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Thursday, August 27, 2009

Miracle-Gro LiquaFeed Starter Kit

Miracle-Gro LiquaFeed Starter Kit #100411
From Miracle-Gro

Product Description

Miracle Gro, Liquafeed Starter Kit, Comes With The Feeder & Two 16 OZ Bottles, Easy To Use, Attach To Hose, Insert Bottle & Spray On To Feed & Water Plants, Automatically Mixes The Correct Amount Of Plant Food With Water, Bottle Empties In 15 Minutes So You Know When To Refill, Feeds At Even Rate Producing The Best Results, Guarantees Bigger, More Beautiful Plants.

Product Details

Amazon Sales Rank: #4935 in Home Improvement
Brand: Miracle-Gro
Model: 100411
Dimensions: 4.04 pounds

Features

Scotts Miracle Gro #100411 Liquafeed Starter Kit
SCOTTS MIRACLE GRO

Down To Earth All Natural Acid Mix 4-3-6 Fertilizer - 6 lb

Down To Earth All Natural Acid Mix 4-3-6 Fertilizer - 6 lb #07803
From Down To Earth

Product Description

Specially formulated for rhododendrons, azaleas, hydrangeas, evergreens, berries, potatoes, and other plants that need a low pH. Use year-round for healthy growth. NPK Formula: 4-3-6

Product Details

Amazon Sales Rank: #26877 in Home Improvement
Size: 5 lbs.
Brand: Down To Earth
Model: 07803

Editorial Reviews

From the Manufacturer
A fertilizer blended especially for acid lovers like rhododendrons, azaleas, camellias, hydrangeas, evergreen trees and shrubs, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, potatoes, and other plants that need a low pH. To encourage lush flowers and fruit, use our Acid Mix in early spring for vegetative growth and again when blooms appear.

Miracle-Gro Lawn Food 5 lb.

Miracle-Gro Lawn Food 5 lb. #1750183
From Miracle-Gro

Product Description

Miracle Gro, 5 LB, 4,000 SQFT Coverage, 36-6-6 Lawn Food, Contains 4 Pre-Measured Packets, Waterproof Packaging.

Product Details

Amazon Sales Rank: #18554 in Home Improvement
Brand: Miracle-Gro
Model: 1750183
Dimensions: 5.00 pounds

Features

Scotts Miracle Gro #1001832 MG 5LB Lawn Food
SCOTTS MIRACLE GRO

Miracle-Gro 100410 Lawn and Garden Feeder

Miracle-Gro 100410 Lawn and Garden Feeder From Miracle-Gro

Product Description

Miracle Gro, 24-8-16, Waterproof Garden Feeder, Handle For Easy Grip, Trigger With Lock, Allows For 1 Hand Control, 3 Spray Patterns: Shower, Jet & Stream.

Product Details

Amazon Sales Rank: #5384 in Home Improvement
Brand: Miracle-Gro
Model: 100410
Dimensions: 1.98 pounds

Features

Scotts Miracle Gro #100409 MG 4-1 GDN/LWN Feeder
SCOTTS MIRACLE GRO

YMCA Green Market teaches kids gardening and values

For the past 2 years, the YMCA Summer Daze program, held throughout the summer at YMCA sites in Matawan and Hazlet, offers kids gardening one day a week as ...

The campers assist in weeding, planting and watering a large vegetable garden located behind the Matawan Center, and learning all about the patience it takes to grow a garden, how to plant, and the importance of good nutrition and healthy eating habits.

This year, in addition to learning about gardening, students at the Matawan Children's Achievement Center started running a “Green” Farmers Market once a week, each adopting a vegetable plant for the summer and then preparing and selling the vegetables they have grown to friends and family.

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A gardening legacy continues in Pittsford

There she would see a magnificent garden filled with flowers. However, she was not allowed to go inside the garden because it was guarded by a white picket ...

"Which of course made me want to go in even more," said Haywood, of Pittsford. "It just intrigued me as a child. From my grandmother to my mother and then to me, I have inherited the love of gardening."

What started as a slight interest blossomed into a full-blown hobby. Haywood has been part of the Pittsford Garden Club since 1991 after she retired as a nurse administrator. She's held every office other than treasurer and headed various projects.

The Pittsford Garden Club will turn 80 in June 2010 making it the second-oldest garden club in Monroe County next to the Rochester Garden Club.

