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Archives for March 2007

Mouse and Trowel awards

March 29, 2007 by Andrea Bellamy 1 Comment

Colleen from In the Garden Online has started the wired equivalent of the GWA’s Quill and Trowel awards, the Mouse and Trowel. The Mouse and Trowel Awards have categories such as “Best Writing,” “Best Gardening Podcast,” and “Garden blogger you’d most like to have as a neighbour.” I’m with Elizabeth of Gardening While Intoxicated. Where’s […]

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Conflict of self-interest

March 26, 2007 by Andrea Bellamy 9 Comments

My backyard is having a bit of an identity crisis. It’s not its fault; it’s picking it up from me. I can’t decide what I want it to be. Is it a garden? A farm? Or an outdoor room? When I say, “backyard,” I mean a 180 sq.ft square currently covered in concrete pavers, surrounded […]

Filed Under: My garden

Design assistant

March 23, 2007 by Andrea Bellamy Leave a Comment

It’s another soggy day here in Vancouver, and because the weather report tells me I won’t be spending any time in my garden this weekend, I’m substituting actual gardening with the online version of a garden tour. I’m talking about Design Assistant, from CoastalLiving.com. It features all kinds of interior and outdoor rooms and treatments […]

Filed Under: Inspiration, Outdoor Living, Resources

Welcome, spring!

March 21, 2007 by Andrea Bellamy 1 Comment

Yesterday, the first official day of spring, I went for a late afternoon walk around my East Van neighbourhood. The wind was still rather cold, but the sun was low and creating some great light, so I tried to capture what I think is the unique quality of the ‘hood: the juxtiposition of commercial and […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous

Looking for love. Loveseats, that is.

March 19, 2007 by Andrea Bellamy 4 Comments

I’m looking for an outdoor loveseat for my third-floor balcony. I know, I know. Sounds suspiciously like I’m wanting to create an “outdoor room,” right? And they have been so overdone and overexposed lately. “What’s next,” you’re asking, “the behemoth barbecue, the outdoor shower?” Well, no, just the loveseat. And maybe an ottoman. And a […]

Filed Under: Garden Design, Outdoor Living

A brief history of the seed ball

March 15, 2007 by Andrea Bellamy 41 Comments

Round, cookie-dough-like balls of clay and seed

Since readers have asked, I thought I’d explain a bit more about seed balls (also known as “seed bombs,” among a multitude of other names). Seed balls, simply put, are a method for distributing seeds by encasing them in a mixture of clay and compost. This protects the seeds by preventing them from drying out […]

Filed Under: Resistance is fertile Tagged With: guerilla gardening, masanobu fukuoka, seed ball, seed balls, seed bomb, seed bombs, seedball, seedballs, seedbomb

How to make seed balls

March 13, 2007 by Andrea Bellamy 50 Comments

Round, cookie-dough-like balls of clay and seed

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Filed Under: Green Gardening & Living, How To, Resistance is fertile Tagged With: guerrilla gardening, masanobu fukuoka, seed ball, seed balls, seed bomb, seed bombs, seedball, seedballs, seedbomb

I spy…

March 8, 2007 by Andrea Bellamy 4 Comments

something that is fabulous. I’m not the only one who stops traffic to snap a picture of a nice garden, right? Well, this one made me slam on the brakes. Keep in mind that this is March, so the garden isn’t even in its prime. But if this is what is meant by a four-season […]

Filed Under: Inspiration

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