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Archives for May 2008

Canadian Superstore to accept plant pots for recycling

May 29, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 6 Comments

Kudos to the Canadian supermarket known as Superstore (Loblaw’s), which has announced that they will now accept plastic pots, flats and even plant tags for recycling. They’ll make them into new pots and flats for use and sale the following year. This closed-loop solution could divert approximately three million garden pots from Canada’s landfills this […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: canada, recycling plant pots

Ladybugs love aphids: using beneficial bugs to wipe out the bad

May 28, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 13 Comments

Ladybugs: keep refrigerated. I have these euphorbias (E. amygdaloides) in my front garden bed that get crippled by aphids every spring. Despite their aphid problem, they’re quite lovely, which is why I’ve kept them this long.  (I’m not sure what variety of euphorbia they are; they are the developer’s last remaining contribution of my garden.) […]

Filed Under: Critters and wildlife, Green Gardening & Living Tagged With: aphid, beneficial insect, euphorbia, gardening, ladybug, organic

BotaniWipe: redeeming houseplants everywhere

May 22, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 7 Comments

Schefflera with a nasty case of scale. My houseplants are the neglected siblings of my outdoor plants; they get a raw deal when it comes to care and attention. As a result, they’re pretty pathetic specimens. This year, I’ve resolved to be ruthless with them: either they shape up or ship out. Of course, it’s […]

Filed Under: Indoors Tagged With: botaniwipes, house plant, houseplant, lavender, leaf shine, leaf spray, neem, neem oil, organic leaf shine, scale

Book review: Hardy Succulents

May 16, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 11 Comments

Hardy Succulents in two words: Eye candy. I love the look of succulents: their drama, their modernism. And maybe, just maybe, I covet them because I can’t really grow many of them all that successfully here, even though I’m in practically-balmy Zone 8. So I was really excited to receive a copy of Hardy Succulents: […]

Filed Under: Pacific Northwest, Perennials Tagged With: agave, cactus, gardening, hardiness, hardy, hardy succulents, sedum, sempervivum, succulents, Vancouver, zone

Growing shiitake mushrooms

May 10, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 29 Comments

Me, the day before Lila’s birth, preparing to drill holes for shiitake mushroom plugs. (I also lifted rocks and pushed a car that was out of gas that day; I figured that at 12 days overdue, it couldn’t hurt). I’ve been wanting to grow my own mushrooms for a long time now, even listing them […]

Filed Under: How To, My garden, Veggies & Edibles Tagged With: growing mushrooms, log, mushroom, mushroom kit, mushroom plug spawn, shiitake

Thanks, all

May 6, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 1 Comment

Just a quick note to thank you all for your comments and emails of congratulations. I won’t be able to respond individually at this time, but I know you’ll understand! It’s difficult to find 10 minutes to even check my email these days, but I’m loving it.  :)

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Welcome Lila

May 1, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 31 Comments

She kept us waiting, but when she decided to arrive, she really committed. When we first found out we were having a kid, she was the size of a lentil. From that point on, despite tracking her developmental size as it related to various fruits and vegetables such as eggplants, jicama, cantaloupes, pineapples etc., she […]

Filed Under: Critters and wildlife, Miscellaneous Tagged With: Lila Rose Bellamy Garfinkel

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