any helpful hints on finding a discontinued Crate & Barrel item?
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Comments (10)This is from a site called GARDEN RAKE(in case you can't believe us) *********************************************************** The one thing I like about square foot gardening is that you can always add a garden later in the season if you find you have more plants to plant or want to add an additional mini garden. This season a have a small curved straw bale garden, tiered straw bale garden and a straw bale square garden, which is perfect for heavy feeding crops. But one question I am asked a lot is about roots crops. Normally you do not plant root crops in straw bales. But I do have a straw planting technique for potatoes that is perfect for me. It saves space, time and the backache from digging up potatoes. I love gardening  but I do not like digging root crops! Planting Potatoes in Straw. Get your potatoes seeds ready. I cut the potatoes, leaving several eyes on each piece and let them dry for about two days before I plant them. During this time find some decent soil, and a container. I often use a bushel basket for my first crop. Note: your container can be as large as you want. I usually go for a bushel basket or smaller garbage can. I have used old wood crates (check for stains that could be toxic). Also make sure the container has drainage holes. Once you have your container place it in the spot you plan to leave it during the growing season. The location you choose should get six to eight hours of sun. Add 6 inches of dirt to the bottom of the container; place the potato seeds in the soil and cover. Water well and go plant more of your garden. In about a week you will see new growth coming out of the ground. When the growth is about 6 inches tall, cover with straw. Repeat this process during the summer. The potatoes will set out new roots in the straw and in turn will produce more potatoes. I save time, space and digging using this method. There are two other added benefits. Since the potatoes grow in straw they are dirt free and very clean. The other benefit is that I donÂt get potato bugs using this method. The only problem I had was one year I grow them in the garden with no container and used hay. It was a big mistake. The hay attracted mice looking for seeds and I lost most of the crop. One other plus to growing potatoes using straw and a container, you always have small potatoes to use and they are very easy to harvest, just pull the straw back and pick them. I also grow a new crop of potatoes mid summer. Try growing potatoes in straw. I think you will enjoy it. This growing process really saves space and makes growing potatoes fun....See MoreLee Industries from Crate and Barrell
Comments (5)I didn't know that, when I was shopping for a slipcovered chair I checked out C&B because I was told Lee made some of their furniture. This could be one reason why you see a chair on the floor that looks like something you saw on Lee's website and yet the name is different. I soon found out the chair (or sofa) is slightly altered when it's made for C&B. I just thought they tweeked the shape a little so they could rename it and prevent comparison shopping. After reading your post I have to say I'm not surprised there's more going on "under the hood" than I realized. Glad I didn't buy my chair from them. I ended up ordering from Rachel Ashwell's Shabby Chic where they still use 8-way hand tie method and the furniture is made in the USA. Very expensive though. Ethan Allen has one or two slipcovered chairs but they stopped doing 8-way long time ago. I didn't find many slip-covered furniture out there in stores, it was slim pickens. Everyone wants leather and upholstered microfiber these days....See MoreAny idea where to find glass canisters like these?
Comments (32)Oh, cool!!! I was also seriously considering those screw-top square jars from Wal-mart (on the right side of your photo) I like the square part because they pack into cupboards more closely, and the screw-top because of bugs. They look great! I also really like the Ikea jars which have a rectangle of "blackboard" on them so you can write on the jars, but they are not the right size. I think I'll go ahead and get the square ones, and use some of that new "blackboard paint" I've seen and paint my own writable rectangles on them. Thanks for showing them! Carla in Sac...See MoreDo you have any design items you won't change regardless of "dated?"
Comments (99)We moved into a neighborhood of 1960s-70s colonials. One of the many things I liked about our house was the black slate foyer floor. A new friend came by and mentioned that "that slate is really easy to remove" and she had just put new large-format tile in her foyer instead. 12 years later and I still prefer my black slate. The other thing I wouldn't and won't change is the kitchen curtains. The kitchen faces the street and includes a breakfast nook, so we need some curtains, but I don't want to block the view altogether. The house came with cafe curtains, as well as an upper tier of curtains (not a valance) for the larger breakfast nook windows. They are somewhat sheer, maybe translucent is the word, which I like: it's like looking through lightly-frosted glass so I can see if someone is walking by the house without really being able to see who they are. The little ruffle probably dates them the most, but given that they are otherwise plain it's cute. What I'd really like is a toile pattern, but I just can't find a fabric that is translucent, without being "shiny"....See Moreiowakate
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13 years agoI found this on Etsy with the search terms "felt pillow". I know this isn't right but I thought it was fairly close and promising considering I only looked at a hundred or so of the 3000 hits. Or, maybe you can find someone on Etsy who will make a copy for you.
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