Home & Garden: Page 116

here are lots of products for fertilizing Roses and Roses need fertilizing for the best blooms. A household product that works well is Epsom Salt. The Magnesium Sulfate in Epsom Salts is great for Roses. All you do is take a half cup of Epsom Salt Crystals and sprinkle it around the Rose, once in the Spring and once in the Fall. That will be enough when you water it in to get those blooms going. The only thing to be concerned about is if you have high magnesium levels in your soil. It is always...

One of the few raspberry pests is the raspberry cane borer. It is an easy pest to control organically because all you do is clip it out, no spraying and no one gets harmed. It's simple to find, look at your cane, you'll see where it is dead, then go down about 6 inches and you'll see 2 little girdle lines. The adult has girdled the cane and laid an egg in between. If you don't clip this out that egg will hatch, the worm will go down that cane and kill the whole cane. So as soon as you see the...

The Flowergod designs a winter holiday centerpiece using cedar, pine, sugar pine cones, roses, and twigs. The centerpiece is designed to be viewed from all angles on your holiday table.

The Flowergod designs a fall centerpiece arrangement which contains three small pumpkins, a tree branch, some croton leaves, stock, rovers, cury willow, alstromeria, statice, peppers, and other greenery.

Do-It-Yourself-her Jackie Taylor rips through a clear and concise explanation of how to use a table saw for all kinds of cuts. A must-see for all beginners!

Cool Tool: Working on pop-up sprinklers is easy—if you're an octopus! This nifty tool pulls up and holds the nozzle so you can work with both hands.

Gridlock is a good thing when it comes to flower arranging! Flower phenom Jill Slater demonstrates how making a grid by crossing flower stems locks an arrangement into place beautifully and effortlessly.

Protect the kids from playground falls and mulch the plants at the same time! Landscape designer Michael Glassman spins his wheels finding inventive ways to use recycled rubber tires in the backyard.

Martha Stewart shows how to make a beautiful hanging basket. Hanging baskets extend a touch of the garden to your home. You can hang them outside on your patio, off your deck, or even from a tree.

Hots girls teaching you how to iron towels, what more do you want?

Sick of the dog or neighborhood raccoon tearing up your trash and making your house or yard a mess? This video will teach you to use ammonia to keep pesky animals out of the trash can.

Did you know there was a proper way to fold socks? Get clean, organized, and have more space after you watch this video and learn the correct way to fold socks

Learn how to build and install a pull-out trash bin for your kitchen cabinets; watch a video of bin construction and installation.

Learn how to build a cold frame for your plant cuttings; watch a video of techniques for building the frame; includes tips, materials, and tools lists.

This is a trick that is fashionable and interesting! Your wall will look like the books are just floating. Find out how to make a magic floating bookshelf.

Video shows how to get your windows ready for winter. Using shrink wrap, this easy-to-understand video guides us through each step necessary for putting the film over the window.

Clive Gilkes of London tailors Richard Anderson Ltd, demonstrates how to fold trousers without creasing them. To do this, just fold the pants right after ironing them, lay them flat, smooth them out, fold them over, and fold them in thirds.

You can keep your sterling silver pieces shining with these polishing tips. Learn how to clean silver with both polishing paste and liquid cleaner.

Tom Cole shows us the best ways to plant garlic. Video discusses that garlic cloves should be planted in autumn or spring and harvested 6 months later. They can be planted from bulbs or cloves you buy at the grocer.

Tom Cole shows us how harvest red currants and white currants. Video says they are best harvested from early to mid summer and to study its color to determine their quality. Short video explains harvesting easily.