I listened to this essay about the importance of physical labor by urban gardener Mary Seton Corboy yesterday morning on the This I Believe program and thought it was so brilliant I had to share. 
Hell, yes. here's something to help you... or... ummm... me... get through the last days of winter. Eighteen back issues of Organic Gardening magazine, dating from 2005 to 2008 are available in their entirety for free viewing on Google books.
I love it 
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Flower Fairy Lights - Make this pretty D.I.Y light string using L.E.D lights and egg cartons. - via Craftzine.
Carnivorous Plants Calendar - Download and print out this open-ended calendar (you fill in the days) featuring illustrations of 
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 
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 
They did it once a few years back and now they're doing it again. ReadyMade Mag is looking for contenders for their next Gardening Challenge. Here's the deal: You send ReadyMade photos of your current "garden" space and plans with innovative but 
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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.
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