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LOL, I don't know about that Lavender. I'm generally not good with handling tiny things, I've stuck the needle in my finger so many times just preparing the shells.

WOW, I wasn't expecting so many replies! Thanks, everybody, you've been a lot of help! I think that my dad should have many, if not all of these tools. He works a job repairing all sorts of things made out of stone. I'll have to ask him later, he's gone now (with my sister at the OAA testing...

Something to hold the seeds down would still be helpful, lol. I'm planning on taking most of the coconut off, add some cowpeas with some of the coconut beads in-between, and then maybe some other shells that I have. Along with the two (plus 1 more) shells. I also think that I have a shard of...

Here are the shells. What I did was sand the tips down with a smooth pebble and some sand from the creek, and then I stuck a needle the the hole to widen it. I also used the needle to clean the debris from the shell. (Turns out that the creature that used to be attached to the shell was...

How would you go about drilling holes in seeds for use as beads? In particular tiny ones, like cowpeas. I've tried using a tiny needle but each and every time the seed just splits in half. I've manged to turn some Lettered Olive shells that I found in Florida a decade ago into beads, but not...

They call it Jewelweed because they sparkle like jewels in morning dew/rain. I would check to see if it grows Native in your area first. If not I'll try to collect some seeds for you later this year, we have both orange and yellow forms growing here. The seeds won't be ready for you this year...

I'm guessing alkaline soil. And then you said really rocky but humid. The yellow from of Jewelweed would probably be a good candidate, if you don't already have it. Pretty flowers, medicinal, and the seed pods are fun to play with (they spew open if poked or even touched). I'll see if I can...

Happy Birthday! :)

What I usually do is combo of at least two works with a few random letters thrown in, some numbers, and then some more random letters.

That and less healthy, considering that most of those nutrients and all come directly from the sun, which is filtered by glass. The rest of those nutrients coming from the soil. It's still a great, space-saving set-up.

Could be a type of bird pepper. There's also a very good chance of it being one of the less-often cultivated species. Any sort of fuzz on the leaves? When you do get an adult plant you'll have a better idea of what they are. Very cool!

I like the idea! I'm not an expert on strawberries either though. I would do a mixture of conventional and alpine strawberry varieties. The Alpine are supposedly a lot hardier, reseed fairly easily, and have more flavorful fruits, but the fruits are tiny compared to what you'd see in the store...

Beat me to it. I was going to mention something about it being "deratinizing."