The best way to recycle is to reuse trash items as new, useful ones in your own home. If you enjoy gardening, watch this video to learn how to turn an old plastic milk or juice bottle into a cute plastic watering can for your plants.
Having Hummingbirds in your garden and yard is always a fantastic thing, but paying for those already made feeders are a hassle. With this video you'll learn how to create your very own feeder with items found all over the house and for much cheaper than buying one from the store!
Pruning is a very important part of gardening that makes sure plants get nutrition, stay away from disease, and promotes continuous growth.
If you're looking for a way to add more flowers to your garden, but are out of space, then try using a container. Containers are perfect for holding one or several different types of flowers. Roses can also be grown in containers as well.
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to draw a rose garden. Begin by marking the locations of the objects, such as the pathway and the arch. Then draw the rosebushes surrounding the path and arch. The bushes only need to be drawn with cross hatching or quick lines. They don't need too much detail. Then add some circular boxes into the bushes as the roses. Now draw some grass around the pathway and stones in the pathway. In the center of the arch, add the center fountain piece. Finish by ...
Planting potatoes is a great way to test the power of your green finger. It's a fairly easy vegetable to grow and the results are beautiful and delicious potatoes that can be used with any great meal. So in this helpful video tutorial, you'll find out what you need to do in order to plant potatoes in your yard. Good luck and enjoy!
This is a loose overview of Patti Moreno's permaculture, urban sustainable lifestyle. She uses gardens, livestock and sustainable agriculture to promote a life of conservation.
When it comes to taking care of plants, specifically flowers, pruning is an important task that must done be done. This will help ensure that the plant gets the right nutrients needed and prevents any kind of decay or disease from killing it. In this video tutorial, you'll find out how to prune roses in your garden to help ensure they last for a long time. Enjoy!
Roses are beautiful flowers that hold many different representations, including love. Growing them can automatically add beauty to your home's garden and a scent that is very relaxing. Pruning them is important since leaving them unattended can cause problems. This tutorial will show you how to properly prune roses during a cold winter month, January. Good luck and enjoy!
In this garden video, you'll learn how to get ready for the winter by laying down mulch for new plants. Mulching new plantings for the winter is very important for protection during the snowy months, and it improves the look of the beds, keeps some weed down, and keeps the moisture in the soil (although too much keeps the moisture out).
This video from the the excellent UK series Container Gardening for Food teaches you a simple technique for increasing the yield of your tomato plants. By simply pinching out the new buds your plants continues to sprout after its already fully limbed, you can keep it from expending energy making new limbs and make it focus that energy on growing larger, more delicious tomatoes. A must-watch for any at-home tomato grower.
Want to get started arranging your own vases to fit the design of your home? When arranging flowers and ribbons, choose a simple vase first, use greenery to fill out the vase, and wrap a beautiful bow around. Learn a few tricks on how to arrange flowers like a pro with helpful tips from Modern Mom's gardening expert Melinda Myers.
You may know your onions but do you know your garlic? If not, you'll be well served by this gardener's guide, which presents an overview of the different varieties available for planting (including soft-neck, hard-neck and so-called elephant varieties) and provides tips on actually planting the stuff in your own garden.
This video shows tips on how to use insects to benefit your garden. This will teach you ways to reduce the insect load in gardens without the use of chemicals. Rose aphids can be controlled with lady beetles, for example. Although these techniques have been used for agricultural use, they will work in your home garden. Asian Lady Beetle, tend to stay put. They won’t migrate. They will attack Pecan Aphids. Trichograma, a wasp that is effective against larvae and eggs.
The art of floral arrangement is a fun and valuable skill. Dana Plazyk of Flowers by Design lends useful tips and tricks on making simple flower arrangements.
In this how-to video, Bethany takes us on a garden tour this week with a lunch sack! She shows how to turn this ordinary household item into a dreamy scrapbook. And then she raids the cupboards again using packing tape to create some filmy image transfer embellishments. So grab your lunch and get ready! Watch this video scrapbooking tutorial and learn how to make a garden of my dreams album out of a paper bag.
