CRAZY GREEN THUMBS

Yes! And It’s Delicious!!! This soup makes use of spring garden ingredients: peas, lettuce, spring onions and tarragon. If you have ever grown peas you know shelling peas is BUILDING THE PERFECT RAISED BEDS Cardboard and paper trash is a gardener's treasure! This is a Hugelkulter/Keyhole cross, garden bed. I have grown in beds by this design for close to 10 years and I love them! I can grow an endless amount of things in these beds. This is a banana in

MELON TRELLISING

Posted by crazygreenthumbs on July 24, 2020. August 21, 2020. I usually grow my vining melons on a trellis. Trellising makes them easy to care for and the plants themselves are healthier. Getting melon vines off the ground keeps the powdery mildew under control and I can easily spray the leaves when the inevitable aphid explosion comes. COOKING WITH LETTUCE?!?! YES! AND IT’S DELICIOUS Bring to a boil; reduce to a simmer. Cook for 6 minutes covered. Add half of your lettuce and replace the lid, raise to a boil and let it steam a little. Uncover and stir the peas and broth up over the top of the lettuce until it wilts. Add remaining lettuce (Yes, it will fit!) and spring onions (or scallions). CURING AN EXTRA ITCHY CASE OF THE GARDENING STUPIDS Curing An Extra Itchy Case Of The Gardening Stupids. I would bet that most gardeners have a list of a few things that they do, out of habit, that are counterproductive. For me it’s gardening without gloves or long sleeves. I almost never wear gloves or long sleeves. I love to work the soil with my hands, I weed bare handed and I harvest bare SO, I MADE A POTATO TOWER After the potatoes, I put another layer of soil in and topped that off with composted, bagged, cow manure. Then another nest of straw. And so it went, until I ran out of potatoes. I topped it off with soil and manure and put my last potatoes, eyes up, with THE GREATEST GREEN YOU’VE NEVER EATEN: SWEET POTATO LEAVES Add lemon juice and sweet potato leaves. 4. Cook until just wilted and still bright green. 5. Plate and add parmesan. 6. Serve warm. I hope you have a chance to try sweet potato leaves. I am now trying to figure out exactly how many of these leaves I can harvest before I

affect the tubers!

PAINTING PAVERS TO LOOK LIKE BOOKS The first thing you’ll want to do is scrub these clean with soap and water and allow them to dry. My pavers weren’t new, so they were covered in algae and dirt. Clean them enough to paint on. You don’t need to be perfect. After they are totally dry, you want HOW TO MAKE A BAGGED DEAD BODY FOR Tape one side of the opened bag down the center of the back of the body bag. Roll the body up in the rest of the bag and tape shut. (This is a photo of the body face down.) If you are using rope, start at the neck. Tie tightly and keep the rope taught as you tape it MELTED PERLER BEAD AND PONY BEAD CRAFT PROJECTS The pony beads don’t ooze much so you don’t need much paper outside of the pony bead design. Perler beads ooze more so: you will need more paper or run paper up the side of the tray for them. Put the parchment paper down and fold the area by the sides so that it is creased enough to follow the edge of your sheet.

CRAZY GREEN THUMBS

Yes! And It’s Delicious!!! This soup makes use of spring garden ingredients: peas, lettuce, spring onions and tarragon. If you have ever grown peas you know shelling peas is BUILDING THE PERFECT RAISED BEDS Cardboard and paper trash is a gardener's treasure! This is a Hugelkulter/Keyhole cross, garden bed. I have grown in beds by this design for close to 10 years and I love them! I can grow an endless amount of things in these beds. This is a banana in

MELON TRELLISING

Posted by crazygreenthumbs on July 24, 2020. August 21, 2020. I usually grow my vining melons on a trellis. Trellising makes them easy to care for and the plants themselves are healthier. Getting melon vines off the ground keeps the powdery mildew under control and I can easily spray the leaves when the inevitable aphid explosion comes. COOKING WITH LETTUCE?!?! YES! AND IT’S DELICIOUS Bring to a boil; reduce to a simmer. Cook for 6 minutes covered. Add half of your lettuce and replace the lid, raise to a boil and let it steam a little. Uncover and stir the peas and broth up over the top of the lettuce until it wilts. Add remaining lettuce (Yes, it will fit!) and spring onions (or scallions). CURING AN EXTRA ITCHY CASE OF THE GARDENING STUPIDS Curing An Extra Itchy Case Of The Gardening Stupids. I would bet that most gardeners have a list of a few things that they do, out of habit, that are counterproductive. For me it’s gardening without gloves or long sleeves. I almost never wear gloves or long sleeves. I love to work the soil with my hands, I weed bare handed and I harvest bare SO, I MADE A POTATO TOWER After the potatoes, I put another layer of soil in and topped that off with composted, bagged, cow manure. Then another nest of straw. And so it went, until I ran out of potatoes. I topped it off with soil and manure and put my last potatoes, eyes up, with THE GREATEST GREEN YOU’VE NEVER EATEN: SWEET POTATO LEAVES Add lemon juice and sweet potato leaves. 4. Cook until just wilted and still bright green. 5. Plate and add parmesan. 6. Serve warm. I hope you have a chance to try sweet potato leaves. I am now trying to figure out exactly how many of these leaves I can harvest before I

affect the tubers!

PAINTING PAVERS TO LOOK LIKE BOOKS The first thing you’ll want to do is scrub these clean with soap and water and allow them to dry. My pavers weren’t new, so they were covered in algae and dirt. Clean them enough to paint on. You don’t need to be perfect. After they are totally dry, you want HOW TO MAKE A BAGGED DEAD BODY FOR Tape one side of the opened bag down the center of the back of the body bag. Roll the body up in the rest of the bag and tape shut. (This is a photo of the body face down.) If you are using rope, start at the neck. Tie tightly and keep the rope taught as you tape it MELTED PERLER BEAD AND PONY BEAD CRAFT PROJECTS The pony beads don’t ooze much so you don’t need much paper outside of the pony bead design. Perler beads ooze more so: you will need more paper or run paper up the side of the tray for them. Put the parchment paper down and fold the area by the sides so that it is creased enough to follow the edge of your sheet. BUILDING THE PERFECT RAISED BEDS Cardboard and paper trash is a gardener's treasure! This is a Hugelkulter/Keyhole cross, garden bed. I have grown in beds by this design for close to 10 years and I love them! I can grow an endless amount of things in these beds. This is a banana in SO, I MADE A POTATO TOWER After the potatoes, I put another layer of soil in and topped that off with composted, bagged, cow manure. Then another nest of straw. And so it went, until I ran out of potatoes. I topped it off with soil and manure and put my last potatoes, eyes up, with THE GREATEST GREEN YOU’VE NEVER EATEN: SWEET POTATO LEAVES Add lemon juice and sweet potato leaves. 4. Cook until just wilted and still bright green. 5. Plate and add parmesan. 6. Serve warm. I hope you have a chance to try sweet potato leaves. I am now trying to figure out exactly how many of these leaves I can harvest before I

affect the tubers!

