March 2012

March Madness (outside Boston)

The tournement arrives here later this week, but  I’ve got my own version of March Madness going on outside.  It is unseasonably warm and I am fully enjoying the blooms that are already gracing my garden.  The Crazy weather makes me think that they are all so early, but then I really haven’t kept records [...]

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International Seed Suppliers

I’m not sure why I am so obsessed with foreign seeds.  I suppose it is the endless desire to try and recreate that amazing cheesy cauliflower dish I once had in Aosta Italy, or perhaps I might one day have success making my favorite spicy Thai soup that is perfect for when I’m sick (because [...]

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Clive Rundels Neglected Victorian Garden

Nothing makes me happier than seeing a true expression of someone in something that they create.  Be it art, clothes, architecture, or a garden, the realization of an individual vision is what makes being a designer fun.   So even though you might look at this garden and not see the designer beauty, I assure [...]

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BOSKKE Sky Planters – Yea or Nay?

Without question, I say Nay to the likes of the Topsy Turvey Tomato Planter thingy. I simply can’t justify tormenting my tomato plants (for no good reason) by planting them in a crap-ugly thinga-majig that doesn’t hold any water and will be a maintenance nightmare. But — Boskke Sky planters take the upside down thing [...]

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Kiss the Earth: Holi

We have finally made it. We have endured the grey skies of Winter and are stepping into this miraculous time of renewal, fertility, and regeneration, when we sow our seeds and watch them dance forth into being. SPRING is finally here! There are so many rituals and holidays the world over that welcome the season [...]

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Weekend Things

It’s almost St. Patty’s Day.  Which meant little to me until we moved to Boston. But now we will wake up early to be at the pub with friends and neighbors (the murphys, fitzsimmons, sennotts, flannigans, kellys, and connelleys) at 10am – cause that’s when it opens (duh). That’s right –  we are in no [...]

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Friday 5: Five Great Garden Grasses

I’m trying out a new feature…. I’m calling it the Friday 5.  The concept is simple — it is five of anything, featured on friday.   If you want to share 5 of something – it can be plants for a purpose, products, ideas, gardens, places, events — anything really — drop me an email [...]

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