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Friends and fellow gardeners kept calling us at the beach last week to say how much rain we were getting back home. Some reported they had gotten four and five inches.Had me so excited, I couldnt wait to check the rain gauge when we returned. But Matt warned me as soon as he glanced in the bed of his truck Not that much looks like less than an inch and a half.

Sure enough, the gauge showed a hair over an inch. How do you put thrilled and very disappointed in the same sentence As far behind as we are on the wet stuff, an inch sounds pretty darn good about now and it sure made weeds give up a lot easier.Can’t remember when I’ve told you how to mold something. Birdseed that is.Party favors at a cousins 50th included the cutest little hearts made of molded birdseed suspended from a loop of skinny twine.

Havent heard whether their kids sat up nights making a jillion hearts for their parents party or they ordered them from some clever place. Maybe the same place that sells big birdseed bells at Christmas.Found several recipes for edible birdseed glue on the Web along with ideas for making the hearts and other items birdseed wreaths shaped in a Bundt pan smaller wreaths from old gelatin molds, bells from flower pots and simple seed cakes in muffin tins.

You can tie a ribbon around a finished wreath and use that to hang it.But if you want to imbed twine or ribbon in a tiny heart, for example, you will need to cut 8 inches of twine for each heart then form loops by knotting the cut ends.Prepare your loops first so you can half-fill a heart mold with the glue-coated seeds, press the knotted end of the cord into the seed mix then continue filling the heart mold.

If you are making a flowerpot bell, you’ll need fat twine or cord and a different approach. Thread half the twine through the drainage hole and tie a large knot in the threaded end. Keep this knot in the center of the pot while you’re filling it.Wellingtons flourishing fashion scene