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Tomato order 2008

January 30, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 5 Comments

Green Zebra tomatoes from last year’s harvest. I put in my first seed order of the year today: eight kinds of heirloom tomatoes from Salt Spring Seeds. As usual, I’ve ordered way too much: last year I managed to squeeze five plants onto my tiny deck. And I’ve got seeds from three of those. Eleven […]

Filed Under: Veggies & Edibles Tagged With: brandywine, green zebra, heirloom tomatoes, mortgage lifter, saltspring. seed saving, tomatoes

Instant vase update

January 29, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 4 Comments

Just wanted to draw your attention to a quick-and-easy craft project I spotted over at Home by Sunset. They’ve taken a plain vase and wrapped it with a natural placemat (reed, bamboo, etc.) for instant organic chic. Find step-by-step instructions here. Photo from Home by Sunset.

Filed Under: Indoors, Inspiration Tagged With: craft, cut flowers, flower craft, natural vase, vase, vases

Abigail Percy on botanical design

January 28, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 4 Comments

  Jewellery designer Abigail Percy guest blogged on Design*Sponge last week, and her posts are all themed around botanical design. She’s pretty well-positioned to provide her perspective on the matter, too. Her own designs, which I have long coveted, are botanically-inspired — like her anemone earrings, above. (*Drool*) Abigail says, “I love seeing just how many different ways the same […]

Filed Under: Inspiration Tagged With: abigail percy, botanical art, design sponge

Food Map Design

January 27, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 1 Comment

Jon and Elizabeth of Food Map Design wrote to tell me about their newly-released Food Map container, a modern garden planter created using green design principles. As Food Map is “committed to reconnecting residential space and food cultivation,” the container was designed for growing edibles, but ornamentals probably wouldn’t complain either. Here’s what Jon and […]

Filed Under: Garden Design, Retail Therapy, Veggies & Edibles Tagged With: food map, food map container, food map planter

Thanks, Sunset

January 26, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 16 Comments

Joy, joy, joy! The February 2008 issue of Sunset magazine is out, and I’ve finally gotten my hands on a copy. Why am I so excited about this particular issue? I’m in it! Heavy Petal is featured in their “In the West” section, and I’m thrilled to bits. It’s just a short write-up, but it […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Tagged With: feb 2008, press, sunset, sunset february 2008, sunset magazine

Growing paperwhites in January

January 24, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy Leave a Comment

I’ve always grown paperwhites (Narcissus tazetta) for the holiday season – force of habit, I guess. But this winter I just didn’t get around to picking up any bulbs, and before I knew it, it was all “Happy new year!” and I had no stinky white flowers in my house. On a jaunt to the […]

Filed Under: Bulbs and Tubers, Indoors Tagged With: bloom, narcissus, paperwhite, paperwhites, vodka

Moss graffiti – alternative method

January 21, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy Leave a Comment

Moss skull-and-crossbones by Ladybird at the Instructables. I came across a step-by-step guide to creating moss graffiti at the Instructables that is different than the other two methods I’ve seen before: painting a moss slurry onto a hard surface (which I’ve tried, unsuccessfully), and removing living chunks of moss and placing them in the desired pattern. Rather, it’s […]

Filed Under: Resistance is fertile Tagged With: guerilla gardening, moss, moss graffiti, moss graffitti, moss grafitti, moss paint, moss slurry, moss starter

Woodland nursery

January 20, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 11 Comments

With the baby due in under three months, it’s time to start thinking about where it’s going to live. (Actually, we know the future location of its habitat: our former TV room, or “media centre” as Ben liked to call it, but what said room is going to look like is completely open for discussion.) […]

Filed Under: Indoors Tagged With: children, modern nursery. baby, nursery decor, room, woodland, woodland garden, woodland nursery

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