#gardenting

[wronghands1]

[cindyzelman]

Mums, Bushes, and Anxiety

I tried to buy a bush yesterday, but it didn’t go well. I thought I was taking the correct approach: Determine the size of the space available in front of my house: six feet wide, between the two evergreen boxwood bushes that have grown five and six feet high. Determine what I want to see in that space: Something with color, something that will pop, red, orange, or yellow would be ideal. The…

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[etnmarchand]

Well, even farther behind

So the first greenhouse wall went together fine, though still took longer than I’d hoped. The second wall however…. we’ve hit a snag. The default build has the door on the side wall. But it is designed to also be built on the end wall. BUT… there is a flaw in their kit. So we’re stalled until I can get the updated instructions from the company. Or we just hack it to work. Sigh.#DIY #Gardenting…

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[itsbritthebrain]

It is crazy how everything has it’s circle. My other got into exotic plants over the summer and her main baby is the pink monstera. I made this for her but she pointed out that this would be a fake monstera lol. So that’s the name of this piece. Fake Pink Monstera

[culturenlifestyle]

Paris’ New Law Allows Anyone To Plant Urban Gardens

Known as one of the best cities in the world, now Parisians are encouraged to plant their own urban gardens thanks to a new law.

Residents will be encouraged to receive renewable three-year permits for growing vegetables, fruits, flowers, as well as other plants. No pesticides are allowed, which means each garden must be sustainably maintained. The project is part of mayor Anne Hidalgo’s initiative to add 100 hectares of green space to the city by 2020.

[msusurplusbooks]

A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening: A Facsimile Edition of the 1859 Original -- Andrew Jackson Downing (1967).

The Father of American Landscape Architecture, Downing was a advocate of the Gothic Revival style and served as editor of The Horticulturist magazine.  The featured title was the first of its kind in the United States.  Downing was commissioned to remake the National Mall by President Fillmore. However, when appropriations dried up and Congress pulled  funding, only the area around the Smithsonian Museum was completed.  Prior to his early death at 36, he came into contact with, and influenced, Frederick Law Olmstead, the other great American landscape architect of the era.

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“I remember my childhood names for grasses and secret flowers. I remember where a toad may live and what time the birds awaken in the summer -- and what trees and seasons smelled like -- how people looked and walked and smelled even. The memory of odors is very rich,” John Steinbeck, East of Eden.

[nrdc]

Providing food for yourself is a powerful act. It will make you more conscious about where your food comes from, how it’s grown, and what you put in your body. And, unlike winter tomatoes from Florida, the harvest from your garden, eggs from your backyard, or the deer from a nearby forest will dazzle your taste buds.