GardenSpotlight

  Unfortunately for many of us, winter is coming.   However, that doesn’t mean you have to harvest every single item out of your garden and worry about it spoiling before you can eat it all.   For those of you that have grown root vegetables, you can easily store your bounty in a root cellar.   What’s that, you don’t have a root cellar you say?   Fear not.   You can build your own outdoors, right in your garden if you like! I have researched several different types of root storage spaces and actually, there are many of them.   I tend to like one in particular as it seems a sure fire way to keep out rodents as well as water.   You will need to first know the amount of vegetables you will be storing as this will determine the amount of storage space you will need.   Find a location that is slightly uphill if you have one.   This will help water to drain away from your storage area.   You will need a clean garbage can with a lid, fr...

When I was a little girl, my mother kept a terrarium in our home.   It always intrigued me; seeing plants growing inside a glass tea kettle was really cool.   It was like a miniature rainforest!   Terrariums are a great way for those of us who are busy to have lush plants in our homes without having to remember to care for them so often.   As the plants in the terrarium transpire, the moisture collects on the sides of the terrarium (condensation) and flows back down to the soil. A terrarium is basically any enclosed or partially enclosed clear container which houses its own micro-ecosystem of plants, and sometimes animals too, such as small lizards or turtles.   For our purposes here, I will focus on plant terrariums.   You can use any clear container of plastic or glass, such as an aquarium or fish bowl, a hurricane jar, bottles or glassware.   Be creative and look around your home before you spend money.   Chances are you’ll find something. ...