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Stray Cats Taking over Backyard
You can plant lemon balm or lemon grass and place the pots around your garden or plant them directly in your garden. The strong lemon aroma usually keeps ...
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- get a couple of dogs for the back yard or hook up with the lady that has the birds on the pool problem
- A., I must say I am a bit surprised by the responses. A lot of people think cats can survive just fine outside, but this is simply not true. How about finding homes...
- hi A.! get a dog!!! we got a dog. the cats just walk along the wall teasing her!!!!!!
Problems with Hill!
And you'll be able to plant grass on each level, or a garden, or whatever. Hope this helps! Helpful? Yes | No Save This Remove This Report This Share ...
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- Call your local botanical gardens-well, theirs, since it's their area. Either them or the zoo has a landscaping "fair" each year full of ideas for landscaping w/the mo...
- My parents house is also on a hill that keeps dissolving. Their backyard has gone from about 10 feet to about 5 in the last 10 years which may not seem like much but i...
- This sounds like a contractor problem plus a landscaping problem. I'd go back to the original home builder and discuss the problem. Sounds to me that a basic home de...
Looking for Games
If you wanted to be REALLY creative with this, you could make the things on people's backs garden-related, such as particular types of plants, or particular ...
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- Our church group members were each given a small piece of paper to write "something interesting about yourself that no one else knows". We then folded them up and dre...
- Hi D., You have a great outlook on life and I applaud your gratitude. You are quite busy it seems and i would just like to encourage you to be sure to take the time t...
- Apples to Apples is a fun game...
Starting a Yard
There are lots of shade-loving native plants that re-bloom every year!! You could plant a garden ONE TIME under your trees and never have to mow nor water ...
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- You should check out native Texas perennials. There are lots of shade-loving native plants that re-bloom every year!! You could plant a garden ONE TIME under your tr...
- Hi B., St. Augustine and Turfalo do both grow well in the shade, but they are water hogs. I have 8 oak trees in my front yard and I have planted the ground cover h...
- My front yard is the same, however, rather than cut the trees I used Fesqui grass seed for shade & around the trees planted flowers that need only shade. My neighbor ...
Anyone Have a Hibiscus??
While I've always thought they were beautiful plants - I have NO idea how they work .. I think they..." ... Anyone Good at Gardening? ...
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- I have a beautiful Hibiscus tree. Mine is fairly large, but I just keep it in a really sunny window and make sure it gets plenty of water. It's possible to grow them i...
- I have one and I do keep mine in the house, Just make sure it is in direct sun by a window or get a grow light bulb and put it in a lamp close by, I have had mine in d...
- Hi S., I've had Hibiscus plants (both hardy and tropical) for years. Yours is definitely tropical. You can't buy a braided hardy, and hardies usually aren't even ...
Greenhouse
All of these are cooler season plants that should hold out until Dec. ... I love gardening, and my son is willing to eat vegetables that he helped grow such ...
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- If I were going to build a greenhouse in Austin, I would make it just a small housing for seedlings...And so I would collect old windows people take out of their house...
- I agree with Jennifer T., that in Texas you can get by without a greenhouse. I have always wanted one but a higher priority for me would be a drip irrigation system. I...
- The nice thing about living in TX is that you can garden all year long and do not need a greenhouse. I just built raised beds in my yard and grow EVERYTHING in them. I...
What Are Your Toddlers Favorite Activities?
Sep 28, 2009 ... Gardening indoors may be just as interesting as gardening outdoors. ... and looking at animals or plants and holding them. ...
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- I went through the kitchen and found different types of food like dry oats, cheerios, flour, pasta, tea bags, etc. and laid it all on a table outside and gave my daugh...
- Hi T. I., Our three year old son loves tools and building and fixing things and water play so we stumbled upon PVC pipes as toys. We bought some PVC pipes at home de...
- She may enjoy a scavenger hunt. I did this with my son as at 2 1/2. He was a little young for it yet, but she may enjoy it. I chose 10 household items/ toys put the...
Need Ideas for at HOME Outdoor Activities to Do with My Kids
May 19, 2009 ... If you are crafty buy a birdhouse or build one, work on a garden and make paper using your flower petals, plant and grow an herb garden then ...
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- Get a plastic bug box (or a mason jar) and go bug hunting. Or frog/toad hunting. Capture something, study it, then let it go. Science class!
- so far you have a lot of good ideas! My only suggestion would be to turn off the TV or video games. I dont know if your kids like to do these things but I know if our ...
- just a couple thoughts i had...does your son like basketball? maybe you could put up a hoop. your daughter (and possibly your son too) might enjoy gardening with you....
I Need Ideas for Prizes to Give Out to Winners at Baby Shower!!
I got the plants, vases, and glass beads/rocks for the bottom at the dollar store so each prize ... cooking, gardening, seasonal decorating plus fiction. ...
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- I don't think the prizes have to be big at all. Go to Michaels Crafts or Joanns and they have votive candles and cute candle holders for less than $1 each. You can g...
- I went to a shower recently where one of the prizes was a flower pot (about $2 at a discount store), flower seeds (about $1), and a little shovel and gloves set. The g...
- Check your dollar stores-our have some really nice things for very reasonable amount. Also you could assemble little baskets of sample size items from Avon-lotions, c...
Preschool Teacher Thank You Gifts
He chose flowers to plant in the pot and gave that to his teachers along with gardening gloves and a nice thank you note. 1 mom found this helpful. Helpful? ...
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- I am also a teacher and I love gift cards but my favorite gift was when a parent had every child draw a picture and made them into note cards. I loved them. I now do...
- My son's pre-school class collected money and we gave the teacher a gift card tree. She received a variety of gift cards to her favorite places in different amounts. ...
- I used to be a preschool teacher & my favorite gifts were gift cards of any kind. If you don't want to do the store gift cards, services are great. A gift to a restaur...
