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RePurposing in the Garden – Part II Mary, Mary quite contrary … WAIT A MINUTE! Why would mary be “contrary” when we’re talking about how her garden grows? She’s pretty darn clear about how it grows, ” … with silver bells and cockle shells and pretty maids all in row.” Putting aside the rhyme and [...]
It was a happy thought to bring to this dark seasons’s frost and rime, to this painted memory of spring, this dream of summertime. – Whittier Yes, spring has sprung around here! Trees and flowers are blooming and buds of summer fun are everywhere, and so of course are many of our allergies. More on [...]
April 22 – Earth Day. Hmmm? An important day for sure to create and increase awareness … to assure respect and love for Mother Earth continues from one generation to the next. I just don’t want Earth Day to become another Veterans Day, Mother’s Day or What-have-you DAY; a day we set aside once a year to remind folks of what’s [...]
This is our first spring in the new home. It is thrilling to see the hundreds of tulips poking through the snow dust. The previous owner has some nice flower beds and a herb bed, but no vegetable garden. My husband and I uncharacteristically decided to try and keep it somewhat simple, and plant our [...]
Thrilled to have Dyana Robenalt share some of her awesome expertise in making natural outdoor decorations for winter. She is a Rutgers Master Gardener with 40 years of gardening experience and her specialties include deer resistant plants and native plants to attract birds, butterflies and hummingbirds. She has also served on the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) [...]
My kitchen has been overtaken by tomatoes. For the past week, the countertops have been lined with spillover from a late summer harvest. It’s a blessing, but also a real dilemma for a brown-thumb, largely kitchen-phobic girl who for nearly three decades picked the tomatoes out of everything. I love fresh produce as much as [...]
I regret that I don’t have any garden this year, but we moved in July, so . . . But the new place had a lovely herb garden already going, and I planted a couple more herbs in pots on the deck. It was a good year to forage for locally grown food – from farmer’s markets to road-side stands and generous friends with gardens overrun with tomatoes and goodies.
I stumbled upon this quote by the beautiful and brilliant Audrey Hepburn and had to make a lil graphic out of it. She did a lot to help children and amazingly she still does through her website and children’s fund that continues. She obviously believed in helping children and saw the importance of hope for [...]
Green Diva Lisa and I had a great time yesterday making our little Green Diva Quickie video about this year’s Mother’s Day. We had some laughs as we memorialized our wonderful mom who has been gone for 17 years now. If I have any talent at all, I’d like to think it came from mom, who [...]
Spring is coming earlier than usual in most areas of the country. So, it is definitely time to get things ready, if you haven’t already been on the case. Here are some things that I do: 1. Keep it Simple. I have been moving around lately and haven’t had a garden for a while. This [...]
