Bamboo Tomato Stakes

I have seen this idea on many blogs.  Carolyn at homework made some

from bamboo stakes and twigs, but I wanted mine to be free and I

didn't have stakes and none of my trees are big enough yet for twigs.

With free guiding my creativity, I called a friend who had a neighbor with a bamboo patch,

I asked her if I could "borrow" some of the dead plants and she grabbed some for me.

At first, I tried cutting the sticks with small pruning shears....didn't work.

Then, I tried a hand saw....still didn't work, so hubby hauled out the miter saw....perfect!

After I cut all the pieces, I just tied the corners with string.

I already had the jute twine, so the whole project was free!!

Now my goal is to not kill my plants!  I have more of a painted

thumb than a green thumb!!

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Seed Starter Ideas

It has been so cold here to be thinking about seeds...but that's exactly when

you should start planting them indoors....I'm probably 3 weeks late...nothing new!

I originally saw this idea from Carolyn at Homework.  Her pots are SO cute!

I'm more of a burlap girl, so I wrapped my newspaper around a can of beans to 

get the shape and tied them with burlap and string taping the bottoms.

The goal is to make your supplies biodegradable because the pots go right into

the ground.....I can't promise that all my materials are, but I'm pretending they are!

{Please don't leave me mean comments if they aren't...I'll probably take all the 

"cute" stuff off before I put them in the ground!}

I was trying to go for cute with what I had on hand...so I just used a the font "old typewriter" and printed out paper labels.

Here's what I did last year for seed starters....it was also very successful.

I was just too lazy to dig up the baseball card holders!

Are you growing a garden?  I'm determined this year not to kill mine!

Green thumb, I am not!

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