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Garden walls, fences, and hedges

Most gardeners grow hedges (a natural fence made of bushes) as decorative boundaries around lawns and flower beds. Try to imagine decorating your living room with no walls. You would have a hard time putting your furniture in the right places. Outdoor living space works the same way. Hedges, fences and garden walls are multi-functional; they can define boundaries, screen undesirable views, give shelter from the wind, provide privacy, and make a backdrop for other plants.

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Monday, August 24, 2009

Five tips for easing your summer garden into fall

You don't have to give up gardening in the fall. In fact, it can be a rather busy time as some evaluate the growing season, grow cool weather vegetables and ...

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Half-yellow, half pink... Gardener grows chrysanthemum that's ...

By Daily Mail Reporter Even the most avid gardener will not have seen a flower quite like this one. The rare chrysanthemum has just one stem and one head ...

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This has nothing to do with gardening...

When you drive through neighborhoods, exercising your garden envy, you only get to see the front of houses. And that is often the showcase. ...

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Fiskars 9921 Softouch Micro-Tip Pruning Snip

Product Details

Amazon Sales Rank: #326 in Home Improvement
Brand: Fiskars
Model: 9921
Number of items: 1
Dimensions: 7.00" h x 1.75" w x .75" l, .16 pounds

Features

An ideal choice for the precision trimming and shaping of flowers and small plants
1-1/2-inch rust-resistant stainless steel blade
Cushion grips for added comfort
Ambidextrous handle
Limited lifetime warranty

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Burpee Wet Soil Gloves Size Small

Product Description

* These gloves have a cotton knit body and wrist with Latex rubber coated palms for water resistance * Includes the Burpee logo transfer on back of hand * Perfect for digging in the dirt or working with liquids * 1640: Small * 1641: Medium * 1642: Large * 1643: Extra Large

Product Details

Amazon Sales Rank: #242388 in Home Improvement
Brand: Magla
Dimensions: .82 pounds

Features

Features a cotton body and rubber coated palm
Water resistant
Perfect for digging in the dirt or working with li

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Garden Works Culti Weeder Made in the USA

Product Description

Serrated edges really get the job done. Terrific for keeping your vegetable garden in order.

Product Details

Amazon Sales Rank: #62828 in Home Improvement
Brand: Garden Works
Model: Garden Works
Dimensions: 4.00" h x 1.50" w x 12.00" l, .50 pounds

Features

Comfort Bright Blue Grip
Very sharp tool that makes it so easy to work soil or weeds
You will be very pleased with this tool, honest.
Made in the USA
Stainless steel blade, handle made out of recycled material.

Garden Works Soil Scoop with Ergonomic Comfort Grip Green

Product Description

If you only own one garden tool please make it this one. We get nothing but rave reports on this trowel.

Product Details

Amazon Sales Rank: #68622 in Home Improvement
Brand: Garden Works
Model: Garden Works
Dimensions: 3.00" h x 3.00" w x 12.00" l, .19 pounds

Features

Multi Function trowel made in the USA
Ergonomic comfort grip, stainless rust free blade
Terrific for weeding, planting even cutting
Bright green handle makes it always visable
You will love his tool.

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Vegetable & Fruit Gardening : How To Harvest & Store Peppers ...

A pepper is ready to harvest when the pepper is sticky and thick-walled. Find out why peppers should be placed in a refrigerator right after harvest with help.

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Houseplants. Time to Move 'em Back In.

It’s time to think about moving your vacationing houseplants back indoors. If you moved your houseplants outside for the summer, they’ve probably been growing like gang busters. Rather than just moving them back inside, you’d be wise to check that they haven’t out grown their pots. Gently lift them out of their pots, to see if the roots have room left to grow. If not, repot. If they look good, freshen the soil.

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The winners in the latest garden photo contest

Many excellent garden photos have been posted at the Gardening With the Monitor group site on Flickr. Our first contest earlier this summer focused on general plant photos. The second one, which ended earlier this week, targeted vegetables.

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To Attract Butterflies to Your Garden, Creating the Right Habitat ...

To attract these messengers, put your garden in a sunny area. Install host plants, which caterpillars eat and butterflies lay their eggs on. ...

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Gardening exercises: Warm up before digging in

Forty years ago this week, in the afterglow of Woodstock, singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell -- who didn't attend the festival -- wrote a celebratory song that included the line "we've got to get ourselves back to the garden."

Her advice was metaphorical, but for boomers and seniors -- and those who are part of the Woodstock generation -- it's a good idea to get back to the garden, literally.

