Posts Tagged plants

Hanging Tomatoes

I was looking at the upside down tomato planters at Big Lots the other day, and while the idea seemed like a good one, the execution left a lot to be desired aesthetically. Ugly is what they were. This is much more pleasant to look at and hopefully just as effective. You can hang it from a shepherd's hook by your porch even if you don't have much space. First I found a couple of hanging baskets with coco liners just sitting on my planting bench, condos for spiders. If you buy them new they p

May 3, 2011 No Comments Full Story

Things that are making me happy Right Now

Pizza with garlic & onion sauce, topped with spinach, mushrooms, ricotta, roasted beets and Havarti cheese. My fern is growing! Elizabeth Zimmerman's puzzle of a baby sweater pattern, and the magical internet community of knitters called Ravelry which helps me make sense of it. Oh, and the Araucania Nature Wool that is such a pleasure to knit up. My Distinguished Scholar daughter, who brought home some stratospheric WesTest results, decided to scent our last batch of homemad

September 16, 2010 No Comments Full Story