I enjoy the artwork of Pauline Paquin, an artist from Montreal. Each year Ravensburger uses one of her pictures to make a puzzle. I do these puzzles and frame them in clip frames from Ikea. Although I haven't done so, the puzzles do not have to be glued down and are therefore still doable in years to come!
Over the last 3 years we have been planting & growing;
From our trees..Peaches, oranges, pears, grapefruit, kumquts, lemons, & limes
From the garden...Blueberries, tomatoes, peppers, garlic, onions, & hot peppers
We just started from a pit plum tree.
One of the best things I enjoy about gardening is the look of happiness on friends faces when we share our bummer crops!
Jennifer, start with simple things in containers like lettuce, radishes, carrots or a couple of tomato plants. When you harvest lettuce, cut the top leaving about 2-3 inches above the soil, it will regrow itself until it gets really hot and the plant bolts.
It's the 2nd year that my husband and I have grown food in containers on our apartment porch. I love fresh basil (it's green gold to me), and I use it in pesto and on pizza especially. Looking forward to trying it as an agua fresca this summer. Also, new items are jalapeno peppers, mini bell peppers, spinach, chives, and grape tomatoes, which should be ready to pick more frequently.
I've always had a garden whether it was a home garden, community garden or container garden. Each has its benefits and downsides.
I loved the home garden for its convenience but had to contend with the neighbour's tree branches crushing my crops, wandering cats and some insidious weed that creeped through the garden with admirable vigour.
The community garden was beneficial for its communal rewards; new friendships, gardening advise and sharing of bounty but the field was home to groundhogs and voles so a lot of hard work was for the benefit of the field inhabitants.
As a now renter, we have a very large concrete balcony and I container garden. At 18 storeys we have almost no weed or pest problems. This year we have planted tomatoes, various peppers, basil, thyme, parsley, lemongrass, bay, wintergreen, eucalyptus, marigolds, a pineapple grown from the crown, avocado from the pit, celery grown from the base and ginger. The ginger is new for us and is a thriving plant, growing a sturdy foot and a half within three weeks.
There is something immensely satisfying about stepping a few feet to snip or pull fresh produce for your meals.
Some of my favorite art in my house are antique sheet music--some of them have really great covers. I paid for standard frames but museum-quality glass and custom mats.
We just put out our garden: tomatoes, banana peppers, cabbage, squash, zucchini, eggplant, green beans, collards, and kale. It's always neat to see our 3 year old getting excited about it and helping us at harvest time.
I have a small cement patio and i'm attempting to container garden this summer with carrots, tomatoes, peppers, and strawberries. We also built a trellis with a pile of branches and are attempting to grow peas. *Fingers crossed* ; )
Great ideas...I am inspired to try several of these suggestions. Children's picture books often have great illustrations for their rooms. What a nice idea for a baby gift. Scrapbook papers make beautiful backgrounds instead of matting. Thanks for all the ideas!
I wanted to clear up some things about the liquid nitrogen flash freezing. The overwhelming majority IS NOT flash frozen with liquid nitrogen. Nor is some of it even frozen in order to kill pathogens and parasites. I had to find this out the hard way. Upon talking with actual wholesale suppliers to US restaurants. I discovered that the FDA only "suggested" the freezing. If there is an actual FDA regulation regarding this IT IS NOT enforced! in fact many high end sushiya PREFER unfrozen fish.
Also I find it weird that a Japanese sushi chef could look down at someone rubbing wooden disposable chopsticks together. In a high end sushiya they use REAL reusable chopsticks.
I enjoy the artwork of Pauline Paquin, an artist from Montreal. Each year Ravensburger uses one of her pictures to make a puzzle. I do these puzzles and frame them in clip frames from Ikea. Although I haven't done so, the puzzles do not have to be glued down and are therefore still doable in years to come!
Is this remedy safe for dogs.
Heh. Well I read it as "Butterflies".
Oh dear, that's a very good point, Mitchell! I've deleted that part of the heading.
No, a garden requires too much watering in FL.
I grow tomatoes, herbs, and peppers in 2 4'x4' planter boxes. All of them have been really successful. Love the freshness!