EVER HAD SPICED HIBISCUS FLOWER TEA? One of my favorite plants to grow down here is hibiscus. It is truly a beautiful plant and the flowers are breathtaking. I am not the only one who appreciates hibiscus. We frequently have hummingbirds in the garden sipping hibiscus nectar. My favorite part about the plant though, is that it's edible. Hibiscus is high HOW TO MAKE A BAGGED DEAD BODY FOR Tape one side of the opened bag down the center of the back of the body bag. Roll the body up in the rest of the bag and tape shut. (This is a photo of the body face down.) If you are using rope, start at the neck. Tie tightly and keep the rope taught as you tape it around the

body.

BEGINNING GARDENER: CLASS 2-WALKING YOU THROUGH WHAT YOU Although, there are things that require direct sowing. Check your packet and don’t start or sow the whole thing! You may have a failure, need to restart or resow, or want to space your plantings for longer harvest.) Even if a beginner gardener gets seeds going, they

might want to

HOW TO MAKE A BAGGED DEAD BODY FOR Tape one side of the opened bag down the center of the back of the body bag. Roll the body up in the rest of the bag and tape shut. (This is a photo of the body face down.) If you are using rope, start at the neck. Tie tightly and keep the rope taught as you tape it EASY PACKING TAPE GHOST Halloween 2015. Oh, I had fun making this! She’s now three years old. It has been one of my favorite projects. I have a huge display this year and she still holds her own, even with our 12 foot ghost and witch circle (you can get those instructions here)!. I saw this “packing tape ghost” idea in a pin, but the instructions given seemed nearly impossible. EASY PACKING TAPE GHOST All great and wonderful things should have another go! Here's my packing tape ghost from last year. I will definitely be making another this year (along with the spider egg sacks.) Happy Halloween! Oh, I had fun making this! I saw this "packing tape ghost" idea in WITCH CIRCLE/GHOST RING Remove the witch’s head and set it to the side. Take one of your cut up “dress” bags and slide the rebar through the center hole that you cut. Put the end of the rebar on the ground and bring the bag up, so that: the strips hang like a skirt around the rebar. Tie the center edges that you cut together.

CRAZY GREEN THUMBS

Yes! And It’s Delicious!!! This soup makes use of spring garden ingredients: peas, lettuce, spring onions and tarragon. If you have ever grown peas you know shelling peas is

MELON TRELLISING

Posted by crazygreenthumbs on July 24, 2020. August 21, 2020. I usually grow my vining melons on a trellis. Trellising makes them easy to care for and the plants themselves are healthier. Getting melon vines off the ground keeps the powdery mildew under control and I can easily spray the leaves when the inevitable aphid explosion comes. PAINTING PAVERS TO LOOK LIKE BOOKS The first thing you’ll want to do is scrub these clean with soap and water and allow them to dry. My pavers weren’t new, so they were covered in algae and dirt. Clean them enough to paint on. You don’t need to be perfect. After they are totally dry, you want COOKING WITH LETTUCE?!?! YES! AND IT’S DELICIOUS Bring to a boil; reduce to a simmer. Cook for 6 minutes covered. Add half of your lettuce and replace the lid, raise to a boil and let it steam a little. Uncover and stir the peas and broth up over the top of the lettuce until it wilts. Add remaining lettuce (Yes, it will fit!) and spring onions (or scallions). CURING AN EXTRA ITCHY CASE OF THE GARDENING STUPIDS Curing An Extra Itchy Case Of The Gardening Stupids. I would bet that most gardeners have a list of a few things that they do, out of habit, that are counterproductive. For me it’s gardening without gloves or long sleeves. I almost never wear gloves or long sleeves. I love to work the soil with my hands, I weed bare handed and I harvest bare SPRING IS THE TIME TO BEGIN BACKYARD FORAGING! Spring Is The Time To Begin Backyard Foraging! Posted by crazygreenthumbs on April 22, 2021. I love researching things that strike me as interesting. I’m creating a food forest in my backyard, so I want to know what parts of plants I can incorporate into my HOW TO MAKE A BAGGED DEAD BODY FOR Tape one side of the opened bag down the center of the back of the body bag. Roll the body up in the rest of the bag and tape shut. (This is a photo of the body face down.) If you are using rope, start at the neck. Tie tightly and keep the rope taught as you tape it PAINTING PAVERS TO LOOK LIKE BOOKS The first thing you’ll want to do is scrub these clean with soap and water and allow them to dry. My pavers weren’t new, so they were covered in algae and dirt. Clean them enough to paint on. You don’t need to be perfect. After they are totally dry, you want MELTED PERLER BEAD AND PONY BEAD CRAFT PROJECTS The pony beads don’t ooze much so you don’t need much paper outside of the pony bead design. Perler beads ooze more so: you will need more paper or run paper up the side of the tray for them. Put the parchment paper down and fold the area by the sides so that it is creased enough to follow the edge of your sheet. ANTS, APHIDS, HONEYDEW AND SOOTY MOLD As the ants encourage and protect the aphids: the aphids excrete honeydew for the ants to feed on. As the aphids move, the honeydew collects on the leaves. Honeydew is sweet. Just like a hummingbird feeder will grow mold in the sugar water, honeydew’s sugar content feeds sooty mold. Your leaves will start to look black as the mold

spreads

CRAZY GREEN THUMBS

Yes! And It’s Delicious!!! This soup makes use of spring garden ingredients: peas, lettuce, spring onions and tarragon. If you have ever grown peas you know shelling peas is

MELON TRELLISING

Posted by crazygreenthumbs on July 24, 2020. August 21, 2020. I usually grow my vining melons on a trellis. Trellising makes them easy to care for and the plants themselves are healthier. Getting melon vines off the ground keeps the powdery mildew under control and I can easily spray the leaves when the inevitable aphid explosion comes. PAINTING PAVERS TO LOOK LIKE BOOKS The first thing you’ll want to do is scrub these clean with soap and water and allow them to dry. My pavers weren’t new, so they were covered in algae and dirt. Clean them enough to paint on. You don’t need to be perfect. After they are totally dry, you want COOKING WITH LETTUCE?!?! YES! AND IT’S DELICIOUS Bring to a boil; reduce to a simmer. Cook for 6 minutes covered. Add half of your lettuce and replace the lid, raise to a boil and let it steam a little. Uncover and stir the peas and broth up over the top of the lettuce until it wilts. Add remaining lettuce (Yes, it will fit!) and spring onions (or scallions). CURING AN EXTRA ITCHY CASE OF THE GARDENING STUPIDS Curing An Extra Itchy Case Of The Gardening Stupids. I would bet that most gardeners have a list of a few things that they do, out of habit, that are counterproductive. For me it’s gardening without gloves or long sleeves. I almost never wear gloves or long sleeves. I love to work the soil with my hands, I weed bare handed and I harvest bare SPRING IS THE TIME TO BEGIN BACKYARD FORAGING! Spring Is The Time To Begin Backyard Foraging! Posted by crazygreenthumbs on April 22, 2021. I love researching things that strike me as interesting. I’m creating a food forest in my backyard, so I want to know what parts of plants I can incorporate into my HOW TO MAKE A BAGGED DEAD BODY FOR Tape one side of the opened bag down the center of the back of the body bag. Roll the body up in the rest of the bag and tape shut. (This is a photo of the body face down.) If you are using rope, start at the neck. Tie tightly and keep the rope taught as you tape it PAINTING PAVERS TO LOOK LIKE BOOKS The first thing you’ll want to do is scrub these clean with soap and water and allow them to dry. My pavers weren’t new, so they were covered in algae and dirt. Clean them enough to paint on. You don’t need to be perfect. After they are totally dry, you want MELTED PERLER BEAD AND PONY BEAD CRAFT PROJECTS The pony beads don’t ooze much so you don’t need much paper outside of the pony bead design. Perler beads ooze more so: you will need more paper or run paper up the side of the tray for them. Put the parchment paper down and fold the area by the sides so that it is creased enough to follow the edge of your sheet. ANTS, APHIDS, HONEYDEW AND SOOTY MOLD As the ants encourage and protect the aphids: the aphids excrete honeydew for the ants to feed on. As the aphids move, the honeydew collects on the leaves. Honeydew is sweet. Just like a hummingbird feeder will grow mold in the sugar water, honeydew’s sugar content feeds sooty mold. Your leaves will start to look black as the mold

