heuchera leaf spot, cocoons
Archives for July 2007
About that flower quiz…
I am aDaffodil What Flower Are You? Hanna over at This Garden Is Illegal just posted the meanings behind all the flowers in her now-famous What Flower are You? quiz. It’s amazing how widely the seeds of this quiz have been dispersed. If you haven’t taken it for yourself, do so now. It only takes […]
Treehuggable
Treehugger’s How To Go Green Guides (comprehensive how-tos on everything from greening your dishwasher to your sex life) have a new chapter: How to Green your Gardening. I’m so glad to see this great green site spreading the green gardening gospel. While their Top 10 Tips aren’t anything new for old-hat organic gardeners, I’ll be […]
My mom grows the best weed
It’s official: my family grows the best weed in town. What? Not something to be proud of? This is British Columbia, you know. And this is award-winning weed. Before you get all “well, I never!”, let me explain. My mom’s garden club has a yearly competition. You know – best rose, best foliage, best berries. […]
Ultimate in outdoor furniture
I’m completely in love with A Stacking Hommage, the final project of one Dirk Winkel, recent graduate in Industrial Design from University of the Arts, Berlin, which he describes as “three classics of design history, redesigned as a low-price, stackable plastic chair.” (Barcelona version shown.) F-ing brilliant. Now will someone please manufacture it?