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Summer Lovin’ Green Shoe Review – Birki’s Sandals Give-Away
Summer is here, my peeps, and my feet need to be happy. It’s all about the summer lovin’! Your little footies need some green summer lovin’ too. At the bottom of this post enter to win a contest for a free pair of shoes. When we discuss shoes we must discuss a problem: sustainable shoes [...]
Dear UPS You Forgot Which Direction Is Up
Dear UPS Corporation, Today I received a delivery of fresh young test plants that were sent so that I am able to try them out in the garden. I am a test gardener and plant arrival is always an exciting moment for me. My readers, and I’m sure your delivery team, know that categorically I [...]
A Photograph: Crapapple Snow and Orange Geum Smiles
Today I woke up and the front lawn was smothered in crabapple snow. I have horrid allergies to tree pollen, so every day of gardening while the 35 year old white tree is in bloom is painful for me. Yet when I walked out this morning, coffee in hand, and saw this orange Geum ‘Sea [...]
How To Make a Garden Wreath From Dried Allium Flowers
When my youngest daughter was tiny she became fascinated by a purple flower in the garden. She would say, “Mama, there are aliens in our garden!” Without a doubt, the Allium Globemaster looks like a little man with a purple head standing above the rest of the perennials. Part of what makes me love gardening [...]
Where Do I Find An Eco Green Taxi?
Here’s the issue: I have to travel a lot and am concerned about how millions of taxi’s in the world are touching the environment. I’m also concerned that I might die in a cab ride. Over half the cabbies I’ve ridden with are texting simultaneously while driving, which is an accident waiting to happen. Either [...]
Garden TV Love Right Out My Front Window
Every season, no matter what that season might be, my 12 year old daughter and I are presented with a view. Out the front window to the garden, that is. We call it “TV”. You know, “Fall TV” or “Summer TV”. Currently we are in “Spring TV” and the show is quite tree-spectacular. We sit [...]
Urban Indoor Houseplant Design Book and a Tool Give-Away Contest
When Kylee Baumle and Jenny Peterson asked me to be part of the Indoor Plant Décor Virtual Blog Tour and contest give-away I was SO excited. Kylee and Jenny are long time garden writer friends who also happen to have two of the kick-assiest garden blogs in existence: Kylee’s awesome garden life blog – Our [...]
MNN.com and I Teach How to Amend Your Soil So You Can Grow Your Own Groceries
Mother Nature Network has started a great educational push to teach people how to grow their own groceries and make a difference in community. This week they invited me to participate as the host for a Google+ Hangout episode right in my front lawn veggie garden. Our episode this week was focused on teaching viewers [...]
Bush In A Pot – Review of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis ‘Erin Rachel’
I planted Hibiscus rosa-sinensis ‘Erin Rachel’ (above) completely expecting the plant to fail – I have never grown a bush in a pot before. Not only did it thrive, but it was truly one of the most spectacular flowers in my garden. Bottom line, when the folks at Hines Growers asked me to try out [...]
Powerful Vegetable Meme Lifts Woman
…..AND THEN IT WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO LIFT SHAWNA WITH VEGETABLE SUPER POWERS! Today I received the above photo shopped image where a fan has taken my body and put it on top of the muscle bound Hercules Bean Man meme photo. This picture made me laugh so hard I spit hot tea with honey [...]
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