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“Home Savvy” Episode 2 – How to Grow Vegetables at Home

May 25th, 2012 - By Madame Noire
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ABOUT THIS EPISODE

In this “Get It Done” episode we’ll show you how to grow your own vegetables right at home by using an easy to assemble Raised Garden Bed.

When you grow veggies at home there are so many advantages. One advantage is that they just simply taste better. Two, you’re being super “green” and conscious of the environment when you grow food at home. Why wouldn’t you want to help the earth and enjoy delicious home grown vegetables while gardening? With Home Depot Associate Shenell Leighton’s assistance, you’ll see how exciting gardening can be as she works with our  Home Savvy host Suzanne Rust in creating an at home vegetable garden. Check it out now!

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HERE’S HOW TO DO THIS PROJECT:

Purchase an easy to assemble raised or pre-made garden bed.

Choose your vegetables.

 

Select garden soil.

 

Line bed with marigolds to ward off insects.

 

Cut plastic label off of vegetables container.

 

Dig hole large enough for vegetable plant.

 

You can harvest vegetables up until fall, be sure to feed your vegetables with plant food.

 

 

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“Home Savvy” Episode 1 – Creating A Container Garden

April 11th, 2012 - By Madame Noire
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Welcome to Madame Noire’s new home improvement show, Home Savvy. In this series we’ll share insightful tips and creative ideas for sprucing up any living space. Home improvement, your way.

In this “Get It Done” episode you’ll learn how to create a beautiful container garden that will instantly enhance your outdoor living space. Creating a container garden is a quick weekend project that also makes the perfect gift. Besides, you can never go wrong with presenting that special person with a gorgeous arrangement of flowers.

Be sure to watch Home Savvy host Suzanne Rust as she demonstrates with Home Depot Associate Shenell Leighton how simple and easy it is to create your own container garden.

MATERIALS USED IN THIS EPISODE:

HERE’S HOW TO DO THIS PROJECT:

Fill pot mid-way with soil.

 

Install your filler, while loosening the roots.

 

Begin filling container with potting mix.

 

Add Thrillers.

 

Add Spillers.

 

Add more spillers and thrillers as needed. You now have a gorgeous container garden.

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WANT MORE HOME SAVVY? WATCH THESE EPISODES: 

SEASON 2

SEASON 1

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“HOME SAVVY” CAST – MEET SUZANNE RUST

April 10th, 2012 - By Madame Noire
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MEET SUZANNE RUST,  writer, lifestyle expert, and the newest member to the MadameNoire family as Host of  Home Savvy.

 

Suzanne is a former staff editor for Real Simple Magazine, was a frequent contributor to NBC’s Today Show and has appeared in segments on CNN, WABC, WCBS, WB11, NY1, FOX, PBS, and The Tyra Banks Show, where she covered subjects ranging from health and beauty to cooking, entertaining, and organizing. Rust has also hosted segments for the Today Show website where she taught viewers how to add curb appeal to their homes as well as how to whip up the perfect chocolate dessert.
Suzanne is the daughter of the late sportscaster, Art Rust Jr., and a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College. Rust lived in Rome for several years where she worked in film production and wrote for Variety and Italian Elle. Fluent in Italian, she has also been an on-air reporter for one of Italy’s leading radio stations where she interviewed celebrities and covered trends and cultural events.
She also spent many years as an editor for Black Issues Book Review where she helmed Children’s Bookshelf and reviewed books on various topics from biographies and fiction to health and beauty. Suzanne is a native New Yorker who lives in Manhattan with her husband and two children.

WANT MORE HOME SAVVY? WATCH THESE EPISODES: 

SEASON 2

SEASON 1

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