In honor of the unseasonably warm weather in NYC, I’m getting ready for fire escape gardening season by starting some organic herbs in my window garden, and planting some catnip for the kitties. I also started this year’s CSA application, since I can’t grow everything I need on my windowsill. Today, I have done right …
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Gardening
Today, I learned about Air Plants (Tillandsias)
Two weeks ago, I didn’t know the first thing about tillandsias (air plants), but now I’m obsessed. Jeremy and I received our first air plant as a gift from some friends while we were in Portland. When we got back to Brooklyn, we put it in a tiny beaker, and added it to our window …
Friday Internet Crushes: Upcycled Home Décor
Today’s list of links is entirely devoted to projects that I wish I’d thought of first. When these posts rolled across my reader, I wanted to run right home and make, make make! Ready Made Magazine’s Light Bulb Bud Vase(image courtesy of http://readymade.com/) maya*made’s Turtle Neck to Ruffle Neck(image courtesy of http://mayamade.blogspot.com/) Made from Scratch’s …
Friday Internet Crushes: NYC Likes to DIY
I love being inspired by the craftiness, creativity, and enthusiasm of others. I definitely have project crushes on these folks: Window FarmsI love this urban gardening/vertical farming project. There’s a great community feel on the website, and I’ve already found a ton of ideas for improving my own window garden. (Photo from the windowfarms Flickr …