Choosing Containers and Bulbs to Plant You can grow virtually any bulb in containers, and you can mix different types of bulbs together, too. In fact, it’s a lot like growing bulbs in the ground. Start with a container with drainage holes so that excess water can escape, and plant your bulbs in the fall. Most spring-blooming bulbs prefer well-drained soil and will rot and die if they stay too wet for too long....
While corn plant is one of the easiest houseplants you can grow, it can look a little gangly and overgrown over time. That’s the perfect opportunity to cut it back and propagate more of these plants from cuttings. Then, you can give the new, young plants away to new homes or keep them and create your own lush living room plant jungle. Timing and patience play into the success of growing more corn plants from cuttings....
How to Spot Grasshoppers in Your Garden Grasshoppers are common throughout the U.S. You might see them in shades of green, gold, or brown. They chew ragged-looking holes in plant leaves. In some areas, they begin feeding in early summer and continuing devouring foliage until the first hard frost in fall, becoming more numerous as the season wears on. There are more than 100 types of grasshoppers, and they eat all kinds of plants....
How to Tell When Fish Is Done The two ways to tell your fish is cooked are visual cues that require no special equipment or thermometers. When fish reaches the proper cooking temperature and is fully cooked, it will display these cues. Opaque color. When you start cooking fish it’s rather shiny and translucent. When it’s done, the fish will be opaque.Flake easily with a fork. When fish is finished cooking, it’ll flake apart with a fork (more on that next)....
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How to Choose Ceiling Paint Colors As a general rule, ceilings that are lighter in tone than the walls feel higher, while darker colors will make the ceiling feel lower. That doesn’t necessarily mean the room will feel claustrophobic, however. Visually lowered ceilings can evoke a cozy, intimate feeling. As when choosing wall colors, consider the source and strength of light the room receives during the time you’re most often using it....
Tulip peonies bring the best of peonies and tulips together into one plant. They look especially stunning in large groups, but even just a few in a container will make an eye-catching display, thanks to those full, colorful blooms. When picking out bulbs to plant in fall, be sure to explore the dozens of varieties of these beautiful tulips, and get growing! You’ll thank us next spring. What Are Peony Tulips?...
California Lilac Lavishly laden with blue flower trusses in spring, frost-tender wild lilacs (Ceanothus) are deceptively rugged. Their tough roots control erosion; their evergreen leaves are water-thrifty. In cold climes, plant deciduous, white-blossomed New Jersey tea. Fragrant Daphne Nosegay clusters of Daphne odora bear a sweet scent of mingled rose and anise in early spring. Daphne, including the evergreen ‘Marginata’ with yellow-edged leaves, thrive in warm climes. Fragrant Viburnum carlesii is a fine cold-hardy alternative....
How to Get Started on a Kitchen Remodel The best way to start a kitchen remodel is by making a wish list. There’s no cost to dreaming. List features you’ve always wanted, group them according to must-haves, nice-to-haves, and fun-to-haves, and number them by importance. “I advise all my clients before they start a remodeling project to create a file of pictures and magazine tear-outs of rooms that ‘speak’ to them,” says Keri Davis, a certified kitchen designer (CKD) in Lake Oswego, Oregon....
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A top-loading washer eliminates the need to bend over when loading and unloading the machine and gives you clearer visibility into the drum so that no sock gets left behind. Many of the top models also come with advanced technology, like smart features and an array of cycles, to make doing the laundry easier than ever. While front-load washing machines are typically more energy efficient than top loaders, Stuart Eason, founder of professional appliance servicing company, Appliance Expert, suggests that anyone on the hunt for a new washing machine would do well to opt for a high-efficiency model to greatly bring costs and energy consumption down....
“Your body actually has more bacterial cells than human cells,” says Katie Goldberg, MCN, RDN, owner of Katie Goldberg Nutrition. Probiotics are one of the most-discussed forms of this healthy bacteria that keep our systems running at peak condition. So we spoke with nutrition experts to get the actual probiotic definition and to discover the truth about whether we need to worry about including more probiotic foods and probiotic supplements in our routine....
Starbucks is also debuting their first fall nondairy beverage, a twist on last year’s Apple Crisp Macchiato. Starting August 30, nondairy drinkers can order the Apple Crisp Oatmilk Macchiato, which is made with creamy oatmilk and Starbucks blonde espresso. The drinks will all be available as soon as stores open on August 30, along with an array of pumpkin bakery items. You’ll be able to order a pumpkin cream cheese muffin, pumpkin scone, or pumpkin loaf to go with your PSL all fall long....
Unlike traditional framed mirrors, with a frameless mirror, the mirror glass extends to the edges of the object. Without a border, these mirrors have a clean, minimal look. Many frameless mirrors make a statement with their scale alone—they lend themselves to large format applications, where they can transform a space by visually enlarging it or doubling the impact of architectural design features in a room. Why Frameless Mirrors Are So Popular Though frameless mirrors are often used in modern spaces (their clean lines fit very nicely into modern design), the absence of frames also has a blank slate quality that opens up a world of design possibilities, helping to fuel the popularity of frameless mirrors....
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