Ready? I know I am. Continue reading
plants
7 posts
Time to take it easy. Continue reading
Pantone declared that this is the year of green with their color of the year being PANTONE 17-5641 Emerald. This has led to a host of articles about incorporating it into your life in some surprising ways. Especially in pants, for some reason everyone is trying to make green pants happen. And shoes. I don’t get it, but that’s me. Continue reading
Let’s take a break from the pretty, and look at the practical. Everyone needs to eat, right? Let’s get into some heirloom or heritage vegetables for your garden. They’re tasty. Continue reading
Purple. It’s the color of royalty, one of the three colors of Mardi Gras, and one of the must have colors in any garden space. It can heat up a cool toned garden or cool off a hot toned garden. It works well as a wall color, but for me it shows its best face is when its attached to a plant. Here’s a list of 15 purple flowers and plants that you can add to your garden for some truly amazing results. Programming note: for this series, I am trying to feature new and upcomming hybrids and little used plants that people aren’t as familiar with as well as some of my personal favorite plants in the color theme. Continue reading
The Spirit of 4/20, a hilarious new Funny or Die video, gives the stoner day of celebration the Scrooge treatment, imagining a world where Birkenstocks are hung by the chimney with care. While I can’t say I’ve ever celebrated this particular faux-holiday, it got me thinking. We know Crasstalkers do real holidays right, but what non-traditional milestones have you busted out the cake and streamers for? (Or the booze and uncomfortable clothing.) Continue reading
When most people look at the rangy, tenacious invaders in their lawns, gardens, and cracks in the pavement, they see a problem to be handled by digging, pulling, cursing, and spraying with herbicides. Weeds seem to follow us and insinuate themselves into every bit of disturbed soil and manicured garden imaginable. They are the bane of the perfectionist’s outdoor experience. But what if these invaders are, in fact, a vast, untapped nutritional resource?
Continue reading