spreads

CRAZY GREEN THUMBS

Yes! And It’s Delicious!!! This soup makes use of spring garden ingredients: peas, lettuce, spring onions and tarragon. If you have ever grown peas you know shelling peas is SPRING IS THE TIME TO BEGIN BACKYARD FORAGING! Spring Is The Time To Begin Backyard Foraging! Posted by crazygreenthumbs on April 22, 2021. I love researching things that strike me as interesting. I’m creating a food forest in my backyard, so I want to know what parts of plants I can incorporate into my SO, I MADE A POTATO TOWER After the potatoes, I put another layer of soil in and topped that off with composted, bagged, cow manure. Then another nest of straw. And so it went, until I ran out of potatoes. I topped it off with soil and manure and put my last potatoes, eyes up, with BEGINNING GARDENER: CLASS 2-WALKING YOU THROUGH WHAT YOU Although, there are things that require direct sowing. Check your packet and don’t start or sow the whole thing! You may have a failure, need to restart or resow, or want to space your plantings for longer harvest.) Even if a beginner gardener gets seeds going, they

might want to

EVER HAD SPICED HIBISCUS FLOWER TEA? One of my favorite plants to grow down here is hibiscus. It is truly a beautiful plant and the flowers are breathtaking. I am not the only one who appreciates hibiscus. We frequently have hummingbirds in the garden sipping hibiscus nectar. My favorite part about the plant though, is that it's edible. Hibiscus is high BEGINNING GARDENER: CLASS 4-WALKING YOU THROUGH WHAT YOU This is the fourth and final installment of my beginner gardening tutorial. For this class I decided to list some of my favorite books and growing aides. The book list is by no means exhaustive but I have some that have truly helped me form the backbone of COUSIN IT… OH YEAH! Put a white kitchen trash bag over the tomato cage. Next are the skirts. Slide the first skirt up from the bottom until you have no excess on the ground. Next slowly slide the second skirt down from the top towards the bottom and make sure the waist of EASY PACKING TAPE GHOST All great and wonderful things should have another go! Here's my packing tape ghost from last year. I will definitely be making another this year (along with the spider egg sacks.) Happy Halloween! Oh, I had fun making this! I saw this "packing tape ghost" idea in

BISCAMP PEAR

I'm going to share my pear journey with the hard to find, but ridiculously tasty Biscamp pear. There's not much information out there and even 6 years, post purchase, the company I bought it from still has very little information and nothing new added to their website. I bought my Biscamp pear from justfruitsandexotics.com I MELTED PERLER BEAD AND PONY BEAD CRAFT PROJECTS For Perler beads, or for a combination of the two, you will need to line the cookie sheet with parchment paper. The pony beads don’t ooze much so you don’t need much paper outside of the pony beads design. Perler beads ooze more so: you will need more paper or

CRAZY GREEN THUMBS

Yes! And It’s Delicious!!! This soup makes use of spring garden ingredients: peas, lettuce, spring onions and tarragon. If you have ever grown peas you know shelling peas is COOKING WITH LETTUCE?!?! YES! AND IT’S DELICIOUS Bring to a boil; reduce to a simmer. Cook for 6 minutes covered. Add half of your lettuce and replace the lid, raise to a boil and let it steam a little. Uncover and stir the peas and broth up over the top of the lettuce until it wilts. Add remaining lettuce (Yes, it will fit!) and spring onions (or scallions).

MELON TRELLISING

Posted by crazygreenthumbs on July 24, 2020. August 21, 2020. I usually grow my vining melons on a trellis. Trellising makes them easy to care for and the plants themselves are healthier. Getting melon vines off the ground keeps the powdery mildew under control and I can easily spray the leaves when the inevitable aphid explosion comes. CURING AN EXTRA ITCHY CASE OF THE GARDENING STUPIDS Curing An Extra Itchy Case Of The Gardening Stupids. I would bet that most gardeners have a list of a few things that they do, out of habit, that are counterproductive. For me it’s gardening without gloves or long sleeves. I almost never wear gloves or long sleeves. I love to work the soil with my hands, I weed bare handed and I harvest bare PAINTING PAVERS TO LOOK LIKE BOOKS The first thing you’ll want to do is scrub these clean with soap and water and allow them to dry. My pavers weren’t new, so they were covered in algae and dirt. Clean them enough to paint on. You don’t need to be perfect. After they are totally dry, you want HOW TO MAKE A BAGGED DEAD BODY FOR Tape one side of the opened bag down the center of the back of the body bag. Roll the body up in the rest of the bag and tape shut. (This is a photo of the body face down.) If you are using rope, start at the neck. Tie tightly and keep the rope taught as you tape it MELTED PERLER BEAD AND PONY BEAD CRAFT PROJECTS The pony beads don’t ooze much so you don’t need much paper outside of the pony bead design. Perler beads ooze more so: you will need more paper or run paper up the side of the tray for them. Put the parchment paper down and fold the area by the sides so that it is creased enough to follow the edge of your sheet.

BISCAMP PEAR

I'm going to share my pear journey with the hard to find, but ridiculously tasty Biscamp pear. There's not much information out there and even 6 years, post purchase, the company I bought it from still has very little information and nothing new added to their website. I bought my Biscamp pear from justfruitsandexotics.com I ANTS, APHIDS, HONEYDEW AND SOOTY MOLD As the ants encourage and protect the aphids: the aphids excrete honeydew for the ants to feed on. As the aphids move, the honeydew collects on the leaves. Honeydew is sweet. Just like a hummingbird feeder will grow mold in the sugar water, honeydew’s sugar content feeds sooty mold. Your leaves will start to look black as the mold

spreads

WITCH CIRCLE/GHOST RING Remove the witch’s head and set it to the side. Take one of your cut up “dress” bags and slide the rebar through the center hole that you cut. Put the end of the rebar on the ground and bring the bag up, so that: the strips hang like a skirt around the rebar. Tie the center edges that you cut together.

