Yesterday, between work and a doctors appoint, I had an hour to fill. I took the free time as a rare opportunity to visit Campbells greenhouse, a long standing Charlotte nursery with a great reputati...
When Ez talked about showing a little realness on blogs I immediately wondered if it would come across as self-indulgent and waylaying faults (Hello, my name is Renee and Im a serial pessimist.) When...
The greens are coming in while the hot-lovin summer veggies are starting to bloom. What to do with all those greens? Uber-lemony sorrel, bitter endive, lambs quarters by the boat load...You planted i...
Every once in a while Ive mentioned a community garden here, but I dont think Ive explained it yet. See, I like to volunteer my time as much as I can, and in the past Ive volunteered with the Matthew...
Friday evening I made a big pot of sorrel and potato soup from MizTrails Easy Growing. It was excellent! Part of the issue with growing non-traditional honky foods is that I have to figure out a way ...
Today my heart aches for my beautiful state. Yesterday a constitutional amendment was passed that limits marriage in vaguely defined terms. "Marriage between one man and one woman is the only dom...
This is going to sound like a commercial, but I promise this is a little post about an online store that I keep visiting {weekly!} for a bit of window shopping .Have you ever visited Fire Escape Farm...
When you drive a Smart car you get a lot of questions from strangers. They range from "How many miles a gallon do you get?" to "Its so small, dont you feel unsafe?" First off, i...
I spent most of the day yesterday working on a piece for a show with Little Paper Planes for the book launch party in June. Although I took a few breaks to change up the pace, most of the day w...
Im planning on an outdoorsy kind of weekend, finally getting some seeds in the ground. Its nice to look back at an area that was once English ivy and a boxwood to see it growing into an area of abund...
Its been a while since we did a little compare and contrast. Today well look at TOMS shoes vs Skechers brand BOBS. Since the picture I put together explains most of the details I wont touch on those,...
Ive been bothering Charlie for one of these for oh....say...2 years now? See The Brick Houses vision? Search "stock tank pool" or "livestock tank pool" and youll find pages of drool w...
Calcium is one of those things we dont usually talk about in terms of garden nutrients, right? I mean, you buy a bag of soil amendments and the big numbers are NPK, but what about the little guys? Th...
This weekend Mabel and I went to the community garden to do a little digging. Since Im the newest volunteer there, I feel best about doing hard labor over planting any of the crops, at least until I ...
Watch this video about Spoonflower and see if you can spot some Wolfie &the Sneak fabrics in the background. Leave a comment below naming the pattern you saw and youll be entered to win a t...
Yesterday Chiots Run tweeted about a Seed Savers Exchange webinar on apple grafting last night. Because theyre central time and were eastern and the time slot straddled bed time, I wasnt too sure Id ...
Maybe this afternoon Ill get around to taking some actual pictures and not just digital mock ups, but I have a handful of tea towels ready to add to the shop. Each one is lovingly sewn by me, the fab...
Plants are waking up, stretching their leaves and saying hello. Those tuckered out from a long fall and winter of growing are setting seed, ensuring their place in the gardens next year.Most pr...
If youre just here for gardening tips, Im making it super easy to get your dose of dirt! Check it out: the Sweet Haven blog.There are some oldies from Modish and some newbies from here, but all in al...
When weve got projects we try to find a way to engage the kiddo. Shes eager to learn and do what we do, so with a little guidance (and sometimes extra personal reminders to have patience) we give her...
When the Scotts/National Wildlife Federation Fiasco happened I took down our wildlife habitat sign. Ive been wondering what to do with the sign itself: Send it back? Recycle it? But maybe I should ma...
This (though this view is from a different angle) was the view from our kitchen window on Saturday. We need some work done on the house foundation, which meant a little bit of cutting, an...
Remember these? They were washed, blanched and peeled. Then pickled in white wine vinegar and honey with a sprig of rosemary. Theyre so good Ive already harvested another bunch to pi...
Id been saving apple juice jugs to turn into cloches and was starting to feel a bit hoardy. Instead of letting them pile up, Ive started a new garden path.Over to the right of the path Ive added a ma...
These nice spring days, weve got eggs out the wazoo. There will be quiche with foraged greens, there will be all sorts of homemade custard, the gardens will be amended with chicken poop and the slugs...
Since I dont seem to be springing back from a rather lazy weekend (so why am I still tired??) I have a few links to share:Gathering wild onions to cook with scrambled eggs is a spring tradition among...
We hadnt cleaned the pond in 3+ years, since before Mabel. Yesterday it was time. It was actually way past time, but so it goes with little ones--time speeds up and to-do lists quadruple.Last summer ...
When work is slow I can draw in a relatively distraction-free zone for hours at a time, provided I dont hop on twitter or facebook... Those are my happiest days, the ones where I work the day job (wh...
Once again we finished the weekend as exhausted as it began. Hi-C has been making a playhouse for the little one while Ive been clearing out invasive plants from several patches of the front yard. Im...
I know shes a little sponge at this age, imitating C and me. How can I not be amazed at this little girl; the one who wakes up in the morning and starts drawing and later in the day stays by my side ...
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