April 2011

Get Kids Organic with Grocery Store Wars

April 20, 2011 · 2 comments

 I have two young boys who are very into Star Wars. But they are also total organic gardeners. So when we discovered this video, my boys have watched it about ten times. They laugh through the entire video.
If you have kids, it might be a way to start the discussion of why eating organic produce is so important. Plus, it is just a cute video.

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Homemade Garden-made Gift Ideas

April 13, 2011 · 8 comments

Erin Vale over at Vale Design has the greatest projects for us gardeners. Check out this teacher's gift idea: a DIY Teacher's chalkboard seed pot and seed packets.  You spray small seed pots with chalkboard paint (I only knew of the brush on paint – cool!), write each student's name on the pot, and fill it with seed packets wrapped in scrapbook paper. Adorable! 

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[photo:  erinvaledesign.com]

These would also make great Mother's Day Gifts, hostess gifts…the list goes on and on.

I also love these darling DIY seed packets. Erin includes a downloadable template for you to create your own.

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[photo:  erinvaledesigns.com]  

Thanks to my friend Willi Galloway over at DigginFood for the heads up on Erin Vale's website!

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Leaf Birdbath

April 8, 2011 · 10 comments

I really want to make one of these leaf bird baths. I have several magazine articles saved showing the step by instruction and then I stumbled upon this article at Birds & Blooms:  a step-by-step tutorial on how to use a large leaf from your garden as a pattern for a cement birdbath.

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Photo from Birds & Bloom

I have made cement orbs for the garden and that was pretty easy. I think I need to try this and report back to you..   

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