Gardening is one of the best activities for older adults because it helps strengthen body and mind. And there are ways to reap the rewards of gardening without sowing aches.

Gardening expert and kinesiotherapist Stacy Walters says make sure you warm up before digging in. Walters designs exercise regimens aimed at improving mobility while minimizing pain and discomfort.

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Vegetable Gardening with Seeds and Transplants

Once the decision is made to start a vegetable garden, the choice must be made to either sow seeds directly in the soil or to use transplants. ...

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Gardening for your health

Gardening stretches not only the body, but the mind, soul and spirit. Whether digging in the dirt, planting seeds, dividing perennials, pruning, ...

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Friday, August 21, 2009

All Maine Bucket W420 Potters Bench with Soil Tray

Product Description

All Maine Bucket has a broad line of products manufactured from pine and cedar. Our line includes barrels and barrel products, cedar planters and window boxes, patio and deck furniture, as well as storage containers, all made of wood. MAKES A GREAT GIFT! Deluxe model includes built in soil bin, brass tool hooks, and wheels. Measures: 50"W x 48.5"H x22"D Potter's Benchs solid cedar and constructed using galvanized screws. Sturdy construction and easily assembled. Can be used indoors or out.

Product Details

Brand: All Maine Bucket

Features

MAKES A GREAT GIFT!
Deluxe model includes built in soil bin, brass tool hooks, and wheels.
Measures: 50"W x 48.5"H x22"D
Potter's Benchs solid cedar and constructed using galvanized screws.
Sturdy construction and easily assembled.

WOLF-Garten Soil Crumbler

WOLF-Garten Soil Crumbler #1616004

Product Details

Amazon Sales Rank: #4750 in Home Improvement
Brand: Wolf-Garten
Model: 1616004
Dimensions: 7.09" h x 8.27" w x 17.72" l, 3.05 pounds

Features

Soil Crumbler is a powerful dual action garden tool
Easy push-pull action
pendulum blade keeps tool at a constant depth
Multi-Star snap-lock handle connection

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Product Description
The WOLF-Garten soil crumbler allows gardener's to quickly change tools in one-click, and eliminates the need for having a garage full of unsightly, and space consuming long-handled tools. This popular soil crumbler breaks up soil to a fine tilth for sowing grasses or planting seeds. It also works well in mixing peat and fertilizers into soil. Easy push-pull action crumbles soil for sowing grass or planting seeds. Mixes peat and fertilizers into soil, while the rear pendulum blade keeps tool at a constant depth. This dual function tool uses strong WOLF Multi-Star snap-lock handle connection and simply requires one of the WOLF-Garten handles.

Scotts Super Turf Builder Lawn Fertilizer - 48 lb.

Scotts Super Turf Builder Lawn Fertilizer - 48 lb. #2015

Product Description

Scotts, 15,000 SQFT Coverage, 30-3-3, Super Turf Builder Lawn Fertilizer, Apply Anytime On Any Grass, Delivers More Greening Power Than Regular Turf Builder, Exclusive Formula Won't Burn Lawns, Added Micronutrients Strengthen Lawn & Provide Longer Greening.

Product Details

Amazon Sales Rank: #14915 in Home Improvement
Brand: Scotts
Model: 2015
Dimensions: 14.00" h x 16.00" w x 26.00" l, 57.00 pounds

Features

Apply in any season to any grass type
Lawn will turn green in just a few days
Build a healthier lawn with strong, deep roots using less water
Kid and pet friendly
Provides 15,000 sq. ft. of coverage

Editorial Reviews

From the Manufacturer
Apply to wet or dry lawn. When temperatures are consistently exceeding 90¿F, water immediately after application to reduce stress on your lawn. Apply in any season to any grass type. Scotts Super Turf Builder Lawn Fertilizer can be safely used under the dripline of trees. Your lawn will turn green in just a few days! Feeding with Scotts Super Turf Builder Lawn Fertilizer helps build a healthier lawn with strong, deep roots and the Water Smart formula improves lawn's ability to absorb water and nutrients using less water. Kid and Pet Friendly. Fertilizer analysis: 30-2-3. Coverage area: 15,000 sq. ft.

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Cat with a Garden: Chilli Chilada, Gardening Cat

Chilli Chilada, Gardening Cat. Dear furriends, I want to thank each and efurryone of you for your concatulations and encouraging words concerning my final Gardening Cat examination yesterday. It worked: I passed Siena's examination and ...

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