Not sure about number 2's pressed fauna. A smashed bunny rabbit doesn't seem to have a wide appeal.
We usually grow tomatoes and herbs but this year we are adding lemons, strawberries, potatoes and pumpkins
I do like the Baby Sitting Co-Op, but I suggest that every parent participates in one that he/she truly trusts and definitely knows the parents.
I love this idea! I will have to try this on a desk I'm trying to get rid of!
I love the wax poetic idea! I'm going to find a really good poem and play with the font now!
Over the last 3 years we have been planting & growing;
From our trees..Peaches, oranges, pears, grapefruit, kumquts, lemons, & limes
From the garden...Blueberries, tomatoes, peppers, garlic, onions, & hot peppers
We just started from a pit plum tree.
One of the best things I enjoy about gardening is the look of happiness on friends faces when we share our bummer crops!
Jennifer, start with simple things in containers like lettuce, radishes, carrots or a couple of tomato plants. When you harvest lettuce, cut the top leaving about 2-3 inches above the soil, it will regrow itself until it gets really hot and the plant bolts.
I usually buy postcards for other people, one for myself to hang in my cubicle at work, and a local cookbook if I can find one.
We have a fixed mortgage. We may be refinancing, though, and cutting the term to 15 years (which is how long we'll take to repay it right now).
It's the 2nd year that my husband and I have grown food in containers on our apartment porch. I love fresh basil (it's green gold to me), and I use it in pesto and on pizza especially. Looking forward to trying it as an agua fresca this summer. Also, new items are jalapeno peppers, mini bell peppers, spinach, chives, and grape tomatoes, which should be ready to pick more frequently.
I've always had a garden whether it was a home garden, community garden or container garden. Each has its benefits and downsides.
I loved the home garden for its convenience but had to contend with the neighbour's tree branches crushing my crops, wandering cats and some insidious weed that creeped through the garden with admirable vigour.
The community garden was beneficial for its communal rewards; new friendships, gardening advise and sharing of bounty but the field was home to groundhogs and voles so a lot of hard work was for the benefit of the field inhabitants.
As a now renter, we have a very large concrete balcony and I container garden. At 18 storeys we have almost no weed or pest problems. This year we have planted tomatoes, various peppers, basil, thyme, parsley, lemongrass, bay, wintergreen, eucalyptus, marigolds, a pineapple grown from the crown, avocado from the pit, celery grown from the base and ginger. The ginger is new for us and is a thriving plant, growing a sturdy foot and a half within three weeks.
There is something immensely satisfying about stepping a few feet to snip or pull fresh produce for your meals.
Some of my favorite art in my house are antique sheet music--some of them have really great covers. I paid for standard frames but museum-quality glass and custom mats.
We just put out our garden: tomatoes, banana peppers, cabbage, squash, zucchini, eggplant, green beans, collards, and kale. It's always neat to see our 3 year old getting excited about it and helping us at harvest time.
I have a small cement patio and i'm attempting to container garden this summer with carrots, tomatoes, peppers, and strawberries. We also built a trellis with a pile of branches and are attempting to grow peas. *Fingers crossed* ; )
Great ideas...I am inspired to try several of these suggestions. Children's picture books often have great illustrations for their rooms. What a nice idea for a baby gift. Scrapbook papers make beautiful backgrounds instead of matting. Thanks for all the ideas!
This is the first year that I'm going to attempt a small garden. Wish me luck!
I agree, if you are disciplined, you can make credit cards work for you!
There is nothing like a fresh picked warm from the garden tomato ... so grow them yourself? Oh, yeaaaah.
I wanted to clear up some things about the liquid nitrogen flash freezing. The overwhelming majority IS NOT flash frozen with liquid nitrogen. Nor is some of it even frozen in order to kill pathogens and parasites. I had to find this out the hard way. Upon talking with actual wholesale suppliers to US restaurants. I discovered that the FDA only "suggested" the freezing. If there is an actual FDA regulation regarding this IT IS NOT enforced! in fact many high end sushiya PREFER unfrozen fish.
Also I find it weird that a Japanese sushi chef could look down at someone rubbing wooden disposable chopsticks together. In a high end sushiya they use REAL reusable chopsticks.