February 7, 2021
Valentine’s Day is a good excuse (not that we ever need one) to celebrate a significant or sorta-significant other, and don’t forget dear friends. Stay home, break out some bubbly and raise a glass to those you appreciate and love. … Read More...
Category: Bulbs and Plants, Container Gardening, Containers and Pots, Edible Landscaping, Finding, Food & Entertaining, Gifts, Green & Sustainable, Herb Gardens, shopping, Vertical Gardens
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February 5, 2021
Tulip canapés, Maddocks Farm Organics.
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After a year we would all like to forget, colorful spring-blooming tulips will be a welcome feast for the eye as well as the palate. From the same botanical family as onions and … Read More...
Category: Bulbs and Plants, Creating, Edible Landscaping, Food & Entertaining
Tags: Dutchgown, edible flowers, edible tulips
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December 20, 2020
Updated October 11, 2022
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A memorable gift that may grace a coffee table or … Read More...
Category: Finding
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November 21, 2020
Photo, Joanna Kosinska, Upsplash.
The bad news is the CDC recommends against Thanksgiving travel this year and suggests limiting gatherings to the immediate household (meaning only those who have lived together in past two weeks.)
The good news is, for … Read More...
Category: Experiencing
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November 16, 2020
After finally getting released from what felt like a lifetime of lockdown, I desperately need to celebrate something. So for whatever and whomever you celebrate, indoors or out, here is my holiday gift guide with handpicked stylish, functional, … Read More...
Category: Books, Container Gardening, Containers and Pots, Finding, Food & Entertaining, Garden Design, Gifts, Great Finds, Green & Sustainable, Green Gadgets, Herb Gardens, Indoor Gardening, Lifestyle, shopping, Terrariums
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September 21, 2020
My friend, the garden designer, author, and speaker, Rebecca Sweet, transformed an old disused backyard garden shed into a cozy home office and retreat. Via Rebecca Sweet, Harmony in the Garden.
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The continuing pandemic has a lot of folks … Read More...
Category: Creating, Lifestyle, shopping
Tags: backyard sheds, creative sheds, garden sheds. sheds, shed backyard bar, shed classroom, shed library, shed office, shed playhouse
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September 2, 2020
As the global pandemic continues with many people still working from home, large amounts of urban office space remain empty. To offset consequential disruptions to the food supply chains, a group of Finnish digital agtech entrepreneurs has come up with
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Category: Green & Sustainable, Greening, Urban Agriculture, Vertical Gardens
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August 17, 2020
A small socially distanced group gathered at Alice’s Garden Urban Farm in Milwaukee as blacksmith Fred Martin gripped a piece of red-hot steel from the forge and placed it on an anvil. He then pummeled the piece of metal, a … Read More...
Category: Experiencing
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August 12, 2020
Garden pots and planters come in a lot of sizes, shapes, styles and materials, each with its own advantages and disadvantages.
Whether yours is a small urban container garden or one that’s part of a large suburban patio, when it … Read More...
Category: Container Gardening, Creating, Garden Design, Green & Sustainable, Herb Gardens, No-Dig Gardening, Raised Beds, Rooftop Gardens
Tags: bacsac, Container Gardening, container gardens, gardening gifts, Gifts for Gardeners, lightweight concrete, metal planters, planters, plastic planters, resin planters, stone planters, terra cotta planters, textile fabric planter bags, wood planters
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