Having a plant in the house is important. I have this belief that if your house has some sort of living foliage inside; your house is then a home. Aside from this, common houseplants actually purify the air. They can filter out things like formaldehyde, carbon monoxide and benzene from the air. NASA and the Associated Landscape Contractors of
Ahh, foliage. It has the ability to drastically improve our living spaces and an almost equal ability to make us feel like incompetent plant owners. How many of you just can't seem to keep houseplants alive? I picked this little guy up for $6 the other day. Look how beautiful it is! This is a Desert Rose Sorbet. It's a succulent
Oh mercy, there's a new magazine that just hit newsstands this month and it's a doozy. Let me introduce you to Urban Farm Magazine. The premiere issue features articles on turning your lawn into a garden, raising chickens, goats and bees in the suburbs and container gardening. This publication, out of Lexington, KY, is edited by Karen Keb Acevedo.
Over the weekend, I was able to carve out a few hours to ‘edit’ our front and back decks. By edit, I mean transition them for the oncoming cooler weather. I pulled out dead plants and turned the soil in all of our garden pots, moved deck furniture around, thoroughly swept and brought out some blankets, pillows and rugs. I also moved our
On a cool Sunday in August, I spent several hours cooking and baking in the kitchen. It was nice. I made some thumbprint cookies with a dollop of jam in the center, and encrusted in almonds. I also made some soup. It’s good for you because it has a blend of 23 beans, quinoa, peas, carrots, seasonings and chicken that I marinated for
Isn’t it neat when you wake up one morning after a particularly rainy few days and little mushrooms are growing all over? I spotted these in the neighboor’s yard and wanted to share them with you. It’s the little things, ya know?
