Top 10 List for the Winter Landscape
Ideas for adding visual interest to the winter landscape. This list of the 10 best plants for winter focuses on such factors as drawing birds for bird watching, color displays and plant hardiness. A Chinese Ice Sculpture Festival
Sharon Silvia’s look at the ice sculpture festival held every winter in the Manchurian city of Harbin, known as “the city of ice.” Sculptors produce large-scale ice sculptures in many shapes and forms, including pagodas, bridges, lanterns, people and palaces.
A Living Christmas Tree
Steve Nix’s book review of Christmas Trees -- Growing and Selling Trees, Wreaths, and Greens, by Lewis Hill. Growing your own Christmas trees can save you money. And the trees you leave outside can add visual interest to the winter landscape, even increasing the real estate value of your property. Small-Scale Ice Sculpture: Build a Mini-Ice Palace
Sherri Osborn’s guide to creating an ice sculpture palace using milk cartons or other containers as molds. And this ice sculpture can be colored, enhancing the novel effect! Ice sculpture isn't reserved for artists! This feature shows that there's fun in ice sculpture available to kids from eight to eighty. Choosing and Planting a Live Christmas Tree
Cornell University Extension’s advice for those who wish to purchase Christmas trees live and plant them after the holiday is over. Buyers are warned of danger signs (such as trees exhibiting excessive needle drop) that might make apparent bargains a waste of money. Reminders Before Winter: A Must-Do List
Reminders from 411 Home Repair.com on what you have to do to prepare the landscape for winter. Includes taking care of tools, draining irrigation features and protecting plants against the ravages of winter to come. Snowplows
Snow removal is a major consideration on northern landscapes during the winter. Find out everything you ever wanted to know about snowplows. How to match plow-size to vehicle-size, where to buy plows, which plows are most durable, and more…. Winterizing Your Landscape
Home Repair.com’s how-to for winterizing your landscape. Everything from putting power tools to rest properly to emptying irrigation systems so that they don’t freeze. Ice Sculpture Art - Ice Sculpture Championship, Fairbanks AK
"To help breathe life and color into the city's monochromatic, snow-laden landscape, an international contingent of about 110 ice sculptors arrives every March from all over" for the ice sculpture championships, writes the Christian Science Monitor. On a smaller scale, you can breathe some energy into your own winter landscape through ice sculpture. Ice Sculptures the Easy Way, Using Ice Sculpture Moulds
Perhaps you see ice sculptures being made by artists using chainsaws and think, "I could never do that." Well, there's another way to make your own ice sculptures that will be the talk of the neighborhood. Use ice sculpture moulds! This Web site sells ice sculpture moulds. You may even decide to go into business with these: ice sculptures currently are popular at events such as weddings. GeekPhilosopher.com for Free Stock Photos
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