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Beautiful Baby Salad Greens

by Fern on March 2, 2012

in Fruits & Vegetables,Product Review

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Ornamental edibles are all the rage these days. Which is kind of funny, because the edibles haven’t changed at all, it’s just that we’re all noticing how beautiful (i.e. “ornamental) they are. Take mesclun salad mixes, for example. Did you ever take a moment to notice how beautiful baby lettuce leaves are? There are so many shapes and colors of leaves. And they’re totally easy to grow. Here’s how…

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Get your DIY on with “Concrete Garden Projects”

by Fern on October 24, 2011

in Frugal Container Gardening,Product Review,Reviews

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While emailing recently with my publisher (Timber Press), I discovered they had just published a new book called Concrete Garden Projects by Malin Nilsson and Camilla Arvidsson. The cover had such cute star-shaped containers planted with spring bulbs that I knew this was a book I wanted to read. Luckily Timber was willing to oblige my book lust and sent me a copy to review.

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Three ways iron planters can improve your small-space container garden

October 16, 2011
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I’m embarassed to admit that Outdoor Iron sent me this planter to review quite some time ago. As you can see from the photos, it’s a very cute planter. I used colorful pots and succulents to add a little interest to a small, narrow space in my parents’ side yard. It sits right under my [...]

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Mushroom Growing Follow Up

May 23, 2011
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When I first posted about the mushroom kit I was trying out, it didn’t really look like mushrooms. It looked like a box with a brick of…something. But it looks a lot more like mushrooms now!

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Here’s Something Even Those With NO Outdoor Space Can Grow!

May 10, 2011
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My kitchen sink has been turned into a mushroom kit soaking pool. It’s kind of a jerry-rigged setup right now, with the blue casserole dish waying down the mushroom pack so that it can soak in enough water. Yep. A company called Back to the Roots found me and sent me one of their mushroom [...]

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The Accessorized Garden – Ornaments & Art

April 7, 2011
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Cool Garden-y Stuff on Etsy

March 9, 2011
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Have you clicked around on Etsy.com yet? If not, you’re seriously missing out. It is a site that allows incredibly talented craftspeople to create their own little storefronts. Anyway, while killing time recently, I was looking around Etsy to see what neat gardening and garden-inspired things there might be on the site. Check out what [...]

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5 Garden Gifts to Give if You’re a Multi Millionaire

December 6, 2010
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I was planning on coming up with a serious gift guide, but then I found a watering can that is two hundred and sixty-nine dollars. For that amount of money, the darn thing better have some bling! The imp in me decided to change gears and come up with a list of garden gifts for [...]

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A Little of This, A Little of That 10/21

October 22, 2010

Great Container Gardening Links Check out the neat handmade home & garden shop called Dirt Couture. Think carefully curated, garden-inspired Etsy. I especially love these tiny ceramic mushrooms. Speaking of garden ornaments, Amy of Green Gardenista is having contest on her blog and the prize is a cute metal crow. I’m totally in love with [...]

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When You Can’t Garden Outdoors Anymore, Grow Vertically Indoors

October 18, 2010
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I’ve had a Wally One from Woolly Pocket laying around for awhile, waiting to be tried out. I had originally planned to order some indoor plants to review as well, but when that didn’t work out, and my one and only indoor plant died, I knew it was time to put up my Wally and [...]

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