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Posted by Sunset, June 27, 2009 in Furnishing the garden , Music , Ornamentals , People , Sustainable gardening

By Sharon Cohoon, Sunset senior garden writer

Candle lanterns like the one shown below look simple enough to figure out without instructions.  But why waste time blundering through it?  Willi Galloway shows how to turn old jars into candle lanterns step by step on her blog, DigginFood.  She's come up with some pretty embellishments, too.

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I check in reguarly with Barbara E. at Wild Suburbia because she's way ahead of me in her adventure with California native plants, and I inevitably learn a lot.

Her blog entry on Native Grasses, Sedges, and Rush for the Garden, for instance, is practically a thesis. 

I like her photography, too.

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Finally, even though other garden bloggers have linked to it, we wouldn't want you to miss Owen Dell (that's him hamming it up below) and BIlly Goodnik of The Garden Wise Guys rocking out on their video, Taking Out the Grass is a Gas on YouTube.

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Comments

If only the Pacific Northwest had fireflies, but since we don't I'd have to say these candle jars do the trick nicely. I once purchased a box of very old Japanese lanterns, paper as thin as mayfly wings, handpainted and fragile, their short season and glow, not unlike the firefly.

Posted by:tom | tall clover farm | June 29, 2009 at 07:07 AM

Hi, a recent article "Let it Glow" featured recycled-glass tea lights. I searched the web and could only find these lights, brand Decorus, available in the UK. Where did Sunset get theirs? I would like to do the project featured. Thank you.

Posted by:Sandy | August 30, 2009 at 01:55 PM
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