I received my first shipment from the Yahoo plant buying co-op I’m a member of on Monday. I love it when a box full of plants comes. Because many of the co-ops are sold long… [Continue Reading]
Archives for April 2010
A wonderful Mother’s Day idea
I made my first trip to a nursery for the year this past weekend. I’ve been chomping at the bit to go for awhile, but I’ve sort of been waiting to make it that much… [Continue Reading]
Getting nothing done
I usually spend Sunday nights writing a blog post or two based on things I’ve accomplished over the weekend. This is not one of them because I’m not sure I accomplished anything this weekend. The… [Continue Reading]
Have you hugged a tree today?
Seriously, have you? You should. Oh sure, you’ll feel like a weirdo, and if you do it in a public place you’ll undoubtedly get some funny looks (although that’s part of the fun sometimes). My… [Continue Reading]
A good day in the blogosphere
Wednesday was a great day in the blogosphere for me. First, I was surprised, honored and a little touched to receive this great award from Rayan over at The Frugal Designer. Rayan is an overachieving… [Continue Reading]
The beach glass blues (or reds)
I’ve talked about beach glass before (some of you may know it as sea glass, but here on the Great Lakes that wouldn’t make much sense). But I don’t think I told you just how… [Continue Reading]
A compost bin redo
Some of you might remember last year when I was lusting after this compost bin from Lee Valley Tools. After living with a dilapidated compost bin (made in about 25 minutes several years ago with… [Continue Reading]