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  Bonnie Rush

  Starting Beekeeping: What’s All the Buzz About? – Mother Earth News

  motherearthnews.com

  1 / 5 2 / 5 These Langstroth hives are tended by a beekeeper in a full, hooded suit. The smoker is used to suppress defensive behavior in …

• Who's growing these this year?

  

  Bonnie Rush

  

  Your Guide To Growing The Most Delicious Blueberries

  rodalesorganiclife.com - The Editors Of Organic Life

  The first key to blueberry growing success is to pick the right variety for your climate and to give it company. Blueberries produce more and bigger …

• Cute!

  

  Bonnie Rush

  

  Tea Cup Bird Feeder

  rockiescrafts.blogspot.com

  I saw this idea at the flea market and couldn't wait to try it out myself. Can you believe they were charging $10 each for these? Wow! First, collect …

• Gorgeous coop!

  

  Bonnie Rush

  

  10 Ways to Create Down-Home Charm on a Dime

  Country Living - By Caroline McKenzie

  When it comes to home decorating, budget doesn't have to be boring! Shop owner Christi Wilson filled her Texas home with clever ideas and thrifty …

• Has anyone tried this style of gardening?

  

  Bonnie Rush

  

  

  French-intensive garden

  Sunset - Jim McCausland,

  SIZE: 4 by 12 feet TIME: 2 days to plant, plus prep COST: $175 Shoulder-to-shoulder planting in double-dug soil delivers more food per square foot than …

• Yes!!!

  

  Bonnie Rush

  

  Build a Bug Hotel - Garden Therapy

  gardentherapy.ca - Stephanie Rose

  A bug hotel is part garden art and part winter habitat for beneficial insects, the garden army that helps to keep the bad bugs under control. If you …