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Windowsill Cozy

Crocheted Windowsill Cozy Here's the follow-up to last week's Toasty Pot Coaster project. This windowsill warmer is easily crocheted much like coaster using double crochets and shell stitches as a decorative edge. Start by measuring the width and depth of your windowsill.
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Gayla : February 28th, 2007 : 5 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Seasonal, Projects, Link, Houseplants, Art/Craft

Starting

And almost as though to laugh at me in the face in regards to my last post, it has been snowing, snowing, snowing here for approximately four hours today, and sticking to boot. It started just as I had arrived home from buying myself a plastic flat,
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Kelly : February 19th, 2007 : 2 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Seasonal, Projects, Seeds, Propagation

Awaiting

I wish there was something wonderful and exciting for me to report, but alas, there's only something I feel is wonderful and exciting to half-report. I feel the spring in the air, and white the other side of the continent from me is frozen, dreary, and covered in snow,
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Kelly : February 17th, 2007 : 4 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Deep Thoughts

Toasty Pot Coaster

Like many apartments mine boasts poorly insulated windows and baseboard electric heating. Yep, it's a keeper. With the weather being in the high My Ass is About to Fall Offs I've been scheming ingenius ways to keep the plants that are stuck enduring their fate on
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Gayla : February 16th, 2007 : 5 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Seasonal, Projects, Houseplants, Art/Craft

$2 Gardening Porn

I want to talk about one of my favourite gardening books. It's called "New Kitchen Garden" by Adam Caplin. I bought it as a bargain book for $9.99 but in all honesty it might would have been worth the original price. (Holy moley, Chapter's
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Amy : February 13th, 2007 : 1 Comment
Posted in: Reviews, Link

Is It Springtime Yet?

ophiopogon.jpg You know you're suffering some major mid-winter gardening itch when you set out to spend a few minutes on a sunny Sunday morning bathing orchids and watering African violets... and then the next thing you know 4 HOURS have passed!! In
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Gayla : February 11th, 2007 : 1 Comment
Posted in: Journal, Seasonal, Houseplants

Seed Catalogues MIA

I had intended to write a post about seed catalogue arrivals and all of the exciting new things I want to try this year but so far only two catalogues have arrived (one of which I didn't even order!) with rest of the usual suspects seemingly missing-in-action.
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Gayla : February 9th, 2007 : 4 Comments
Posted in: Link, Seeds, Deep Thoughts

Kitchen Birds

One of our cat's favourite things these days is to hover around the sliding glass door in our kitchen and chatter at the birds that feed outside that door. Although I didn't see any birds this morning, I could hear them outside the house somewhere, and Farley
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Amy : February 8th, 2007 : No Comments
Posted in: Journal, Seasonal

A Five Minute Break

A consortium of French environmental groups called L’Alliance pour la Planète / The Alliance for the Planet are calling for as many people as possible to turn out their lights and shut off all electrical appliances for 5 minutes today. This action is meant to acknowledge
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Gayla : February 1st, 2007 : 2 Comments
Posted in: Link, Ecology

If You Can, Plant a Garden

I really hate to get all gooey and girly and squeee here because it's very embarassing and unbecoming but holy cow how much do I love Michael Pollan. I believe you have to be a subscriber to read it, but take a look at this article
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Gayla : January 29th, 2007 : 11 Comments
Posted in: Link, Ecology, Food, Deep Thoughts
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