Nothing really need be said about this. If you go away for 10 days and it’s a 100 degrees the whole time and you make no provision for the care of your vertical garden, this is what happens. Turns out that rain or pests aren’t really the problem. Seems I’m the biggest garden threat of […]
Urban vegetable gardening: Progress (or lack-thereof)
June 29, 2012 by
I stumbled on a fun new blog this week called “Pintester,” wherein the author tries out Pinterest pins and shares the results, good bad, and ugly. It’s very funny. I wasn’t really setting out to be a Pintester with my urban vegetable garden projects, but I have indeed produced a Pinterest fail with my gutter […]
How to make a paper pennant banner
June 13, 2012 by
A while ago I shared how much fun it is to sew on paper. Here’s another super-easy, fun project that yields impressively cool results, and proves that sewing on paper is still fun. My nephew Tyler graduated from high school last weekend. The first grandchild and nephew in my family, he’s been very close to […]
Urban vegetable gardening: Progress report
May 29, 2012 by
We spent Mother’s Day weekend in the garden, finally executing some of the urban and vertical gardening ideas I had planned out in March. Here’s an update on our garden progress. The second level on the raised beds look great and add a lot of usable space. I got the leaning trellises for zucchini and […]
How to make fairy and gnome gardens
May 24, 2012 by
Last year my then-three-year-old took several trips to the greenhouse with me and loved to play with the huge and elaborate fairy garden display there. (You know, the one that is extremely breakable and says ‘please don’t play with the garden.’ That one.) So we decided to make one for him at home. We bought […]
Five great sites for photo gifts
May 16, 2012 by
I’m not a very good gift giver. I’m well intentioned but insecure, and too often imagine my gift accumulating dust in a closet. So I tend to opt for gifts that can be consumed (food or beverages, or experiences, like cooking classes or spa gift certificates). When I do give things I try to give […]
Guest Post: Photos on the wall, not your hard drive, from Anna Mayer
May 14, 2012 by
We are so pleased to be giving away a custom mother-and-child photo session with Anna Mayer Photography to one Borealis reader’s mom, sister, friend, cousin, daughter, or loved one. Anna is an amazing children and family photographer who captures the beauty of babies, children, and families exactly as they are (though, Mom, she’ll make sure […]
May evenings, and rhubarb
May 10, 2012 by
Rhubarb was the first edible I ever grew. When we moved into our house eight years ago the gardens were a mess (and still kind of are), but the rhubarb! The rhubarb appeared comfortingly and made me feel like I was doing something right. I harvested that rhubarb and made it into cakes and breads […]