CRAZY GREEN THUMBS

Yes! And It’s Delicious!!! This soup makes use of spring garden ingredients: peas, lettuce, spring onions and tarragon. If you have ever grown peas you know shelling peas is COOKING WITH LETTUCE?!?! YES! AND IT’S DELICIOUS Bring to a boil; reduce to a simmer. Cook for 6 minutes covered. Add half of your lettuce and replace the lid, raise to a boil and let it steam a little. Uncover and stir the peas and broth up over the top of the lettuce until it wilts. Add remaining lettuce (Yes, it will fit!) and spring onions (or scallions).

MELON TRELLISING

Posted by crazygreenthumbs on July 24, 2020. August 21, 2020. I usually grow my vining melons on a trellis. Trellising makes them easy to care for and the plants themselves are healthier. Getting melon vines off the ground keeps the powdery mildew under control and I can easily spray the leaves when the inevitable aphid explosion comes. CURING AN EXTRA ITCHY CASE OF THE GARDENING STUPIDS Curing An Extra Itchy Case Of The Gardening Stupids. I would bet that most gardeners have a list of a few things that they do, out of habit, that are counterproductive. For me it’s gardening without gloves or long sleeves. I almost never wear gloves or long sleeves. I love to work the soil with my hands, I weed bare handed and I harvest bare PAINTING PAVERS TO LOOK LIKE BOOKS The first thing you’ll want to do is scrub these clean with soap and water and allow them to dry. My pavers weren’t new, so they were covered in algae and dirt. Clean them enough to paint on. You don’t need to be perfect. After they are totally dry, you want HOW TO MAKE A BAGGED DEAD BODY FOR Tape one side of the opened bag down the center of the back of the body bag. Roll the body up in the rest of the bag and tape shut. (This is a photo of the body face down.) If you are using rope, start at the neck. Tie tightly and keep the rope taught as you tape it MELTED PERLER BEAD AND PONY BEAD CRAFT PROJECTS The pony beads don’t ooze much so you don’t need much paper outside of the pony bead design. Perler beads ooze more so: you will need more paper or run paper up the side of the tray for them. Put the parchment paper down and fold the area by the sides so that it is creased enough to follow the edge of your sheet.

BISCAMP PEAR

I'm going to share my pear journey with the hard to find, but ridiculously tasty Biscamp pear. There's not much information out there and even 6 years, post purchase, the company I bought it from still has very little information and nothing new added to their website. I bought my Biscamp pear from justfruitsandexotics.com I ANTS, APHIDS, HONEYDEW AND SOOTY MOLD As the ants encourage and protect the aphids: the aphids excrete honeydew for the ants to feed on. As the aphids move, the honeydew collects on the leaves. Honeydew is sweet. Just like a hummingbird feeder will grow mold in the sugar water, honeydew’s sugar content feeds sooty mold. Your leaves will start to look black as the mold

spreads

WITCH CIRCLE/GHOST RING Remove the witch’s head and set it to the side. Take one of your cut up “dress” bags and slide the rebar through the center hole that you cut. Put the end of the rebar on the ground and bring the bag up, so that: the strips hang like a skirt around the rebar. Tie the center edges that you cut together. CRAFTS – CRAZY GREEN THUMBS Posts about Crafts written by crazygreenthumbs. Every once in a while I end up on Pinterest. I try not to do it often, because it’s like going to an all you can eat buffet: I think I can eat (or do) way more than reality will allow me to.

MELON TRELLISING

Posted by crazygreenthumbs on July 24, 2020. August 21, 2020. I usually grow my vining melons on a trellis. Trellising makes them easy to care for and the plants themselves are healthier. Getting melon vines off the ground keeps the powdery mildew under control and I can easily spray the leaves when the inevitable aphid explosion comes. SPRING IS THE TIME TO BEGIN BACKYARD FORAGING! Spring Is The Time To Begin Backyard Foraging! Posted by crazygreenthumbs on April 22, 2021. I love researching things that strike me as interesting. I’m creating a food forest in my backyard, so I want to know what parts of plants I can incorporate into my SO, I MADE A POTATO TOWER After the potatoes, I put another layer of soil in and topped that off with composted, bagged, cow manure. Then another nest of straw. And so it went, until I ran out of potatoes. I topped it off with soil and manure and put my last potatoes, eyes up, with VAN GOGH STARRY NIGHT DIY Every once in a while I end up on Pinterest. I try not to do it often, because it’s like going to an all you can eat buffet: I think I can eat (or do) way more than reality will allow me to. AN UPDATE ON MY PEAR TREE IRON IMPLANTS An Update On My Pear Tree Iron Implants. Posted by crazygreenthumbs on April 29, 2021. April 21, 2021. Zero iron chlorosis! Last year our summer was baking hot: 100+ degrees for months and no rain. It was hard on my trees, especially my pear tree. My pear gets iron chlorosis (many fruit trees do) and also I had calcium deficiency in the fruit BEGINNING GARDENER: CLASS 4-WALKING YOU THROUGH WHAT YOU This is the fourth and final installment of my beginner gardening tutorial. For this class I decided to list some of my favorite books and growing aides. The book list is by no means exhaustive but I have some that have truly helped me form the backbone of THE GREATEST GREEN YOU’VE NEVER EATEN: SWEET POTATO LEAVES Add lemon juice and sweet potato leaves. 4. Cook until just wilted and still bright green. 5. Plate and add parmesan. 6. Serve warm. I hope you have a chance to try sweet potato leaves. I am now trying to figure out exactly how many of these leaves I can harvest before I

affect the tubers!

SWISS CHARD WITH PASTA AND FETA 1. Bring large pot of water to boil and add pasta. In the meantime, add the olive oil to a large frying pan and add onion, chard/beet stems and garlic. Cook over medium heat. Season with salt and pepper to taste, cook until onions and garlic are translucent, about 3

minutes. 2.

BEGINNING GARDENER: CLASS 2-WALKING YOU THROUGH WHAT YOU Although, there are things that require direct sowing. Check your packet and don’t start or sow the whole thing! You may have a failure, need to restart or resow, or want to space your plantings for longer harvest.) Even if a beginner gardener gets seeds going, they

might want to

CRAZY GREEN THUMBS

Yes! And It’s Delicious!!! This soup makes use of spring garden ingredients: peas, lettuce, spring onions and tarragon. If you have ever grown peas you know shelling peas is

ADVANCED GARDENING

More Advanced Skills, For Specific Gardening Problems: Please Don’t Rock Your Yard! Hand Pollination Spring Foraging Ideas Hugelkulter Beds Hugelkulter/Keyhole/Worm

