My middle daughter painted her room purple one year, and my husband thought he would go insane. It was too funny watching him cringe every time he went into the room. She loved the color purple, and I have to agree I was a bit apprehensive at first, but it looked great! I am painting…
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Do you agree with an anthropologist that garden club shirts with slogans “Friends don’t let friends buy annuals” promote snobbery?
There are certain things in my life that have always been at the top of ” Robbie’s Pet Peeve List” and at the top is “snobs” + “bullies” because they are hurtful + exclusive! I like the definition of “pet peeves”, something that irritates the heck out of you. Yep, that is what I consider…
Nature can teach us a thing or two about building healthy neighborhoods!
“We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise our diversity. We need to give each other space so that we may both give and receive such beautiful things as ideas, openness, dignity, joy, healing, and inclusion.“ Max de Pree Over the years, we have discovered that monocropping or…
Edible Estates:The Attack on the Front Lawn by artist Fritz Haeg
I have been wrestling with my front lawn for the past 10 years. I live on a typical city block where no one grows food in the front or back yards and no flowers! However, the past few years I have been seeing more flowers, which is delightful in front yards and less chemical spraying,…
Build a Tea Garden next to your kitchen and enjoy a cup at your picking!
I am presently creating an “herbal tea” garden this year and next spring, so this post was perfect to write this week. I want to place my herbal tea and culinary herb garden next to our kitchen. Culinary + Herbal Tea Garden to be located outside Kitchen this next year…. This next week I have…
Eating on the Wild Side by Jo Robinson-Finally Scientific research to support the healthy benefits of growing close to home!
This book is based on scientific research about which vegetables are best to eat for keeping you healthy. Jo Robinson is a journalist that has read through the research for the past 10-15 yrs. I am using this book to redesign my urban potager this next year. I am looking at the types of food…
Lemon Cucumbers
The last few years I have been trying different vegetables in our zone 5 gardens to see which are more resistant to disease and able to hold up to pests. I have grown cucumbers for years, but often times I have a problem with cucumber beetles that I have to “hand-pick” every morning. This year…
Immunity Gardens 