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Free Gardening Ebooks

Free Gardening eBooks

It is finally here! Spring, well something that sometimes resembles Spring ever few days. I don’t know about your neck of the woods, but here in North Carolina it is 70 degrees one day and 30 degrees the next. It is crazy… and it is driving me crazy! I am in the process of building my own little slice of heaven that I have named Gigantic the Greenhouse, well, because it is is a huge 10×12 greenhouse and to me, that is gigantic.

To kick off the planting season right, I have compiled a list of great FREE gardening ebooks that are available right now on Amazon. These are free at the time of posting, and the prices may change at anytime, so grab them while you can. Oh! And if you didn’t know, you can totally download these great books on to your computer or smartphone, a Kindle is not required.

Garden Design and Landscaping – The Beginner’s Guide to Successfully Landscaping a Garden (‘How to Plan a Garden’ Series)

Home Vegetable Gardening -a Complete and Practical Guide to the Planting and Care of All Vegetables, Fruits and Berries Worth Growing for Home Use

Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses

Organic Gardener’s Composting

Organic Vertical Garden: Beginners Guide To Growing Healthy Organic Gardens

Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them

Gardening Indoors and Under Glass A Practical Guide to the Planting, Care and Propagation of House Plants, and to the Construction and Management of Hotbed, Coldframe and Small Greenhouse

Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway

In-Door Gardening for Every Week in the Year Showing the Most Successful Treatment for all Plants Cultivated in the Greenhouse, Conservatory, Stove, Pit, Orchid, and Forcing-house

Tomato Container Gardening: Growing Tomatoes In Containers, Planters And Other Small Spaces (Gardening Techniques)

Backyard Aquaponics Made Easy

Tomato Container Gardening: How to Grow Tomatoes in Small Spaces

10 Clever Ways to Use Your Smartphone Camera!

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10 Clever Ways to Use Your Smartphone Camera!

A smartphone is a big investment to most, so why not put it to good use. These 10 clever ways to use your smartphone camera can save you time, money and sometimes, even a loved one.

1.) Take a photo of your fridge before you go grocery shopping

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By snapping a quick picture of the contents of your fridge, it will help you remember what you need and what you have enough of!

2.) Snap a photo of your new hair cut

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Take a photo of your new Do’ from different angles, that way when it is time for a trim, you can have references for your stylist.

3. ) Take photos of your prescriptions

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This comes in handy a few ways. One, you will always have your prescription numbers with you incase you need to call in a refill. Secondly it helps when going to the doctor, that way you can tell them what medications you are on and give them the correct dosage.

4.) Remember where your car is parked

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Snap a quick photo of the surroundings where your car is parked when in a crowded parking lot. This can save some time when it comes to remembering where you parked.

5.) Vacations and Amusement Parks

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When on vacation, snap a photo of your children before you head out for the day. That way if they get separated, you will have a photo of exactly what they were wearing that day.

6.) Check the remote

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Most camera phones can see infrared light. Hold down a button and snap a picture of it to see if the batteries are working.

7.) Coat check, Car Check and Dry Cleaning Info

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Snap a picture of your dry cleaning ticket, coat check tickets or valet tickets, that way in case you lose them, you still have the information.

8.) Keep your WiFi Password handy

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Take a photo of the information on your wireless router, that way you have it when you need it.

9.) Screenshot Directions

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Take a screenshot of directions, that way if you lose signal, you will still have them.

10.) When a friend wants to borrow something, take a picture of them and the item that way you can remember who has what!

 

What do you use your camera phone for? Any tips to be added? Leave them in the comments!

Free Desktop Organizer!

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Free Desktop Organizer!

Get your computer desktop organized with these free desktop organizers! Completely customizeable to fit your needs!

If you were ever to take a look at my computer desktop it was ALWAYS a mess. I would put things in random files just to get them out of the way! Which meant losing things or searching high and low for something that was probably right under my nose to begin with. I figured that files were not enough, I needed a way to keep the files on my desktop more organized so that they were easier to find so I hoped onto my photo editing software and made some super cute desktop organizers! The best part? You can customize it to your needs! Just follow the instructions below (after you choose your super cute organizer first of course)!

The great thing about customizing them is that the possibilities are endless! Name each box for each member of the household, organize by work, school, shopping, recipes, photos, music… and on….and on…and on!

To download, simply right click on any of the free desktop organizers and save it to your cluttered desktop!

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Now, once you have your file downloaded, head on over PicMonkey and upload there!

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Click on the font button and choose your font.

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Click the Add text box and label each box how you want to.

Then simple save the file and choose it as your desktop wallpaper! Then get to organizing!

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