Ella’s Botanicals - Healing Skin Salve
This little pot of Healing Skin Salve by Ella's Botanicals is currently saving my life. When I last wrote I was suffering from a bandage-related allergy but the actual tattoo wasn't too bad -- a 
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This little pot of Healing Skin Salve by Ella's Botanicals is currently saving my life. When I last wrote I was suffering from a bandage-related allergy but the actual tattoo wasn't too bad -- a As You Might Have Imagined, It’s Botanical
I got a tattoo.
I feel a little silly saying it since there is something kind of odd really about having artwork permanently etched onto one's body. And despite what anyone has ever told you, getting a EYE Magazine - October 18, 2008
"Green Thumbs Up: The Surprisingly Soothing Results of Ground-level Activism"
The full article can be seen on the EYE website. Things You Can Compost That You Didn’t Think You Could
While writing the composting section for the new book, it occurred to me that my list in book one was rather incomplete and only covered some of the things we compost at home. There's a surprising A New World, And a Bold World
Hello.
Hi.
Is this thing on?
I'm experiencing a bit of stage fright, sitting here staring at the screen. It's been so long since I've been here. Not here as in sitting at this computer staring at the The End of Days
Over the weekend I stuck my head out of my hermit den long enough to notice that winter is coming. All of the signs are there, I've just been pretending not to see them. The first Food for Freedom
I'm going to be giving another presentation on Guerrilla Gardening tomorrow at the Style at Home Show as a part of Eco Day. The gardening presentations start at noon. Mine will be at 2pm.
Here's the write-up:
Learn about the many ways that people are "greening the
Charles’ Tobacco
To begin, I am going to preface this entry with a note about tobacco since I know this topic is controversial and likely to ruffle some feathers. As adults we are all aware that smoking tobacco is Gather, Circle Moss Ring
My pal Julie Jackson emailed me about the living jewelry created by Adorn Jewelry rightly thinking that they were perfect for gardeners. I ordered one almost immediately.
The rings come with fake moss embedded Weck: Fancy Pants Canning Jars
Since the harvest season has got underway I've been doing quite a bit of canning. Canning in a small, claustrophobic apartment kitchen can get a little gnarly at times but I actually enjoy the process quite a Troy-Bilt Pony Garden Tiller
When Troy-Bilt, makers of large lawn and garden power machines, contacted me about reviewing a product I was a little hesitant. Actually I was a lot hesitant. I said no at first and then mulled it Eco-Me Cat Starter Kit
Eco-Me specializes in D.I.Y natural cleaning, bath and home products and kits. The idea is a bit unusual: rather than simply selling natural products, they provide the recipes, reusable containers and tools, and essential oils so Mystery Tree in the Garden
I found an entire tree laying flat across the street garden this morning. Just, you know, laying there. How it got there or why is beyond me.
Okay. Here's the thing: The garden's a mess. I have barely Matchstick Garden
I bought this little UK product, The Matchstick Garden, while out shopping for project supplies at a bourgeoisie cooking store in my neighborhood the other day. Those fancy stores with their beautifully packaged products and their My Brother’s Garden
Hey Internet,
Remember when I helped my brother make a container garden on his balcony? Behold, it LIVES!
He's done really, really well for someone with Underground Organics
I've been meaning to tell you about Underground Organics since back in the spring when buckets of their beautiful flowers first started showing up at my local weekly market, the Dufferin Grove Farmers Market.
A Conversation: Gardening versus Porn
I am standing in front of a community garden taking photos when a youngish dude (I am not good at guesstimating age) holding a guitar and a large, open bottle of vodka approaches me.
Him: What are you doing?
Me: I'm taking pictures of these beans Things I Learned While Camping
Homesteading -- the kind that involved living in tents and no machinery -- was terribly difficult. I'm sure of it. Of course I already knew this, camping merely drove that point home in a new way. Simple tasks Made it Back Alive…
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...But just barely. Camping was hard and beautiful and itchy and wonderful all at once. The 4 hours of canoing to our campsite island was probably the hardest part. Gone Camping
We're going camping! I haven't been really, truly camping since I was a kid. As a non-driver I've never been able to get my feet wet in the world of tent pitching in the wilderness since getting out of the city into the great
