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I’m getting ready for spring and working on several new DIY craft projects for my outdoor living and garden areas. I enjoy adding a few new items every year to add style and a pop of color. One thing that I really like is junk …
If you’re looking for a way to enhance the beauty of your garden and create an outdoor space that’s both inviting and serene, consider investing in good quality garden statuary. Statuary adds interest to gardens by providing a focal point while also blending into natural …
For the past 10 years my wife and I have been planting 2 medium-sized vegetable gardens in our backyard. We’re not expert gardeners, but learning as we go. Each season we learn something new and we really enjoy it. It’s a lot of hard work, but a great stress reliever. Besides, we love providing food for our family.
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We’re planning out our garden for the summer 2023 season and one thing that we’ll definitely be using again this year is the Miracle-Gro Water Soluble Plant Food for Vegetables & Herbs. We purchased it last year and used it through the entire summer season. Did it make a difference? Yes it did!
For example…check out the size of the cucumbers shown in my photograph. We had cucumber plants in both of our plots. One plot was treated with the Miracle-Gro and one without. I think you can see with your own eyes the difference in sizes of the cucumbers! Amazing! Not only were the plants and fruits/veggies larger with the treatment…but they produced twice as many too!
The plot that was treated did 100% better than the plot that wasn’t. With the plant food the plants matured quicker, were healthier looking, produced more fruits/vegetables, and their sizes were incredibly larger too! A win-win for this backyard gardener!
Instructions on how to use the Miracle-Gro Plant Food for Vegetables and Herbs comes printed right on the package. I purchased the plastic feeding container which hooks right onto my garden hose. I then add the required scoops (it’s a powder mix), turn on the water and water the garden until it’s all. Easy to use! If you don’t have a garden hose…you can place the scoops of powder mix into a watering can and hand-water your plants too.
You can find Miracle-Gro products in numerous retail stores, home and garden centers, etc. across the nation. I personally like buying it from Amazon where it’s more convenient to shop and it’s delivered to my front door.
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I’m getting ready for spring and working on several new DIY craft projects for my outdoor living and garden areas. I enjoy adding a few new items every year to add style and a pop of color. One thing that I really like is junk …
A few months ago my one neighbor gave me 7 eggplants from her backyard garden. I enjoy eating eggplants but knew that I couldn’t possibly eat 7 of them over the course of a week. That’s when I got the bright idea to freeze them …
Imagine giving a gift that can live for 100 years or more. The idea of ??the plantable Sprout pencil is to plant it when it becomes too short to write with, thus giving new life to an end-of-life product that you would otherwise throw into the trash bin.
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Sprout World’s pencils are available with 10 different seeds that grow into vegetables, flowers and herbs. And now the Sprout pencil can also turn into a tree. Thus, the circle is complete: trees become pencils, which can then grow into spruce trees. Evergreen conifers that absorb CO2 and give us oxygen as they grow.
Recently the company launched an innovative beauty product — the world’s first plantable eye and brow liner! These are the only liners in the world with a capsule at the end with seeds so it can be planted after use and grown into wildflowers. The patented liner is AC-tested (allergy-friendly), with a natural formula, free of microplastics, and is added with natural oils that are good for the skin.
All Sprout pencils are 100% sustainable, non-toxic, and non-GMO. Store pencils at room temperature for a max of 1 year before planting the pencils. All are a patented design.
We’ve love gardening (floral, veggie, and herb) so this product is genius! Here’s what we received.
5 Pencils that produce a Spruce Tree.
1 Pencil that produces Oregano.
1 Pencil that produces Chia.
1 Make-Up Liner Pencil in Brown that produces Wild Flowers.
Each of the 5 pencils that grow into Spruce Trees has an imprinted tree-related quote on it. The Spruce Tree seeds are encapsulated in the cap of the pencil (the green portion at the top that you see in my photos).
Directions: Plant in a pot with sauce in good moist potting soil. Plant at a 30-degree angle with the seed capsule only covered in soil. Water often in saucer to keep moist. They need to be kept at room temperatre 68 degrees F with natural light. Avoid direct sunlight. Within 1-4 weeks, fresh plants will sprout.
One of my favorite products is the Sprout Plantable Makeup Liner that I received. It’s a beautiful brown shade that is universal. Me, my mom, and my adult daughter can all wear that shade. We’ve used it as a top lid eyeliner and as an eyebrow pencil. Yup, you can use it both ways! Once you’re done using it…follow the instructions and plant it. It will produce wildflowers! How cool is that? Totally cool.
I think these eco-friendly…plantable pencils would make GREAT stocking stuffers, secret Santa gifts, etc. this Christmas holiday season. They’re unique and not something you see every day. Perfect gift for the person who has everything…but these!
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Giveaway: One lucky winner is going to win 2 pencils. One will grow Oregano and the other one Chia from Sprout World. You can enter the giveaway below. Good Luck!
Giveaway Details: This giveaway is open to residents of the US ONLY age 18 and over. Please read our Terms of Service & Disclaimer Policy before entering. This giveaway will close on December 8th, 2022 at 11:59 pm EST time. No purchase necessary to enter or win.
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