We are currently experiencing a pandemic. With that comes a lot of confusion (wear a mask or don’t wear a mask?), constant bombardment of advice (wash your hands more thoroughly, don’t touch your face, and stay at home!), and major disruption to our “normal” routines (e.g parents becoming teachers with their students home with them…
I was looking through the July 2018 Better Homes & Gardens magazine and came across an article called Petal Power. The article features Sierra Steifman’s website, http://www.thefloralsociety.com, which offers flower-arranging kits, instructional videos, and related decor. The workshop-in-a-box kits come with everything you need to create your arrangement (besides the flowers and vessels). What a…
I have written before about one of my favorite gardening shows to listen to, always hoping to find another to add to my list. While searching Stitcher for gardening podcasts one day a couple of months ago, I discovered a fellow NJ gardener, Mike the Gardener. Mike Podlesny primarily focuses on vegetable gardening, complete with a…
Sometime in the last decade or so, I discovered how easy it is to grow plants from seed, especially vegetables. My husband often jokes with me about how many different vegetables I try to grow each year. I don’t even know how to narrow it down to just one or two types. I have this…
Upcycling is a term used to describe reusing a material or object which produces something with higher value than the original. Any quick search on Pinterest will bring you to an abundance of items made from repurposed or upcycled materials. Of those, garden markers (a.k.a. plant markers) seem one of the most practical. If you have…
Some of us have had the experience of living in a town where we are able to commingle all of our recyclables into one big toter. It’s fantastic — cardboard, paper, plastics, metal, and glass all can be placed in the same bin to be picked up at the curb, destined for sorting at the…
Gardening needs to be easy for me. I have various priorities that are equally important, so my weekends and (short) evenings cannot be dedicated solely to gardening. As a result, I’m somewhat of a lazy gardener. So, the easier and care-free something makes my garden, the better. After losing some of my vegetables to various garden…
Positively Grounded 