From the category archives:

Outdoors and Garden

No-Guilt Garden Lanterns

by domestika on March 18, 2008

I love some of the funky recycled stuff and general green goodness at EcoOutlet, but damn their blog for reminding me that it’s getting to be That Time of Year Again… Spring cleaning, I mean!
But let’s not think of that just now.
Let’s think of guilt-free eco-friendly frivolities to pretty up the garden… you know, [...]

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Counter Composting

by domestika on February 3, 2008

The green-living experts tell us that the average family could reduce their garbage by as much as one-third, just by composting kitchen scraps and other organic wastes. Looking at the foot-path worn down from the house to our own compost bins, I believe that waste-reduction estimate!
The worst part of composting, for me, [...]

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While our friends Down Under are basking in gardening season, we in the Frozen North can’t see our gardens for snowdrifts… ah, but that never stopped a keen gardener from planning ahead for a new season’s harvest!
Me, I’m dreaming of sweet strawberries, fat gooseberries, tart white currrants, raspberries bursting sweet on my tongue, [...]

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Brass Monkey Freeze Indicator

by domestika on January 21, 2008

Full moon, clear skies, cold weather. Bitterly cold, like minus-25° Celcius bitterly cold (minus-38°C with the windchill)… far too cold for me to even think about trying to do the conversion to Fahrenheit for the benefit of our American friends.
Let’s just say it’s cold enough — if I may be so indelicate and [...]

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Bendy-Holdy Flower Vase

by domestika on January 20, 2008

Today, I dashed into town to stock up on essentials, and while there stopped in at DJ’s mother’s house. Well, I’m ashamed to say that a parcel was waiting for me there since Christmas! (You know how it goes, never enough time in a day - especially when we seem to get a blasted snowstorm [...]

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