This Week’s Inspiration
Yesterday I posed the question, What is inspiring your edible garden this year? I think it is only fair that I join in and divulge my current inspirations for the 2010 growing season.
I saw this 
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Yesterday I posed the question, What is inspiring your edible garden this year? I think it is only fair that I join in and divulge my current inspirations for the 2010 growing season.
I saw this Let’s Learn About the Historical Origins of Herbs, Fruits and Vegetables
Have you ever heard of sea cabbage, a wild cousin of the domesticated brassicas? Did you know that edible bananas are a primitive plant thought to be related to some of the first trees of the primeval forest?
I didn't either until Two Inspiring Cookbooks “Moro East” and “The Kitchen Diaries”
A few months back I decided not to do reviews anymore. Not that I did many in the first place, but the decision lifted a huge load off of my shoulders. It's the difference Untitled (A Darker Side to Gardening)
Over the weekend, I decided to read Jamaica Kincaid's "The Autobiography of My Mother" for the second time. Opening the first page, I notice a note scrawled into the top right hand corner in my own handwriting, "pg 143."
Turning to page 143 I find
Fiskars Telescoping 12-Foot Tree Pruner
Fiskars, makers of the famous orange-handled crafting scissors and assorted gardening pruners, among other things (turns out they make boats too. o-kay), recently sent me their Power Stroke Telescoping Pruning Stik 12-Foot Tree Pruner as a Book: A Tale of 12 Kitchens by Jake Tilson
I bought "A Tale of 12 Kitchens" by artist and designer Jake Tilson just over a year ago and have been trying to find a reason to write about it on the site ever since. Handmade Gifts for Gardeners
I didn't intend to write another post about Holiday gifts this season but I realized that when I wrote the first post I left out the handmade items I found in my search. There's some really great stuff there Holiday Gifts for Gardeners 2008
Please note that items are listed in U.S prices.
1. Botanicalls DIY Plant Twitter Kit - $99.00 How many of us really need this? I don't really need this. I know when to water my plants. All I have 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 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 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 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.
Everything’s Cool
I watched "Everything's Cool" yesterday afternoon, hot on the heels of the UN conference on climate change held in Bali last week where my country was globally humiliated ONCE AGAIN by our Prime Minister's refusal to support a new climate change agreement -- an action supported by the rest of the planet, excluding our neighbours to the south.
The Curious Gardener’s Almanac by Nial Edworthy
Non-fiction
The Curious Gardener's Almanac: Centuries of Practical Garden Wisdom
By Nial Edworthy
©2007 Perigee
When I first sat down to review The Curious Gardener's Almanac by Nial Edworthy I began in the most logical place, the introduction. I was immediately smitten. Abloom
I realize this reduces my chances of getting one, but I must tell you about Mood Swing Studio's Abloom collection of necklaces, earrings, and broaches. My favourites are the necklaces, each is one-of-a-kind and lovingly crafted by Kristen using vintage 
Kokopelli Seed Foundation
I want this book! We took a week off last month, staying at the home of an avid tomato gardener whose name I have not sought permission to reveal (and therefore will not). While there she introduced me to the Kokopelli
