I don’t know about you, but sometimes I get totally discouraged at the whole idea of technology taking over our daily lives–pulling us away from the whole cycle of life happening out of doors, so when I found out about the Urban Cultivator on Treehugger, I kind of felt like technology was redeeming itself a Read More >>
Growing Lettuce In A Floating Hydroponics System
Linda from South Carolina sent me a really cool email last night about her efforts to grow lettuce during the winter months. It’s floating! How cool is that?! Linda says lettuce can be grown in a floating system inside your house or outside in a greenhouse depending on your winter temperatures. One of Linda’s goals Read More >>
Mavis Garden Blog – Seedling Updates and Pictures
This year we are growing almost all of our garden vegetables {and flowers} from seed. I thought it would be fun show you how a few of the seedlings are doing. If you’ve never started your seeds indoors before, not only is it easy to do, but it’s kind of nice to be able to Read More >>
How to Make a Succulent Terrarium
The Girl and I decided to make a terrarium the other day after having spotted 2 large shelves filled with mini cactus and succulents at the Home Depot. I don’t know about you, but I just can’t seem to stay away from that place no matter how hard I try. We couldn’t resist the fat little succulent Read More >>
Mavis Garden Blog – Seedlings Update
Granex Yellow Onions – Planted January 1st, 2013 One of the things I want to be better at this year is documenting my garden in real time, from start to finish. A sort of photographic journey as I plant, sow, and harvest my backyard bounty. I think so many times when we read books and Read More >>