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You can also add them into rock gardens—they fit right in with traditional rock garden perennials such as dianthus, rock cress, and armeria. Or plant them under deciduous shrubs such as rose of Sharon or roses to add color as the shrubs begin to leaf out in spring. You can also plant Greigii tulips in containers and enjoy them by themselves or with spring-blossoming annuals such as pansies. Greigii Tulip Care Plant gorgeous Greigii tulips, like most other spring-blooming bulbs, in early fall as soil temperatures begin to cool....

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2 tablespoon dried rosemary, crushed 2 tablespoon dried thyme, crushed 4 teaspoon fennel seeds 4 teaspoon garlic powder 2 teaspoon dried marjoram, crushed 1 teaspoon dried sage, crushed

How to Make a DIY Glass Door Cabinet This project works best on cabinet doors constructed with a center panel and frame, as opposed to slab cabinet doors made of one solid piece. What You Need Cabinet door with center panel and frameScrewdriverRouterChiselClampsSander and sandpaperTack clothTrisodium phosphate solutionStain-blocking primerSemigloss latex paintGlass panelGlass clipsClear silicone adhesive (optional) Step 1: Remove the cabinet’s panel. Unscrew the door from the cabinet box and remove all hardware....

Some perennials, such as heart-leaf bergenia or mondo grass, retain foliage year-round. In warmer regions, they stand as evergreen sentries amid seasonal change. Hidden amid perennials’ wonderful attributes, however, lie a few challenges. What You Need to Know While some plants feature easy-growing personalities, shrugging off disease or unfurling self-cleaning blooms, most perennials need attention. Because perennials require knowledge to grow, tending them becomes a lifelong pursuit filled with fresh learning opportunities....

What Is Intermittent Fasting? There are a few widely accepted methods of IF. Alternate Day Fasting For Alternate Day Fasting (ADF), dieters participate in fasting days where no calories are consumed, cycled daily with non-fasting days throughout the week. Modified Alternate Day Fasting: follows the same format, but allows for 25% of caloric needs to be consumed on fasting days. (That’s 500 calories on a “fasting” day for those following a standard 2,000-calorie eating plan....

What Is Sun Tea? Unlike your classic hot tea that’s brewed for a few short minutes in boiling (or near boiling) water or iced tea that brews briefly then is enjoyed over ice, sun tea is made by brewing tea in a clear container set in the sun for several hours. Caffeinated black tea is most often used as the base. Is Sun Tea Safe? A batch of sun tea generally sits outside your door for several hours as the outdoor temperature slowly rises and falls....

“The shock of seeing interest rates rise is impacting homeowners’ thinking in terms of cost to finance their projects,” says Rob Cook, vice president of marketing at Discover Home Loans. But even with shifting economic conditions, is it smarter to move or to renovate right now? We asked a few experts about how market predictions and the rising costs of building supplies continue to affect this choice. Read on for their thoughts, plus advice on how to decide which is right for you....

Why Your Tomatoes Aren’t Ripening Usually, tomatoes that aren’t ripening on the vine are overfed and overwatered. It happens to gardeners with the best intentions, but once the plant reaches the size you want, it’s time to cut back on fertilizing. Typically, you’ll only need to fertilize tomato plants two or three times during the season. Reducing water, even to the point where a little stress (slight wilting) shows before you water again, can push the plant to ripen its fruit....

Why Won’t My Zucchini Develop Fruit? To answer this question, it helps to know a few botanical details about zucchini. Unlike the blooms of most blooming plants that have both male and female parts in each flower, zucchini have separate male and female flowers on each plant. This makes pollination a little bit more difficult. It requires male and female flowers to be open at the same time and a pollinator like a bumblebee to carry pollen from the male to the female flower....

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