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Tutorial: Spice Jar Mini Terrariums | Red-Handled Scissors

Tutorial: Spice Jar Mini Terrariums

Turn your empty spice jars into mini moss terrariums with this fun, simple Earth Week project. Tiny terrariums are the perfect way to green up your home decor, and they also make great recycled gifts! Supplies:* Spice jars, cleaned and dried* Fresh moss or Dehydrated live terrarium moss, soaked per package instructions* Dried moss* Polished …

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Sunday Snapshot: Hot Peppers | Red-Handled Scissors

Sunday Snapshot: Hot Peppers

As it turns out, our fire escape is the perfect place to grow hot peppers. Tomatoes? Maybe next time. Catnip? Meh. Nasturtiums? Goodness, no. But, hot peppers? Abso-freaking-lutely! We couldn’t even get the tomatoes to flower, but somehow we have three different kinds of hot pepper plants, all absolutely filled with ripening peppers. So, who’s …

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Sunday Snapshot: Fire Escape Strawberries! | Red-Handled Scissors

Sunday Snapshot: Fire Escape Strawberries!

My strawberry plants are making strawberries! ON MY FIRE ESCAPE!

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Sunday Snapshot: Companion Planting | Red-Handled Scissors

Sunday Snapshot: Companion Planting

Yesterday, I learned about companion planting in container gardens. And, as it turns out, we couldn’t have picked a better combination of seeds to start for our fire escape garden! In the pot above, the tomato is cozying up to some basil. We also planted thyme with our strawberries, and the rosemary seedlings are about …

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