Mix Up Your Own Seed Starting Mix
I posted this recipe a year ago but it is buried in a larger post and I decided it would be better-accessed if it had its own place. Making your own mix is SUPER easy and worth the small effort 
Category: Grow
I posted this recipe a year ago but it is buried in a larger post and I decided it would be better-accessed if it had its own place. Making your own mix is SUPER easy and worth the small effort A Good Mail Day
Who doesn't love a good mail day? You know, the kind with items in the mailbox that aren't bills or the junk coupons and flyers that keep showing up despite the careful note explaining that, "Seriously. For real. We First Catalogues of 2008
The first seed catalogues of 2008, Richters Herbs and West Coast Seeds (in that order), recently arrived in my mailbox, a sure sign that spring is just around the corner even if the outdoor temperatures say otherwise. Experiencing Fresh Cacao
On our third day in Cuba we took a trip organized by our hotel up into the Sierra Maestra mountains. There were a few different legs to the excursion, the first of which was a stop at around the halfway mark Oh Festive Tillandsia, Oh Festive Tillandsia
Allow me to introduce to you yet another alternative to the Christmas Tree.
A few weeks back I bought this tiny $3.00 string of miniature LED lights meant for creating miniature Winter Wonderlands. I have a thing for miniatures that stems from repeated A Conversation with Derek Powazek, Apartment Orchid Gardener
All photos by Derek Powazek
I first came across the work of Derek Powazek online about 10 years ago when I was working as a graphic designer in the interactive department of The Place That Shall Not Be Named. Derek's retired online Seedpods
I took this photo back in October (Is it really very nearly the end of the year already?) on our trip to the Montreal Botanical Gardens. Unfortunately, I can not recall which plant this is. I might have known what it was when The Horribly Late Roof Garden Clean Up That Never Was 2007
I desperately need to clean up my rooftop garden. Desperately. Double desperately. It's horrible how long I've let it got this year really. The warmer Fall temperatures were wonderfully evil and I just went with it pretending that Fall would continue forever. I rewarded myself
Planting and Growing Garlic (Allium sativum)
Garlic Shown: Stiff-neck which tends to be hardy and stores well over the long term.
Sitting down to write this, my first thoughts are to apologize for the slow down in updates recently. I consider writing to assure you that the slow down is Windowsill Plants
The plants were so lovely in the window today on a sunny November afternoon. I could not help but grab a camera to capture the moment.
This is 'Variegata' hot pepper, a gorgeous and edible heirloom variety that has READ MORE...
This is 'Variegata' hot pepper, a gorgeous and edible heirloom variety that has READ MORE...
