YOUR PLACE NEW & NOTEWORTHY.STUCK IN THE MUD?: With all the rain lately, gardeners are likely finding that working in the yard is anything but neat and easy. Digging with bare hands is out of the question - nobody likes muddy fingernails. Yet canvas gardening gloves get soaked, making it hard to grip tools. Midwest Quality Gloves offers a solution: EZ Grip Wet Gardening gloves. The cotton gloves have a textured rubber coating covering the palm and entire fingers and a knit cuff that keeps the dirt out. The gloves come in pink, yellow, green and blue with a color-coordinated flower on the hand back and in three sizes for women. The suggested retail price is $4.99 per pair. Midwest brand gloves are carried by a variety of local retailers, including Home Depot The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services. Headquartered in Vinings, just outside Atlanta in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, Home Depot employs more than 355,000 people and operates 2,164 big-box and Target. - Daily News GLASSED IN: Way, way back during the rule of the Roman Empire, upscale patricians built earthen earth·en adj. 1. Made of earth or clay: an earthen fortification; an earthen pot. 2. Earthly; worldly. enclosures to protect delicate plants from the cold. What started as an effort to extend the growing season growing season, period during which plant growth takes place. In temperate climates the growing season is limited by seasonal changes in temperature and is defined as the period between the last killing frost of spring and the first killing frost of autumn, at which for fruits and vegetables blossomed in the Victorian era The Victorian era of the United Kingdom marked the height of the British Industrial Revolution and the apex of the British Empire. Although commonly used to refer to the period of Queen Victoria's rule between 1837 and 1901, scholars debate whether the Victorian period—as , when architects built fantastic glass-walled conservatories large enough to enclose full-grown trees. All this and more is explained in ``Living Under Glass - Sunrooms, Greenhouses and Conservatories'' by Jane Tresidder and Stafford Cliff (Clarkson N. Potter; $22.50). Much of the point of the book is to explain the practical aspects of building, maintaining and living in these glass- walled spaces, but a healthy portion is devoted to exalting ex·alt tr.v. ex·alt·ed, ex·alt·ing, ex·alts 1. To raise in rank, character, or status; elevate: exalted the shepherd to the rank of grand vizier. 2. the big, glorious conservatories of the past. There are sections on solar energy, plant selection, shades and blinds, and suggested ways to plan and build a conservatory. Some of the emphasis is on ``functional conservatories,'' which include smaller structures, such as studios, kitchens and pool extensions. - Knight Ridder Newspapers SUDS SUDS Sudden unexplained death syndrome. See Sudden unexplained nocturnal death. AND SCENTS: Add some sparkle to your sink with soap from Primal Elements. Try soap with a smiley face for the kids' bathroom, a swirl of pomegranate pomegranate (pŏm`grănĭt, pŏm`ə–), handsome deciduous and somewhat thorny large shrub or small tree (Punica granatum for your guest bathroom and funky cow patterns for your kitchen. The chunky creations are made by hand with thick designs that run through the entire scented bar. They are available in 6.8-ounce bars or 5-pound loaves, which may be purchased whole or as ``Soap-by-the-Inch.'' You can also set the mood when you soak in the tub with floating gel candles, color bowls and votives featuring some of your favorite Primal Elements fragrances. Primal Elements is revving up to release a complete line of lotion and body wash products. The colorful soaps retail for $6 to $9, votive candles for $2.50, color bowls for $15 and floating gel candles for $6. The Primal Elements line can be found at Nordstrom, Elizabeth Arden Red Door Salons and Fred Segal stores. For additional locations, call (800) 434-8277 or visit www.primalelements.com. - Michelle J. Mills STARS OF ICE: Rubbermaid is putting a little fun into the freezer with ice trays in whimsical shapes. The Wooster, Ohio, company's new Sky Watch trays make ice in the shape of stars, moons, planets and spaceships. Casino trays turn out hearts, clubs, diamonds and spades, while Frozen Fruit trays create a variety of fruit shapes. You can make the ice with juice or add food coloring to the water for an even more festive twist. The trays will be available in stores in March. The suggested retail price is $2.49 for a pack of two. - Knight Ridder Newspapers FLOWER OF THE WEEK NEMISIA Attributes: A new spring-blooming garden plant that produces hundreds of blue, white or peach-colored flowers that emit a wonderful perfume. Great for cool-season color, easy to grow and very carefree. Bloom time: Mid-March until late May. Culture: Purchase healthy plants in mid-March to early April with compact, bushy bush·y adj. bush·i·er, bush·i·est 1. Overgrown with bushes. 2. Thick and shaggy: a bushy head of hair. foliage and some bud development. Plant in containers with a fresh soil-less mix and a slow-release fertilizer. Water thoroughly. Place in a bright, sunny location with good air circulation. Plant should bloom profusely pro·fuse adj. 1. Plentiful; copious. 2. Giving or given freely and abundantly; extravagant: were profuse in their compliments. until temperatures reach 90 degrees consistently. Landscaping tips: Plant Nemesia Nemesia can be:
a very large plant genus of family Ranunculaceae; the buttercups. All of them should be regarded as potentially poisonous. The species listed below have been reported as causing poisoning in animals. , red mustard and toad flax toad flax see linaria vulgaris. , in hanging gardens or as a border with pink tulips and yellow pansies. Cost: $1.50 to $3, depending on pot size and cultivar cultivar Any variety of a plant, originating through cloning or hybridization (see clone, hybrid), known only in cultivation. In asexually propagated plants, a cultivar is a clone considered valuable enough to have its own name; in sexually propagated plants, a . - Knight Ridder Newspapers TAKE A LOOK GARDEN TOUR: The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel will launch its Flower and Garden Tour on March 2. With local arborist Julie Hunt leading the way, you can explore the resort's gardens and interior plants. You will also receive design and planting tips, as well as list of the plants used in the gardens. Hunt will discuss fertilizers, clay soil and pesticides. She often shares cuttings and will teach you how to grow them at home. After the tour, you will enjoy a three-course luncheon at the Terrace Restaurant featuring grilled chicken breast, herbed herbed adj. Flavored with herbs: herbed vinaigrette. linguini and citrus beurre blanc. The tour will be conducted at 10 a.m. every Tuesday and Friday through May 29 and then every Friday through Oct. 26. Cost $39, includes tax and gratuity Money, also known as a tip, given to one who provides services and added to the cost of the service provided, generally as a reward for the service provided and as a supplement to the service provider's income. . Reservations are recommended. Groups of 20 or more may make special tour arrangements Monday through Saturday. The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel is at One Ritz-Carlton Drive, Dana Point. Call (949) 240-5008. - Michelle J. Mills CAPTION(S): 5 photos Photo: (1 -- color) no caption (EZ Grip Wet Gardening Gloves) (2 -- color) no caption (``Living Under Glass Sunrooms, Greenhouses and Conservatories'') (3 -- color) no caption (Sky Watch ice trays) (4 -- color) no caption (soap from Primal Elements) (5 -- color) no caption (Nemesia flowers) |
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