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Gone Wild

February 11, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 2 Comments

I met Hartley and Anne-Marie (above) at the farmer’s market last year, because, well, they were selling plants – need I say more? Early in the spring, there are always more vendors selling plants than fresh produce. Mostly it’s pretty basic: pots of herbs, annuals and a few cottagey perennials. But there’s also Otto with […]

Filed Under: Green Gardening & Living, Shrubs & Trees Tagged With: gardening, gone wild, native plants, natives, Sustainability

Rephorm design

January 5, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 2 Comments

Berlin-based Michael Hilgers is a busy fellow. An architect by training, he is also a skilled joiner who enjoys designing retail products. He had designed and independently produced the stackable polyethylene dialounge pair chair (above) and was touring it around at product fairs, where he discovered a dearth of outdoor design products – especially for […]

Filed Under: Outdoor Living Tagged With: garden, Garden Design, gardening, Outdoor Living, rephorm

New year’s resolutions 2008

January 2, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 2 Comments

Happy 2008, friends, and brightest wishes for the new year. Every year, I make resolutions for the garden – and for myself as a gardener. Sometimes, like last year, they’re pretty straightforward (1. finish design for backyard. 2. Implement). Or, like my 2006 resolutions, pretty lofty (i.e. doomed to fail). This year, I’m going easy on […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: garden, gardening, new year's resolutions, resolutions for the garden

Compostable diapers

December 16, 2007 by Andrea Bellamy 18 Comments

gDiapers: cute – and good for the earth. In just four months, I’ll be contending with mountains of stinky diapers. It seems to be the one given in a postpartum world. I mean, there’s a chance the Lentil might take after his or her momma and sleep through the night from three weeks old (please, […]

Filed Under: Composting Tagged With: biodegradable diapers, Composting, diapers, gardening, gdiaper

Why aren’t more young people gardening?

December 10, 2007 by Andrea Bellamy 8 Comments

Have you been following the discussion over at Cold Climate Gardening on why more older gardeners don’t blog? Makes for interesting reading, and links quite nicely into my own personal interest in why more younger people don’t garden. I’m not alone in this query. Hanna at This Garden Is Illegal responded to Katie at Garden […]

Filed Under: Raving and Whining Tagged With: community garden, craft, food security, garden marketing, gardening, peak oil, young people, younger generation

In search of the perfect watering can

December 3, 2007 by Andrea Bellamy 1 Comment

My husband has given me an ultimatum: get rid of my watering can. He’s referring to my indoor watering can – an old, ugly mauve plastic job that normally sits on the kitchen counter because there’s never any room for it under the sink. So I can’t blame him for hating it, really. But now […]

Filed Under: Indoors, Retail Therapy Tagged With: gardening, indoor watering cans, modern watering cans

First snowfall of winter

December 2, 2007 by Andrea Bellamy Leave a Comment

Yesterday morning, we woke up to snow. As if the turning of the calendar page triggered Arctic chill. It seems snow has become more and more common in Vancouver over the past few years. I guess that’s part of the global warming/weird weather phenomenon. At this point, please allow me a short lecture, since I’ll […]

Filed Under: My garden, Pacific Northwest Tagged With: garden, gardening, snow, stereotype, Vancouver

Announcing the Lentil

November 13, 2007 by Andrea Bellamy 18 Comments

I’m pregnant. There, I said it. I’ve been looking for a way to tell you, but it doesn’t normally come up in topics relating to gardening. You might have noticed a lack of regular posting – and for that I apologize. Somehow having a little alien growing in your belly distracts you from things you’re […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: gardening, parenting, pregnancy

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