Voila! I have for you the perfect election hangover cure: I just discovered Cup of Coco, the blog of artist/creator/interior designer Jennifer Talbot of b.delicious. Hot damn, that girl is talented! I was originally drawn to this birch tree she created for a client’s room – beautiful, isn’t it? Look closer: It’s made out of […]
Archives for October 2008
NYC rooftop garden voyeurism
I’ve got a bit of an election hangover today. Feeling kind of snarly and sick to my stomach. When you’re feeling nasty there’s nothing like trolling the interwebs for guilty pleasures (I like the trashy celebrity blogs, personally). But today I found something that gives you a bit of a voyeuristic thrill without feeling bad […]
Please hold: contest winner announced shortly
engage landing configuration, originally uploaded by ndrwfgg. Hello all, and a Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Canadians. The tomato recipe challenge has now closed, and I’m busy cooking, baking and canning up the last of my tomatoes. A winner will be announced… shortly. By the end of the week, at least. In other news, I’ve […]
Reminder: send me your tomato recipes!
Just a reminder that you have until tomorrow midnight to enter the tomato recipe challenge and win a fabulous cookbook!
Garden Tour: Andrea and Ben’s urban patio
Today marks the launch of Rock n’ Scroll: the Heavy Petal Garden Tour (woot!). See gardens from around the world, and share your garden with the whole wide web. Here’s how. To kick off the tour, I’m sharing my own back patio with you. Enjoy! The basics Gardeners: Andrea Bellamy and Ben Garfinkel (with daughter […]
Submit your garden! Take us on a garden tour.
Everyone loves a garden tour. But we can’t personally visit all the great and deserving gardens around the world. So climb aboard the Heavy Petal tour bus, where you can tour fellow readers’ gardens rain or shine, in spring or the depths of winter. The tour is full of fun people. And you don’t have […]
Vote for the environment. Canucks: listen up.
Canadians have a powerful new online tool to help them cast a vote for the environment. VoteForEnvironment.ca provides a recommended pick for every riding in the country for the Liberal, NDP, Green or Bloc party candidate most likely to overwhelm their Conservative opponent. “At a time when we need urgent global action on climate change, […]
Tomato Chowder recipe (Plus a contest and a challenge to readers)
Once you’ve harvested all your tomatoes, what do you do with them? Besides eating them sliced with a pinch of Maldon salt, one of my favourite recipes comes from my Nan. You’ll find the recipe below. But I can only make so many batches of this soup; I need some variety! Here’s my challenge to […]