’t know what...
by Daisy | Jan 21, 2009 | Beginner Gardens, Garden
Ever wonder WHEN you’re supposed to start tomatoes indoors, sow carrots outdoors, or transplant your peppers? (Or is the fact that timing matters Brand New Information?) Well, here is a free printable that already has it organized for you. This is the time of...
by Daisy | Jan 11, 2009 | Garden, Intermediate Gardening
I am ADDICTED to making these little books. I HATE big sheets of paper in my way and I carry a teeny-weeny purse, so these fit perfectly. But, instead of going on and on about how to assemble these, like I did with the 2009 Spring Garden Planner and the 2009 Handmade...
by Daisy | Jan 9, 2009 | Beginner Gardens, Garden
Pansies are such a welcome sight in thirty degree weather. And I would have a lot more blooms than this, if I’d kept up with my dead-heading.Dead-heading is just a fun term for removing fading blooms, so others can come in. Why does this work? It’s not...
by Daisy | Nov 1, 2008 | Garden
Weed suppression and moisture retention for a bed of fall greens sounded good so a newspaper weed blanket came to mind. To plant: Radicchio, Red Surprise; Kale, Red Russian; Pak Choi, Toy Choi Hybrid; and Turnip Greens, Seven Top. After raking the surface smooth . . ....
