Do you have plants on your fire escape? Do you work in a community garden? Or, do you have your own garden? Then your green-space can become a Certified Wildlife Habitat. Animal habitats are disappearing because of climate change, invasive species, and development. Each inch of land that is cleared for homes, strip malls, and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘plants’
Join the Club
Posted in Gardening, Just For Fun, tagged environment, garden, martha, plants on May 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Early Bird
Posted in Gardening, tagged flowers, plants on March 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The saying goes, “The early bird catches the worm,” but this birdy may have been a little too early. I have poor light in my room and have not had much success growing plants. So, I deduced that I should start early on summer seeds. Of course, the seeds sprouted just days after they were [...]
The Silver Lining
Posted in Gardening, tagged plants, snow on February 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
When I was a student at Wellesley and it snowed, I cried. Ask my mom, my dad, John. I cried hard. This morning was different, though. I woke and peered over the plants on my windowsill to see over an inch of snow on the ground–and more falling. As I sat, I noticed that the [...]
And We’re Off…
Posted in Gardening, tagged garden, plants on January 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »
To making Summer 2010 delicious and beautiful. I made a rule for myself not to order any garden seeds until 2010, and I didn’t. Until today, the second day of 2010. The real reason why I placed my order while the ground is still frozen is because it takes months for the monkshood that I [...]
What to Plant?
Posted in Gardening, Just For Fun, tagged plants, summer, vegetable patch on November 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I had a vegetable patch as a kid…and then my yard turned into a flower garden. (ie: the driveway of thorns) But after seeing Food Inc., my mom wanted to reincarnate the veggies…so a few shrubs on the far side of the house have been cleared and now we have a sunny patch of soil [...]
