Gardening Help

Sunflowers are extravagant and fantastic floral tributes from nature but it doesn’t stop there. The seeds fro sunflowers make a versatile crop.

Sunflower Seed Description

• A seeds is produced from every floret, that is each small flower, in the centre of the sunflower.
• This creates a disc of seeds arranged in concentric circles when the petals have fallen.
• Unpollinated florets, often at the very centre of the flower, may be too immature to function as viable seeds.
• Seeds of different varieties vary in colour. Black is common as is black with a white stripe. T

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In what seems like a very long time ago now, I made a simple decision that I would focus my work on helping people learn how to make their garden and home a healthier place.

A simple goal. A frustrating goal. But a focused one and Im pleased to say over the years I have indeed made a difference to more than a few folks. Having said that, it is not without its frustrations:

** some people refuse to believe the accumulating science on the negative impacts of chemical use in home and gardens

** some people prefer failure and yes, we all know people who live to complain and fail rather than charting a new, unknown course

** some people stubbornly cling to the notion that it wont happen to me

But self-doubt creeps in now and then because there are so many other problems in the world and our countries that are bigger and more important.

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We love do-it-yourself home projects. We also love recycling and repurposing products. Therefore, we should be big fans of DIY tile reglazing, but we don’t recommend it.

Reglazing is the process of refreshing the surface of faded or aging tile to a shiny new luster.

Unfortunately, a poor reglazing job may end up looking worse than the dull tile you want to upgrade. Reglazing is best left to skilled and experienced specialists, and only where expensive, high-quality tile remains in fairly good condition and just needs a facelift. Otherwise, good new tiles are quite cheap. If

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Life has been a bit hectic lately – the kids are out of school now, we are preparing for a big vacation and I have a number of exciting work projects in the works.   I can’t wait to share with you all the good news as it starts to firm up over the next few months and I was thinking that it might be a good time to make sure my email list is in top shape.  Are you on my email list?

I hardly use it, so you might not know if you signed up (so feel free to sign up again — my email tool weeds out duplicates so you won’t get multiple emails).  If you want to be among the first to know some of the fun things that I personally, and Studio ‘g’ has going on, please consider signing up.  I always share big news here, but I plan to start sending emails for the best stuff, (and their might even be some special perks for the email list too!).   Here it is –  you can sign up below or over in the right hand column right under subscribe.

Also – I have a little announcement to share with you today. We have baby chicks. Th

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Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) is a very effective in the control of cabbage loopers, corn earworm and the larvae of many other moths. Bt is totally safe to humans but it is devasting on larvae. Adult cabbage looper moths lay eggs on the host plant which hatch into larvae that eat the plants. Bt attacks only the larvae stage, who do the eating.  Begin spraying when you see adult moths. Spray again every 10-14 days throughtout the season to catch successive hatching of eggs. Bt must be eaten, so spray top and bottom of the the foliage.  Bt products are readily available.