All Posts Tagged Tag: ‘book’

Green Tea Terrarium Square

Green Tea Terrarium and Book Giveaway!

posted by Guest on June 13,2013 tags , , , ,

This project is just one of the fabulous projects from Kat Geiger’s brand new book, Terrariums Reimagined: Mini Worlds Made in Creative Containers. This full-color craft book that shows you how to make and maintain 24 playful plant environments in unique containers. You can create an arid desert with cacti in an old light fixture. Plant colorful succulents in an unused fish tank. …

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Square Foot Planting Guide

Square Foot Planting Guide

posted by Guest on April 15,2013 tags , ,

Are you deep in to planning  your vegetable garden? Small space gardeners tend to get good yield and lot of variety with a square foot garden. Not only that, but also they tend to have less weeds and conserve water by being planted densely. Year after year you can rotate crops around the beds to ensure that there is no nutrient depletion nor diseases introduced. …

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Chalkboard Paint Projects to Get Kids Outside

posted by Guest on April 12,2013 tags , , , , , ,

Please welcome guest blogger and author, Stacy Tornio, who will be sharing some chalkboard paint projects you can do outside with kids. Stacy is the co-author of the book, The Kids’ Outdoor Adventure Book: 448 Great Things To Do In Nature Before You Grow Up.  Anytime we can get kids outside is a good thing, right? We think so! Whether …

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Compost Tea Bucket

Make Compost Tea With This DIY Home Brewer

posted by Guest on March 25,2013 tags , , ,

Please welcome guest blogger for the day and author of the book, The Mini Farming Guide to Composting: Self-Sufficiency from Your Kitchen to Your Backyard, Brett L. Markham. Brett is the author of the popular Mini Farming books, including Mini Farming: Self-Sufficiency on ¼ Acre, Maximizing Your Mini Farm, and the handbooks The Mini Farming Guide to Vegetable Gardening and The …

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Easter Basket Fairy Garden

Easter Basket Fairy Garden

posted by Guest on March 20,2013 tags , ,

Looking for a fun family project for Easter to get in a little Garden Therapy? You are in luck! Today we have a guest post from Beverly Turner one of the co-authors of Fairy Gardening: Creating Your Own Magical Miniature Garden. The book covers just about anything you wanted to know about fairy gardening, a type of miniature gardening in containers …

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Seeing Trees

posted by Stephanie on September 3,2011 tags , ,

  I’m so excited about receiving the new book from Timber Press called Seeing Trees: Discover the Extraordinary Secrets of Everyday Trees which features these beautiful photographs.     Said to be “A beautifully produced and photographed new book” by Martha Stewart Living, photographer Robert Llewellyn should be proud.  To win your own copy of Seeing Trees, enter the contest on Timber Press’s website.  Bonus: you …

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