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DIY newspaper pots: an illustrated guide

Cut a newspaper sheet into quarters, then fold each quarter in half.

Find a beer bottle or other cylinder (~2" in diameter) and wrap a folded quarter-sheet around it. Ensure the "hanging" portion of the wrapped sheet is longer than the radius of the bottle.

Fold the hanging portion over the end of the bottle to form the bottom of the pot.

Remove the formed pot from the bottle.

Roll the rim inward to help the pot maintain its shape. The weight of the soil should prevent the bottom of the pot from unfolding.

The end result is a biodegradable dirt-holder. This size is ideal for starting seeds.

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Which one of you did this, you deserve a scone

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Tuberous begonias can be preserved indoors for planting outdoors the following year in cold climates. Tubers are extracted from the ground before frosts arrive and placed in a container with wood shavings.

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Standing still for too long or traveling too slowly on this walking trail will only draw the deer flies out.

#rural landscape #landscape #forest #trees #hiking #hiking trail

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Head empty, only dahlias from the public garden

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Plants of a temperate coastal ecosystem characterized by wind, salt spray, nutrient-poor acidic soil, and water stress- tuberous grasspink (Calopogon tuberosus), round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia), purple pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea), cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon), roseroot (Rhodiola rosea), and twinflower (Linnaea borealis). Small, waxy leaves and short stature reduce water lost through excess transpiration and decrease the likelihood of plants being broken by wind gusts. The sundew and pitcher plant are carnivorous, feeding on small arthropods as an adaptation to a lack of soil nutrients.

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Planting the wrong variety of garlic for your climate can result in poor yields. This creole variety of garlic struggled to produce any bulbs this season, as it is most adapted to arid climates. This year's growing season started out cold and damp.

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A wet beast for sale at a supermarket. The tail has already been sold.

#ocean #monkfish #fish #supermarket #wet beast wednesday

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Garden woes, New England edition:

- flooded leek trench

- squash plants won't grow

- hungry juvenile groundhogs

#new england life #groundhog #gardening

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Growth progression of Muscari. In milder climates, the leaves remain green throughout winter, but their growth stagnates. These plants re-seed profusely.

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Allium karataviense last year (left) and this year (right). I now have a clone of the funky onion to distribute.

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Other nursery flowers (mostly annuals). I ended up purchasing the azalea (bottom right).

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The sage looked nearly moribund at the beginning of the year, but recently flowered for the first time (4 years since its planting as a seed pellet). It is currently toppling over under the weight of its waterlogged flowers.

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Various tropicals at a plant nursery- Sedum, Hawthornia, Crassula, Kalanchoe, another Sedum, and Begonia. Those hanging baskets are about 4" in diameter.

#plant #plant photography #plant pics #plantcore #plantlife #garden #gardening #succulents #sedum #sedum morganianum #begonias #crassula #kalanchoe #hawthornia

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A year's worth of fishing lures collected from three fishing sites via scuba diving. Squid and mackerel are popular target species.

#fishing #scuba #scubadiving #fishing lures #ocean #ocean cleanup

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Two bearded and one Dutch iris. The light purple one took 4 years to bloom. Some iris varieties have different scents.

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Growth progression of an allium. The baseball-sized bulb produced a 3-foot tall plant.

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