Sandy asks…
Does anyone know what those little box gifts they sell at Borders are called?
I want to look at the different ones on-line, but I keep searching for them and can’t find them. They have all different ones, like a zen garden, origami, stress reduction, they sell for around $5.
GardenersCardiff answers:
Most of the time they are called Mini Kits or mini books.
Http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b/105-9287043-6334021?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=mini+kits
check here. I think it’s what you are looking for.
Sandra asks…
Is anyone really good at thinking up gifts for people?
I’ve been trying to think of what to get for my cousins, and just want to know your ideas.
1) She’s 12 and loves reading, fantasy (Harry Potter, Narnia etc.)
2) She’s 7 and really into science. She also loves reading.
3) She’s 2 and loves drawing and In the Night Garden.
If anyone’s got any suggestions, please tell me, and no horrible comments. Thanks 
thanks for the suggestions kat (LOVE the Fablehaven series) – Merry Christmas to you too
GardenersCardiff answers:
12 year old – Get her the full book series of Fablehaven by Brandon Mull. It is an amazing fantasy series, I was addicted to it when I was 12.
7 year old – Get her a science kit. They sell some at Walmart and you can grow your own colorful rocks and cool stuff like that.
2 year old – Get her the biggest pack of Crayola crayons you can find and a huge coloring book of her favorite Disney characters.
I hope I helped. Merry Christmas!
Carol asks…
Is NOW an O.K. time to start Container gardening?
I plan to grow a Container Garden. Is NOW a good starting-time to start this hobby? (Since I can move this to anywhere in or out of my yards.)
%I have received Gift cards for Christmas so I am seeking ways to spend these amounts.
Thanks for gardening ideas.
GardenersCardiff answers:
That depends on where you live…… If in the warm parts, no, it’s too early….. If in the colder regions, no, it’s a little early…… Even for containers, it’s still the same thing…. ”count backwards six to eight weeks from the last expected frost date and start your seeds then”…… So, like for me, my last frost date is April 15-May 1…. Or earlier for cold season veggies….. So I count backwards six weeks for annual flowers……which puts me planting seeds between the first and the middle of March…. I also allow for the week or two that I’ll be hardening off the new plants in May……. So at the very earliest, the last week of Feb, first one of March……
You’ll start seeds in little pots in seed trays… Then when the plants have grown some strong leaves, it will be time, within a couple weeks of them going outside, to transplant them to a larger pot where you will want them to grow the whole season….. ONE transplant, please, so they don’t have to be shocked twice….. Another reason to not let them start too soon, so that they get so big that they outgrow their seedling pots too soon and need transplanted more often…… Have willow tea or rooting solution to use on them as they go into their ‘home pots’……(helps with transplant shock)….
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