MELON TRELLISING

Posted by crazygreenthumbs on July 24, 2020. August 21, 2020. I usually grow my vining melons on a trellis. Trellising makes them easy to care for and the plants themselves are healthier. Getting melon vines off the ground keeps the powdery mildew under control and I can easily spray the leaves when the inevitable aphid explosion comes. PAINTING PAVERS TO LOOK LIKE BOOKS The first thing you’ll want to do is scrub these clean with soap and water and allow them to dry. My pavers weren’t new, so they were covered in algae and dirt. Clean them enough to paint on. You don’t need to be perfect. After they are totally dry, you want CURING AN EXTRA ITCHY CASE OF THE GARDENING STUPIDS Curing An Extra Itchy Case Of The Gardening Stupids. I would bet that most gardeners have a list of a few things that they do, out of habit, that are counterproductive. For me it’s gardening without gloves or long sleeves. I almost never wear gloves or long sleeves. I love to work the soil with my hands, I weed bare handed and I harvest bare PAINTING PAVERS TO LOOK LIKE BOOKS The first thing you’ll want to do is scrub these clean with soap and water and allow them to dry. My pavers weren’t new, so they were covered in algae and dirt. Clean them enough to paint on. You don’t need to be perfect. After they are totally dry, you want HOW TO MAKE A BAGGED DEAD BODY FOR Tape one side of the opened bag down the center of the back of the body bag. Roll the body up in the rest of the bag and tape shut. (This is a photo of the body face down.) If you are using rope, start at the neck. Tie tightly and keep the rope taught as you tape it BE THE BEE! HOW AND WHEN HAND POLLINATING MAKES SENSE Grabbing the plant and giving it a good shake will help knock loose pollen from the anthers onto the stigma. You can grab a tomato plant and give it a shake to knock the pollen off of the male part of the flower onto the female part. Tomatoes are self-pollinating. Each flower contains both male and WITCH CIRCLE/GHOST RING Remove the witch’s head and set it to the side. Take one of your cut up “dress” bags and slide the rebar through the center hole that you cut. Put the end of the rebar on the ground and bring the bag up, so that: the strips hang like a skirt around the rebar. Tie the center edges that you cut together. ANTS, APHIDS, HONEYDEW AND SOOTY MOLD As the ants encourage and protect the aphids: the aphids excrete honeydew for the ants to feed on. As the aphids move, the honeydew collects on the leaves. Honeydew is sweet. Just like a hummingbird feeder will grow mold in the sugar water, honeydew’s sugar content feeds sooty mold. Your leaves will start to look black as the mold

spreads

CRAZY GREEN THUMBS

Yes! And It’s Delicious!!! This soup makes use of spring garden ingredients: peas, lettuce, spring onions and tarragon. If you have ever grown peas you know shelling peas is

ADVANCED GARDENING

More Advanced Skills, For Specific Gardening Problems: Please Don’t Rock Your Yard! Hand Pollination Spring Foraging Ideas Hugelkulter Beds Hugelkulter/Keyhole/Worm

MELON TRELLISING

Posted by crazygreenthumbs on July 24, 2020. August 21, 2020. I usually grow my vining melons on a trellis. Trellising makes them easy to care for and the plants themselves are healthier. Getting melon vines off the ground keeps the powdery mildew under control and I can easily spray the leaves when the inevitable aphid explosion comes. PAINTING PAVERS TO LOOK LIKE BOOKS The first thing you’ll want to do is scrub these clean with soap and water and allow them to dry. My pavers weren’t new, so they were covered in algae and dirt. Clean them enough to paint on. You don’t need to be perfect. After they are totally dry, you want CURING AN EXTRA ITCHY CASE OF THE GARDENING STUPIDS Curing An Extra Itchy Case Of The Gardening Stupids. I would bet that most gardeners have a list of a few things that they do, out of habit, that are counterproductive. For me it’s gardening without gloves or long sleeves. I almost never wear gloves or long sleeves. I love to work the soil with my hands, I weed bare handed and I harvest bare PAINTING PAVERS TO LOOK LIKE BOOKS The first thing you’ll want to do is scrub these clean with soap and water and allow them to dry. My pavers weren’t new, so they were covered in algae and dirt. Clean them enough to paint on. You don’t need to be perfect. After they are totally dry, you want HOW TO MAKE A BAGGED DEAD BODY FOR Tape one side of the opened bag down the center of the back of the body bag. Roll the body up in the rest of the bag and tape shut. (This is a photo of the body face down.) If you are using rope, start at the neck. Tie tightly and keep the rope taught as you tape it BE THE BEE! HOW AND WHEN HAND POLLINATING MAKES SENSE Grabbing the plant and giving it a good shake will help knock loose pollen from the anthers onto the stigma. You can grab a tomato plant and give it a shake to knock the pollen off of the male part of the flower onto the female part. Tomatoes are self-pollinating. Each flower contains both male and WITCH CIRCLE/GHOST RING Remove the witch’s head and set it to the side. Take one of your cut up “dress” bags and slide the rebar through the center hole that you cut. Put the end of the rebar on the ground and bring the bag up, so that: the strips hang like a skirt around the rebar. Tie the center edges that you cut together. ANTS, APHIDS, HONEYDEW AND SOOTY MOLD As the ants encourage and protect the aphids: the aphids excrete honeydew for the ants to feed on. As the aphids move, the honeydew collects on the leaves. Honeydew is sweet. Just like a hummingbird feeder will grow mold in the sugar water, honeydew’s sugar content feeds sooty mold. Your leaves will start to look black as the mold

spreads

CRAFTS – CRAZY GREEN THUMBS Posts about Crafts written by crazygreenthumbs. Every once in a while I end up on Pinterest. I try not to do it often, because it’s like going to an all you can eat buffet: I think I can eat (or do) way more than reality will allow me to. ABOUT – CRAZY GREEN THUMBS About. I consider my gardening a delusional adventure. I always think I have more time, space and strength than I actually do. I garden for some very good reasons: it’s therapeutic, meditative and completely addictive. My gardening habit frequently exceeds my physical abilities but it also heals me and focuses my attention on something

ADVANCED GARDENING

More Advanced Skills, For Specific Gardening Problems: Please Don’t Rock Your Yard! Hand Pollination Spring Foraging Ideas Hugelkulter Beds Hugelkulter/Keyhole/Worm SO, I MADE A POTATO TOWER After the potatoes, I put another layer of soil in and topped that off with composted, bagged, cow manure. Then another nest of straw. And so it went, until I ran out of potatoes. I topped it off with soil and manure and put my last potatoes, eyes up, with HALLOWEEN – CRAZY GREEN THUMBS Quick run down of available Halloween tutorials on Crazy Green Thumbs: How To Make A Dead Body Silver Faceless Aliens Duct Tape Spider With Duct tape Web Easy Packing Tape Ghost Witch/Ghost Ring Cousin It! Oh Yeah! Last Minute Kid Friendly Halloween Decorations COOKING WITH LETTUCE?!?! YES! AND IT’S DELICIOUS Bring to a boil; reduce to a simmer. Cook for 6 minutes covered. Add half of your lettuce and replace the lid, raise to a boil and let it steam a little. Uncover and stir the peas and broth up over the top of the lettuce until it wilts. Add remaining lettuce (Yes, it will fit!) and spring onions (or scallions). PLEASE DON’T ROCK YOUR YARD! While we were in Colorado there was a trend to rip out anything that was growing and replace it with a gravel landscape. Every time I saw someone ripping out their grass to do this: I wanted to throttle them. Here is why: rock is not low maintenance. I understand those who don't

garden are

THE GREATEST GREEN YOU’VE NEVER EATEN: SWEET POTATO LEAVES Add lemon juice and sweet potato leaves. 4. Cook until just wilted and still bright green. 5. Plate and add parmesan. 6. Serve warm. I hope you have a chance to try sweet potato leaves. I am now trying to figure out exactly how many of these leaves I can harvest before I

affect the tubers!

