It’s Retail Therapy week at Heavy Petal, and today we’re coveting the paper cut work of artist Peter Callesen. With painstaking craftsmanship Callesen creates intricate, fragile beauty – out of basic A4 paper, 2D becomes 3D, ordinary becomes extraordinary. I’m already taking liberties with my editorial – because this isn’t exactly retail. But look at […]
Archives for January 2007
Retail therapy week – day one
To combat the January Blahs, I hereby declare this Retail Therapy week at Heavy Petal. I’ll profile a mood-boosting, drool-worthy purchase each day. Today, I’m loving dwarf citrus trees like this meyer lemon. One of the hardiest, most productive citrus trees, it can be brought indoors in winter where it’s sure to brighten your day. […]
I bet Des Kennedy celebrates World Naked Gardening Day
des kennedy, denman island, recreating eden
January blahs
I’ve been feeling a little meh lately. Part of it, I know, is feeling cooped up; the weather has been terrible (it’s supposed to snow again tonight!) and like many gardeners, I’m experiencing serious garden withdrawal. A few weeks ago, I was all “spring is almost here!”… and now I’m as cranky as a wet […]
New fangled things
Just curious – have any of you tried SketchUp when planning a new garden? Or even one of the multitude of free online drafting programs like this one? I know many gardeners don’t plan their gardens or beds down to the last detail. More often than not, I do the same – even when my […]
Happy New Year!
Hot pepper bouquets at Seattle’s Pike Place Market Happy 2007, friends, and brightest wishes for the new year. I hope it will be full of joy, good health, and good times in the garden. Time to take a look at last year’s resolutions for the garden and see how I’ve done. Last year I resolved […]