in the category of new, cool techie things for kids (and kid-like adults):
gardening mama, a new video game
for the little cultivators.
too bad it’s not coming out until spring…
no virtual gardening until the snow melts, i guess.
Posts Tagged as ‘my favorite stuff’
November 20, 2008
gardening mama
August 22, 2008
the nexus of my universe…
in leiu of an informative post about my garden, or catching up on my recent visit to the cleveland botanical gardens, or even an anecdote about ko and his dog world, today we’re taking a tour behind the curtain…
welcome to my workspace.
firstly, note the pop rocks candy tucked behind my bookend–remember pop rocks? so fun [...]
July 24, 2008
the fourth annual riboff
…if you’re reading this, you’re invited…
this saturday, july 26th friends and neighbors will unite for the love of pork.
and potato salad,
and jello molds,
and scotch eggs,
and baked beans,
and broccoli casserole,
and strawberry shortcake,
and caprese salad,
and cornbread,
and mac ‘n’ cheese,
and deviled eggs,
and tofu curry,
and fruit salad with marshmallows…
to enter the riboff competition, be at 1230 traver on saturday.
have [...]
June 9, 2008
turning radius…
have you discovered radius garden tools?
developed by local entrepreneur bruce baker and now sold everywhere, the lime green-handled tools make digging in our clay soil as much fun as cutting into a piece of lemon poppy seed cake. after a couple weeks of planting season, i usually have blisters in my palms from my [...]
June 5, 2008
think & drink local first
ah…coffee.
my dad tells me i’ve been drinking it since i was small,
sneaking sips from cups left unattended on the breakfast table.
(but then again, my mom did find little sasa sitting on the coffee table cross-legged, drinking the ‘pickle juice’ from a jar that was long empty of the pickles before my
saturday morning cartoons were even [...]
May 19, 2008
m2 (meandering monday)
time for another monday morning procrastination special. just in case you don’t get enough gardening advice and philosophy from me, i want to share my favorite blogs. just don’t bump my blog’s bookmark! enjoy…
a gardening neighbor to the southeast, www.thisgardenisillegal.com is a cleveland-based blog that includes a handful of how-to posts such as ‘how to [...]
May 12, 2008
no rest for the weekend…
and what a weekend it was…
friday afternoon, i hit recycle ann arbor for a creativity-inducing spin through its aisles of tacky coffee cups, bowling balls mounds, mix-and-match lighting fixtures, and my favorite–anything you can grow plants in. my big score was one of those thick clay pots that i can only imagine as an old [...]
April 28, 2008
random thoughts from the weekend…
if you’re reading this monday morning and you’re still in the sunday night mindset, you’ve come to the right blog. lots of links, lots of procrastination-inducing digressions. let’s get started…
it must be the amazing roos roast coffee i’ve been slugging all weekend…i hauled three cubic yards of composted soil since it was delivered [...]
April 22, 2008
inside & out
oh, boy.
i took on a garden project yesterday with the vigor only found at this time of year. i moved a garden. yes, moved a garden. i thought it would take me a few days, but i was so content to be outside, in the sun, actually gardening, that i plowed through it, literally…
oof.
first, i [...]