VAN GOGH STARRY NIGHT DIY Every once in a while I end up on Pinterest. I try not to do it often, because it’s like going to an all you can eat buffet: I think I can eat (or do) way more than reality will allow me to. HOW TO MAKE A BAGGED DEAD BODY FOR Tape one side of the opened bag down the center of the back of the body bag. Roll the body up in the rest of the bag and tape shut. (This is a photo of the body face down.) If you are using rope, start at the neck. Tie tightly and keep the rope taught as you tape it

CRAZY GREEN THUMBS

Yes! And It’s Delicious!!! This soup makes use of spring garden ingredients: peas, lettuce, spring onions and tarragon. If you have ever grown peas you know shelling peas is

ADVANCED GARDENING

More Advanced Skills, For Specific Gardening Problems: Please Don’t Rock Your Yard! Hand Pollination Spring Foraging Ideas Hugelkulter Beds Hugelkulter/Keyhole/Worm

MELON TRELLISING

Posted by crazygreenthumbs on July 24, 2020. August 21, 2020. I usually grow my vining melons on a trellis. Trellising makes them easy to care for and the plants themselves are healthier. Getting melon vines off the ground keeps the powdery mildew under control and I can easily spray the leaves when the inevitable aphid explosion comes. PAINTING PAVERS TO LOOK LIKE BOOKS The first thing you’ll want to do is scrub these clean with soap and water and allow them to dry. My pavers weren’t new, so they were covered in algae and dirt. Clean them enough to paint on. You don’t need to be perfect. After they are totally dry, you want CURING AN EXTRA ITCHY CASE OF THE GARDENING STUPIDS Curing An Extra Itchy Case Of The Gardening Stupids. I would bet that most gardeners have a list of a few things that they do, out of habit, that are counterproductive. For me it’s gardening without gloves or long sleeves. I almost never wear gloves or long sleeves. I love to work the soil with my hands, I weed bare handed and I harvest bare PAINTING PAVERS TO LOOK LIKE BOOKS The first thing you’ll want to do is scrub these clean with soap and water and allow them to dry. My pavers weren’t new, so they were covered in algae and dirt. Clean them enough to paint on. You don’t need to be perfect. After they are totally dry, you want HOW TO MAKE A BAGGED DEAD BODY FOR Tape one side of the opened bag down the center of the back of the body bag. Roll the body up in the rest of the bag and tape shut. (This is a photo of the body face down.) If you are using rope, start at the neck. Tie tightly and keep the rope taught as you tape it BE THE BEE! HOW AND WHEN HAND POLLINATING MAKES SENSE Grabbing the plant and giving it a good shake will help knock loose pollen from the anthers onto the stigma. You can grab a tomato plant and give it a shake to knock the pollen off of the male part of the flower onto the female part. Tomatoes are self-pollinating. Each flower contains both male and WITCH CIRCLE/GHOST RING Remove the witch’s head and set it to the side. Take one of your cut up “dress” bags and slide the rebar through the center hole that you cut. Put the end of the rebar on the ground and bring the bag up, so that: the strips hang like a skirt around the rebar. Tie the center edges that you cut together. ANTS, APHIDS, HONEYDEW AND SOOTY MOLD As the ants encourage and protect the aphids: the aphids excrete honeydew for the ants to feed on. As the aphids move, the honeydew collects on the leaves. Honeydew is sweet. Just like a hummingbird feeder will grow mold in the sugar water, honeydew’s sugar content feeds sooty mold. Your leaves will start to look black as the mold

spreads

CRAZY GREEN THUMBS

Yes! And It’s Delicious!!! This soup makes use of spring garden ingredients: peas, lettuce, spring onions and tarragon. If you have ever grown peas you know shelling peas is

ADVANCED GARDENING

More Advanced Skills, For Specific Gardening Problems: Please Don’t Rock Your Yard! Hand Pollination Spring Foraging Ideas Hugelkulter Beds Hugelkulter/Keyhole/Worm

MELON TRELLISING

Posted by crazygreenthumbs on July 24, 2020. August 21, 2020. I usually grow my vining melons on a trellis. Trellising makes them easy to care for and the plants themselves are healthier. Getting melon vines off the ground keeps the powdery mildew under control and I can easily spray the leaves when the inevitable aphid explosion comes. PAINTING PAVERS TO LOOK LIKE BOOKS The first thing you’ll want to do is scrub these clean with soap and water and allow them to dry. My pavers weren’t new, so they were covered in algae and dirt. Clean them enough to paint on. You don’t need to be perfect. After they are totally dry, you want CURING AN EXTRA ITCHY CASE OF THE GARDENING STUPIDS Curing An Extra Itchy Case Of The Gardening Stupids. I would bet that most gardeners have a list of a few things that they do, out of habit, that are counterproductive. For me it’s gardening without gloves or long sleeves. I almost never wear gloves or long sleeves. I love to work the soil with my hands, I weed bare handed and I harvest bare PAINTING PAVERS TO LOOK LIKE BOOKS The first thing you’ll want to do is scrub these clean with soap and water and allow them to dry. My pavers weren’t new, so they were covered in algae and dirt. Clean them enough to paint on. You don’t need to be perfect. After they are totally dry, you want HOW TO MAKE A BAGGED DEAD BODY FOR Tape one side of the opened bag down the center of the back of the body bag. Roll the body up in the rest of the bag and tape shut. (This is a photo of the body face down.) If you are using rope, start at the neck. Tie tightly and keep the rope taught as you tape it BE THE BEE! HOW AND WHEN HAND POLLINATING MAKES SENSE Grabbing the plant and giving it a good shake will help knock loose pollen from the anthers onto the stigma. You can grab a tomato plant and give it a shake to knock the pollen off of the male part of the flower onto the female part. Tomatoes are self-pollinating. Each flower contains both male and WITCH CIRCLE/GHOST RING Remove the witch’s head and set it to the side. Take one of your cut up “dress” bags and slide the rebar through the center hole that you cut. Put the end of the rebar on the ground and bring the bag up, so that: the strips hang like a skirt around the rebar. Tie the center edges that you cut together. ANTS, APHIDS, HONEYDEW AND SOOTY MOLD As the ants encourage and protect the aphids: the aphids excrete honeydew for the ants to feed on. As the aphids move, the honeydew collects on the leaves. Honeydew is sweet. Just like a hummingbird feeder will grow mold in the sugar water, honeydew’s sugar content feeds sooty mold. Your leaves will start to look black as the mold

spreads

CRAFTS – CRAZY GREEN THUMBS Posts about Crafts written by crazygreenthumbs. Every once in a while I end up on Pinterest. I try not to do it often, because it’s like going to an all you can eat buffet: I think I can eat (or do) way more than reality will allow me to. ABOUT – CRAZY GREEN THUMBS About. I consider my gardening a delusional adventure. I always think I have more time, space and strength than I actually do. I garden for some very good reasons: it’s therapeutic, meditative and completely addictive. My gardening habit frequently exceeds my physical abilities but it also heals me and focuses my attention on something

