Creating sustainable spaces
We are currently experiencing a pandemic. With that comes a lot of confusion (wear a mask or don't wear a mask?), constant bombardment of advice (wash your hands more thoroughly, don't touch your face, and stay at home!), and major disruption to our "normal" routines (e.g parents becoming teachers with their students home with them… Continue reading What to do today? Spring Gardening
Have you ever heard of a Tapestry Hedge? I hadn't, either, until I stumbled upon it recently while researching information about landscape screening with shrubs. Apparently, based on the various websites that popped up via a search through my second brain (Google), tapestry hedges are much more common in the UK and Canada. Lucky for us,… Continue reading Tapestry Hedges
I was looking through the July 2018 Better Homes & Gardens magazine and came across an article called Petal Power. The article features Sierra Steifman's website, http://www.thefloralsociety.com, which offers flower-arranging kits, instructional videos, and related decor. The workshop-in-a-box kits come with everything you need to create your arrangement (besides the flowers and vessels). What a… Continue reading Flower and Wreath Night at Home
Polystyrene, also known as Plastic number 6, and commonly referred to as Styrofoam (in the same way some people refer to all tissues as Kleenex). Technically, Styrofoam is a Dow Chemical-trademarked name for Extruded Polystyrene used for building insulation and floral foam. So, the rest of the polystyrene family (CD cases, coffee cups, packing materials,… Continue reading How to recycle: Styrofoam
Here is a good guide to help demystify the numbers you see in the "chasing arrows" recycling triangle on plastics: Smart Plastics Guide. Also, for my visual learners, see below, which I found in this informative blog post: What do Plastic Recycling Symbols Mean?.
I have written before about one of my favorite gardening shows to listen to, always hoping to find another to add to my list. While searching Stitcher for gardening podcasts one day a couple of months ago, I discovered a fellow NJ gardener, Mike the Gardener. Mike Podlesny primarily focuses on vegetable gardening, complete with a… Continue reading Mike the Gardener
What is resiliency? Vocabulary.com defines it as "a quality in objects to hold or recover their shape, or in people to stay intact. This is a kind of strength." According to Merriam-Webster, being resilient means that someone is able to become strong, healthy, or successful again after something bad happens. Likewise, resilient design is the design… Continue reading Define: Resilient Design
Sometime in the last decade or so, I discovered how easy it is to grow plants from seed, especially vegetables. My husband often jokes with me about how many different vegetables I try to grow each year. I don't even know how to narrow it down to just one or two types. I have this… Continue reading The Earth Laughs in Flowers
Upcycling is a term used to describe reusing a material or object which produces something with higher value than the original. Any quick search on Pinterest will bring you to an abundance of items made from repurposed or upcycled materials. Of those, garden markers (a.k.a. plant markers) seem one of the most practical. If you have… Continue reading Upcycling – Garden Markers
Many of us agree with the idea of reclaiming materials that have fulfilled their original purpose, yet may still have some valuable life left in them. The benefit of reusing materials includes cost-savings, aesthetics (who doesn't love the look of #shiplap?!), and less impact on the environment (both for keeping materials out of the landfill… Continue reading Where Can I Find Reclaimed Materials?
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