P. Allen Smith talks with Shawn Hatley of Brae Water about the rain water harvesting system at the Garden Home Retreat. Begin by digging a very large hole. Simple rain tanks conveniently fit into the large dugout. This instructional landscaping video to save up to half a million gallons of water in a single year. Collecting rain water is a cost efficient way to save water and energy while maintaining your garden.
In this video tutorial, you'll find step-by-step instructions on how to remove an unwanted rose, or any other unwanted plant, without digging it out of the ground and without the use of pesticides. For full instructions, watch this garden how-to.
he age-old “shtick” about a rake handle smacking you in the face when you step on the teeth isn't funny. It's happened to me more than once. One of the problems is improperly storing rakes, hoes, shovels and other long-handled tools. They can be hung up in a garage or garden shed, but usually end up right at the door, where they fall down, and again become a dangerous problem. The garden tool shed shown solves the problem of long-handled tool storage and at the same time provides a separate s...
In this gardening tutorial, you'll find instructions for building an aeroponic fogger, or mister, for a hydroponic growing system. Nutrified fog is accepted by the roots at a much faster rate than nutrients from spray or soak system. So I modified my Aerospray system to have both nutrifog and timed sprays. To learn more about this method for constructing an aeroponic fogger, take a look!
With the bees inexplicably dying off, they may not be a reliable source of pollination anymore. Fortunately, hand pollination is not particularly difficult, and maybe even a little fun. Watch this video gardening tutorial and learn how to hand-pollinate tomato and pepper crops in your own yard.
How to grow your own cactus succulents; get professional tips and advice from an expert on growing your own plants and herbs in this free gardening video series.
Bridal shower games are a great way to entertain a bride and her guests at a bridal shower. Learn how to play a variety of bridal shower games with tips from an event planner in this free video series.
Check out this super video of basic how-tos to guerrilla gardening. Beautify any run-down or out of the way area with seed bombs. Or stealthily plant seedlings at night for a more beautiful morning. You can make a difference in your city by becoming a guerrilla gardener.
In this how to video, Decor It Yourself takes on terrariums. Brooklynite Amy Merrick shows us how to make our own potted constructions and glass gardens. Dress up your home with these cute, little terrariums.
Your hydrangea plant tag may say that it is blue but when it blooms it is more of a white color with a light blue tint. Learn how to deepen the blue color of your hydrangea flowers with this gardening tutorial. Get brighter, more intense blue hydrangeas with the tips from this how to video.
Robinia frisia limbs are prone to dying, that is why it is important to prune them properly. If you wait until the winter to prune the dead wood you wont be able to tell the difference between the dead wood and the dormant tree limb. In this how to video Martin Fish from Garden News explains how and when to prune dead wood from Robinia 'Frisia'.
Garden benches and planters can be quite expensive. In this instructiona video, Do It Yourself magazine's Jeni Wright shows you how to make an all-in-one planter bench. For this garden project, you will need the following: two sturdy pots, two plants and a cedar 1 by 4.
Adding compost to your garden soil increases its nutrient content and overall fertility. Watch this video to learn easy and effective methods of adding compost to soil.
Lean how to play "Truly Madly Deeply" by Savage Garden original song and covered by Cascada on the guitar.
Watch to learn how to say the names of gardening tools, like a watering can and a spade, in French. For intermediate French speakers--no English translation.
Here is Patti Moreno, the Garden Girl's, indoor growing system. The system works great, and you can learn how to make your own by watching this video.
Make your own DIY Hydroponics System! This no-messing-around video is really helpful and instructive.
This video from Garden Time shows the different types of heucheras and how to keep them full of color and not to bushy.
This video from Garden Time teaches you how to get rid of that pesky lawn moss and shows you how to keep it gone.
Learn how to plant tulip bulbs correctly and protect them from critters. A garden expert gives detailed instructions.
Patti, the Garden Girl, host of the national PBS show Farmers Almanac TV shows how to brighten up your home and keep it secure with climbing roses.
Dave shows you how to grow amaryllis and paperwhites indoors, so you can have beautiful gifts to bring with you to all your holiday gatherings. This is a great winter project to keep your gardening hands busy until spring.
To save energy, protect your garden, and keep warm during the winter follow these simple tips to winterize your home.
This ReadyMade video explains how to build a raised bed garden for your home to block out that ugly garage or naked neighbor.