ADVANCED GARDENING

More Advanced Skills, For Specific Gardening Problems: Please Don’t Rock Your Yard! Hand Pollination Spring Foraging Ideas Hugelkulter Beds Hugelkulter/Keyhole/Worm SO, I MADE A POTATO TOWER After the potatoes, I put another layer of soil in and topped that off with composted, bagged, cow manure. Then another nest of straw. And so it went, until I ran out of potatoes. I topped it off with soil and manure and put my last potatoes, eyes up, with HALLOWEEN – CRAZY GREEN THUMBS Quick run down of available Halloween tutorials on Crazy Green Thumbs: How To Make A Dead Body Silver Faceless Aliens Duct Tape Spider With Duct tape Web Easy Packing Tape Ghost Witch/Ghost Ring Cousin It! Oh Yeah! Last Minute Kid Friendly Halloween Decorations COOKING WITH LETTUCE?!?! YES! AND IT’S DELICIOUS Bring to a boil; reduce to a simmer. Cook for 6 minutes covered. Add half of your lettuce and replace the lid, raise to a boil and let it steam a little. Uncover and stir the peas and broth up over the top of the lettuce until it wilts. Add remaining lettuce (Yes, it will fit!) and spring onions (or scallions). PLEASE DON’T ROCK YOUR YARD! While we were in Colorado there was a trend to rip out anything that was growing and replace it with a gravel landscape. Every time I saw someone ripping out their grass to do this: I wanted to throttle them. Here is why: rock is not low maintenance. I understand those who don't

garden are

THE GREATEST GREEN YOU’VE NEVER EATEN: SWEET POTATO LEAVES Add lemon juice and sweet potato leaves. 4. Cook until just wilted and still bright green. 5. Plate and add parmesan. 6. Serve warm. I hope you have a chance to try sweet potato leaves. I am now trying to figure out exactly how many of these leaves I can harvest before I

affect the tubers!

VAN GOGH STARRY NIGHT DIY Every once in a while I end up on Pinterest. I try not to do it often, because it’s like going to an all you can eat buffet: I think I can eat (or do) way more than reality will allow me to. HOW TO MAKE A BAGGED DEAD BODY FOR Tape one side of the opened bag down the center of the back of the body bag. Roll the body up in the rest of the bag and tape shut. (This is a photo of the body face down.) If you are using rope, start at the neck. Tie tightly and keep the rope taught as you tape it

CRAZY GREEN THUMBS

Yes! And It’s Delicious!!! This soup makes use of spring garden ingredients: peas, lettuce, spring onions and tarragon. If you have ever grown peas you know shelling peas is

ADVANCED GARDENING

More Advanced Skills, For Specific Gardening Problems: Please Don’t Rock Your Yard! Hand Pollination Spring Foraging Ideas Hugelkulter Beds Hugelkulter/Keyhole/Worm

MELON TRELLISING

Posted by crazygreenthumbs on July 24, 2020. August 21, 2020. I usually grow my vining melons on a trellis. Trellising makes them easy to care for and the plants themselves are healthier. Getting melon vines off the ground keeps the powdery mildew under control and I can easily spray the leaves when the inevitable aphid explosion comes. PAINTING PAVERS TO LOOK LIKE BOOKS The first thing you’ll want to do is scrub these clean with soap and water and allow them to dry. My pavers weren’t new, so they were covered in algae and dirt. Clean them enough to paint on. You don’t need to be perfect. After they are totally dry, you want CURING AN EXTRA ITCHY CASE OF THE GARDENING STUPIDS Curing An Extra Itchy Case Of The Gardening Stupids. I would bet that most gardeners have a list of a few things that they do, out of habit, that are counterproductive. For me it’s gardening without gloves or long sleeves. I almost never wear gloves or long sleeves. I love to work the soil with my hands, I weed bare handed and I harvest bare PAINTING PAVERS TO LOOK LIKE BOOKS The first thing you’ll want to do is scrub these clean with soap and water and allow them to dry. My pavers weren’t new, so they were covered in algae and dirt. Clean them enough to paint on. You don’t need to be perfect. After they are totally dry, you want HOW TO MAKE A BAGGED DEAD BODY FOR Tape one side of the opened bag down the center of the back of the body bag. Roll the body up in the rest of the bag and tape shut. (This is a photo of the body face down.) If you are using rope, start at the neck. Tie tightly and keep the rope taught as you tape it BE THE BEE! HOW AND WHEN HAND POLLINATING MAKES SENSE Grabbing the plant and giving it a good shake will help knock loose pollen from the anthers onto the stigma. You can grab a tomato plant and give it a shake to knock the pollen off of the male part of the flower onto the female part. Tomatoes are self-pollinating. Each flower contains both male and WITCH CIRCLE/GHOST RING Remove the witch’s head and set it to the side. Take one of your cut up “dress” bags and slide the rebar through the center hole that you cut. Put the end of the rebar on the ground and bring the bag up, so that: the strips hang like a skirt around the rebar. Tie the center edges that you cut together. ANTS, APHIDS, HONEYDEW AND SOOTY MOLD As the ants encourage and protect the aphids: the aphids excrete honeydew for the ants to feed on. As the aphids move, the honeydew collects on the leaves. Honeydew is sweet. Just like a hummingbird feeder will grow mold in the sugar water, honeydew’s sugar content feeds sooty mold. Your leaves will start to look black as the mold

spreads

CRAZY GREEN THUMBS

Yes! And It’s Delicious!!! This soup makes use of spring garden ingredients: peas, lettuce, spring onions and tarragon. If you have ever grown peas you know shelling peas is

ADVANCED GARDENING

More Advanced Skills, For Specific Gardening Problems: Please Don’t Rock Your Yard! Hand Pollination Spring Foraging Ideas Hugelkulter Beds Hugelkulter/Keyhole/Worm

MELON TRELLISING

Posted by crazygreenthumbs on July 24, 2020. August 21, 2020. I usually grow my vining melons on a trellis. Trellising makes them easy to care for and the plants themselves are healthier. Getting melon vines off the ground keeps the powdery mildew under control and I can easily spray the leaves when the inevitable aphid explosion comes. PAINTING PAVERS TO LOOK LIKE BOOKS The first thing you’ll want to do is scrub these clean with soap and water and allow them to dry. My pavers weren’t new, so they were covered in algae and dirt. Clean them enough to paint on. You don’t need to be perfect. After they are totally dry, you want CURING AN EXTRA ITCHY CASE OF THE GARDENING STUPIDS Curing An Extra Itchy Case Of The Gardening Stupids. I would bet that most gardeners have a list of a few things that they do, out of habit, that are counterproductive. For me it’s gardening without gloves or long sleeves. I almost never wear gloves or long sleeves. I love to work the soil with my hands, I weed bare handed and I harvest bare PAINTING PAVERS TO LOOK LIKE BOOKS The first thing you’ll want to do is scrub these clean with soap and water and allow them to dry. My pavers weren’t new, so they were covered in algae and dirt. Clean them enough to paint on. You don’t need to be perfect. After they are totally dry, you want HOW TO MAKE A BAGGED DEAD BODY FOR Tape one side of the opened bag down the center of the back of the body bag. Roll the body up in the rest of the bag and tape shut. (This is a photo of the body face down.) If you are using rope, start at the neck. Tie tightly and keep the rope taught as you tape it BE THE BEE! HOW AND WHEN HAND POLLINATING MAKES SENSE Grabbing the plant and giving it a good shake will help knock loose pollen from the anthers onto the stigma. You can grab a tomato plant and give it a shake to knock the pollen off of the male part of the flower onto the female part. Tomatoes are self-pollinating. Each flower contains both male and WITCH CIRCLE/GHOST RING Remove the witch’s head and set it to the side. Take one of your cut up “dress” bags and slide the rebar through the center hole that you cut. Put the end of the rebar on the ground and bring the bag up, so that: the strips hang like a skirt around the rebar. Tie the center edges that you cut together. ANTS, APHIDS, HONEYDEW AND SOOTY MOLD As the ants encourage and protect the aphids: the aphids excrete honeydew for the ants to feed on. As the aphids move, the honeydew collects on the leaves. Honeydew is sweet. Just like a hummingbird feeder will grow mold in the sugar water, honeydew’s sugar content feeds sooty mold. Your leaves will start to look black as the mold

