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GUEST POST: Sprouting For Healthy Eating

March 12, 2012
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I am so excited to share this guest post about sprouting (which is a container garden of sorts…) by Phil Nauta. He is a SOUL Certified Organic Land Care Professional and author of the book Building Soils Naturally, coming out in Spring 2012. He has taught for Gaia College and been a director for The [...]

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Let’s Say “Hi” The Old Fashioned Way!

March 12, 2012

Hi container gardening friends! I have two upcoming events and I would so love to meet you all in person…

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Beginner’s Illustrated Guide to Gardening

March 7, 2012
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This is a great time of year for gardening books. Publishers seem to know that we’re all hungry for spring and help us bide the time with book after book of delicious garden books. Beginners Illustrated Guide to Gardening by Katie Elzer-Peters definitely fits the bill. If you have decided that this is the year [...]

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Small-Space Container Gardens Sighting!

March 5, 2012
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Hey Berkeley! My cousin Steve recently spotted Small-Space Container Gardens at a bookstore called Mrs. Dalloway’s Literary and Garden Arts located at 2904 College Avenue. I think this is the first time I’ve “seen” it out there in a brick and mortar store. I admit that I haven’t really looked, in part because I was worried [...]

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Beautiful Baby Salad Greens

March 2, 2012
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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 [...]

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Small-Space Container Gardens GIVEAWAY!

February 27, 2012
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Hi container gardening friends! I wanted to alert you to a contest my publisher is having to give away a free copy of my book, a special pallet garden collection of seeds, and a Woolly Pocket. The winner will be armed with the supplies needed to take on several projects described in my book! Click [...]

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My What a Difference 3 1/2 Years Make!

February 23, 2012
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People often ask, “Can you really cram succulents in there like that? Won’t they quickly out grow the arrangement?” Well… The image above is two shots of the exact same container. The photo on the left was taken in July of 2008 and the photo on the right is from just a week or two [...]

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Great Gardening Advice on Pinterest

February 22, 2012
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Have you heard of a new site called Pinterest? It is basically a virtual cork board that allows you to organize and share all the interesting things you find on the internets. Just like other social websites, you “follow” the people who have similar interests, or you can just follow particular boards. It is a fun [...]

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A Tail of Two Sedums

February 17, 2012
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Have you ever heard of the succulent called Donkey’s Tail? Perhaps you heard it called Burro’s Tail instead? There are actually two different but very similar succulents that are both called those names. Sedum morganum and Sedum burrito. Can you tell the difference between the two plants shown in the photo?

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My book. It’s published!

February 16, 2012
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I have waited so long to say this: I’m a published author! My book, Small-Space Container Gardens, is officially for sale in bookstores. Well, it just started shipping out to bookstores, so it might still be in transit to your favorite bookseller. But if it’s not there now, it will be there very, very soon. [...]

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