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Turn a garbage can into a homemade compost bin

How to turn a garbage can into a homemade compost bin

I like this particular composting idea because I live in a small plot in Santa Monica; I don't have room for a huge compost bin, but a converted garbage can is manageable.

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Use hydroponics for your homemade garden system

How to use hydroponics for your homemade garden system

This is a pretty great and cheap homemade hydroponics system. Hydroponics systems are a great way to save water and grow some great plants.

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How To Start Guerilla Gardening

Start Guerilla Gardening

Guerilla gardening is a term used to describe the unauthorized cultivation of plants or crops on vacant public or private land. For some ...more

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How To Start a Flower Garden

Start a Flower Garden

A flower garden enhances your outdoor surroundings. It can also provide you with cut flowers and attract pollinators, such as bees ...more

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How To Care for a Carnivorous Plant

Care for a Carnivorous Plant

Carnivorous plants are thought to be an advanced species, hard for the amateur botanist. This article will take you through the magnificent ...more

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How To Make a Bottle Watering Can

Make a Bottle Watering Can

Suppose pails used to water your plants may splash the soil, making the garden unattractive. Also, it may harm your plants. If you intended ...more

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How To Use Homemade Garden Sprays Safely

Use Homemade Garden Sprays Safely

Making your own organic, environmentally-friendly and low-toxicity sprays at home is a healthy and budget-conscious alternative to ...more

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How To Plant Bushes That Attract Birds

Plant Bushes That Attract Birds

Attracting birds to your property can be pretty basic, but if you want them to stay forever, you might have to go a little further. Planting ...more

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How To Apply Mulch

Apply Mulch

Using the right mulch can help to conserve water , shield your plants' roots from temperature extremes, improve the soil, and discourage the ...more

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How To Attract Butterflies

Attract Butterflies

Butterflies are a beautiful addition to any garden. Learn how to attract them to your yard. Grow plants that attract them. Butterfly weed ...more

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How To Build a Compost Bin

Build a Compost Bin

Building a Compost Bin for your backyard takes about 15 minutes. It's easy, convenient and you'll wonder why you didn't build one sooner. It ...more

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How To Build a Compost Container

Build a Compost Container

If you want to learn how to build a compost container, look no further. Here you will learn how to recycle landfill-bound material into a ...more

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How To Build a Greenhouse

Build a Greenhouse

If you are concerned about protecting your plants from extreme conditions in the weather or just want to create a comfortable environment ...more

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How To Build a Greenhouse out of Old Storm Windows

Build a Greenhouse out of Old Storm Windows

With so many people choosing to update their homes with new energy efficient windows, they may be left wondering what to do with their old ...more

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How To Build a Homemade Hydroponics System

Build a Homemade Hydroponics System

Building your own water works system is quite simple and can be fun, if you know how to follow instructions. This type of system would be ...more

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How To Build a Tumbling Composter

Build a Tumbling Composter

One of the keys to composting is aeration. The bacteria need oxygen to carry out the aerobic respiration that creates rich compost. One way ...more

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How To Build a Vertical Garden

Build a Vertical Garden

When your horizontal garden space is limited, you can build a framework for a vertical garden. The square trellis described in this article ...more

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How To Build a Wire Mesh Compost Bin

Build a Wire Mesh Compost Bin

Building a wire mesh bin is easy and inexpensive. It aides in creating humus from biodegradable material such as grains, fruits and ...more

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How To Care for a Christmas Cactus

Care for a Christmas Cactus

A beautiful holiday plant, the Christmas Cactus (botanically known as Schlumbergera or Zygocactus ) blooms at Christmas time if cared for ...more

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How To Care for a Mulberry Tree

Care for a Mulberry Tree

Mulberry trees are beautiful and easy to care for plants that require little effort on the gardener’s part. If cared for properly, they ...more

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How To Care for Lucky Bamboo

Care for Lucky Bamboo

Lucky Bamboo is thought to bring good fortune in Chinese culture, and in recent years has gained tremendous popularity in the West. The ...more

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How To Care for Orchids

Care for Orchids

Orchids have long been a sign of love and favored as either a corsage worn on the dress, or as a wrist band at most Proms. Most orchids have ...more

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Gardening (100 how-to articles)

SPLAT! Art Made from Everyday Household Items

Tom Friedman. One of my very favorite contemporary artists. Friedman injects the wonder into the humdrum. He creates magic from the unsuspected with his incredible sculptures assembled from simple ...

Cheat Your Way to 300 (via Remote Control)

This is full blown cheating - no ifs, ands or buts about it. Introducing the RC900, a remote-control bowling ball invented by San Antonio, Texas-based 900 Global. Says Popular Mechanics, "The ...

World's Fastest Bicycle Goes 75mph

Cycling enthusiasts, behold. Fastest bicycle in the world, designed by VARNA of British Columbia. Pretty impressive. Check it out, Barbara Buatois of France completes her new One Hour World Record at ...

Knit Your Food

Knitted delectable delights from Ed Bing Lee. Inspired? Gotta start somewhere. Previously, Crocheters Like to Party, Too. English Ladies Knit Entire Village.

Bomb-Proof Your Home With Wallpaper

Incredible. A company called Berry Plastics (in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) has developed a working bomb proof wallpaper. The technology has the ability to protect against both ...

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