spreads

CRAFTS – CRAZY GREEN THUMBS Posts about Crafts written by crazygreenthumbs. Every once in a while I end up on Pinterest. I try not to do it often, because it’s like going to an all you can eat buffet: I think I can eat (or do) way more than reality will allow me to. ABOUT – CRAZY GREEN THUMBS About. I consider my gardening a delusional adventure. I always think I have more time, space and strength than I actually do. I garden for some very good reasons: it’s therapeutic, meditative and completely addictive. My gardening habit frequently exceeds my physical abilities but it also heals me and focuses my attention on something

ADVANCED GARDENING

More Advanced Skills, For Specific Gardening Problems: Please Don’t Rock Your Yard! Hand Pollination Spring Foraging Ideas Hugelkulter Beds Hugelkulter/Keyhole/Worm SO, I MADE A POTATO TOWER After the potatoes, I put another layer of soil in and topped that off with composted, bagged, cow manure. Then another nest of straw. And so it went, until I ran out of potatoes. I topped it off with soil and manure and put my last potatoes, eyes up, with HALLOWEEN – CRAZY GREEN THUMBS Quick run down of available Halloween tutorials on Crazy Green Thumbs: How To Make A Dead Body Silver Faceless Aliens Duct Tape Spider With Duct tape Web Easy Packing Tape Ghost Witch/Ghost Ring Cousin It! Oh Yeah! Last Minute Kid Friendly Halloween Decorations COOKING WITH LETTUCE?!?! YES! AND IT’S DELICIOUS Bring to a boil; reduce to a simmer. Cook for 6 minutes covered. Add half of your lettuce and replace the lid, raise to a boil and let it steam a little. Uncover and stir the peas and broth up over the top of the lettuce until it wilts. Add remaining lettuce (Yes, it will fit!) and spring onions (or scallions). PLEASE DON’T ROCK YOUR YARD! While we were in Colorado there was a trend to rip out anything that was growing and replace it with a gravel landscape. Every time I saw someone ripping out their grass to do this: I wanted to throttle them. Here is why: rock is not low maintenance. I understand those who don't

garden are

THE GREATEST GREEN YOU’VE NEVER EATEN: SWEET POTATO LEAVES Add lemon juice and sweet potato leaves. 4. Cook until just wilted and still bright green. 5. Plate and add parmesan. 6. Serve warm. I hope you have a chance to try sweet potato leaves. I am now trying to figure out exactly how many of these leaves I can harvest before I

affect the tubers!

VAN GOGH STARRY NIGHT DIY Every once in a while I end up on Pinterest. I try not to do it often, because it’s like going to an all you can eat buffet: I think I can eat (or do) way more than reality will allow me to. HOW TO MAKE A BAGGED DEAD BODY FOR Tape one side of the opened bag down the center of the back of the body bag. Roll the body up in the rest of the bag and tape shut. (This is a photo of the body face down.) If you are using rope, start at the neck. Tie tightly and keep the rope taught as you tape it

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CHRONICLING A DELUSIONAL GARDENING EXPERIENCE. HAPPY HALLOWEEN 2019! I thought I’d share our finished projects this year. We have a large display and the tutorials are on this blog site. We have a lot of fun with Halloween and we enjoy sharing our creations! I love quick, cheap, homemade decorations. We add a little more each year. We’re seven years in and this…

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MILK JUG SPIDER

I love making Halloween decorations! I also love to make CHEAP decorations. I don’t think I can find a good reason to buy a lot of what I see in the stores. I am pretty happy with a lot of what I can make, too. I live in South Texas. Halloween celebrations are almost

as…

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COUSIN IT… OH YEAH! I saw this and I had to make one! All of my Halloween decorations are cheap, but some require a little planning. If you want to make this you will need to find the pieces and order them so that this is done before Halloween! First order of business is acquiring the parts.

I’ve included…

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WITCH CIRCLE/GHOST RING I love making Halloween decorations, but I think they should be nearly free. Most of the things in our yard are homemade (with the exception of a couple of blow up displays and some skeletons.) I need my display to make a big impact (because we are trying to get people to walk down

a…

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EASY PACKING TAPE GHOST Oh, I had fun making this! She’s now four years old. It has been one of my favorite projects. I have a huge display this year and she still holds her own, even with our 12 foot ghost and witch circle (you can get those instructions here)! I saw this “packing tape ghost” idea

in…

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HAUNTED HEADS

I had two main projects I wanted to accomplish this Halloween. One project was my Silver Faceless Aliens and the second was some posts with masks, or: Haunted Heads! I decided to do these after I saw a pin. But unfortunately, no matter which pin I opened I couldn’t find the instructions to make these….

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SILVER FACELESS ALIENS It’s Halloween time again! I’m trying something new this year! Silver Faceless Aliens! They are human height and shape and creep everyone out! I instantly had the idea after looking at this mask. So much fun! Like all of my projects: it’s super cheap and has a big impact. I’m making four. Here are the…

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HOW TO MAKE A BAGGED DEAD BODY FOR HALLOWEEN I made my original dead body bag about 4 or 5 years ago and I’ve learned some things about how to make these after having to repair it a few times. Like most of my projects: this is simple but impressive. I’ve seen some bodies in our neighborhood and online instructions (using plastic containers) and…

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CURING AN EXTRA ITCHY CASE OF THE GARDENING STUPIDS I would bet that most gardeners have a list of a few things that they do, out of habit, that are counterproductive. For me it’s gardening without gloves or long sleeves. I almost never wear gloves or long sleeves. I love to work the soil with my hands, I weed bare handed and

I harvest…

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GARDEN HUCKLEBERRY: A COMPLETELY NUTTY SCIENCE EXPERIMENT!!! Garden huckleberry: Every serious fruit gardener should grow this at least once. Everyone who loves a good science experiment should cook with it at least once!!! What am I talking about? Well, this is a crazy plant. It is a nightshade (as are: tomatoes, potatoes, tomatillo, eggplants, peppers and maybe, most famously belladonna, aka

deadly…

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