April 7, 2012

G is for Garlic Tea

For this post I’m offering a link to a recipe I found in Prevention Magazine a number of years ago and haven’t let out of my sight since.

This is my go-to recipe anytime I have a cough or cold and since I’m still battling the flu, as I was brewing-up a batch, I thought it would be a good time to post it.

What I love is this is simple, soothing and safe for the whole family. No nasty medicine taste or chemicals, just garlic, fresh lemon juice and honey. The recipe makes 4 cups of which you warm and sip 1/2 cup 3 times a day.  Usually, unless I’m battling a really tough bug, one batch will be enough.

Garlic Tea Recipe

I hope, in the case you ever need it, you find it as soothing and healing as I do.

Kate

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April 5, 2012

E is for Edible

E is for Edible, Landscaping that is.

When you look out your window, what do you see?

How about when you look from the street?

Is it green all in lawn with a plant skirt by the house?

Or does it do more and call you to come out?

As you walk from your car is there something to snack on?

Are there veggies and herbs and good things to munch?

Could you eat in your landscape?  Could you have lunch?

People traditionally think veggies with beds.  But what if it were different? Would you want this instead?

Rosalind Creasy is an Edible Landscaping guru.

If I’ve sparked a “What if?” “It’s possible.” Or “Maybe.”

Please head to her site, or her blog or her books.  And see what, is possible, take a fresh look.

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April 4, 2012

D is for Down for the Count

I had higher hopes of a more interesting post, but a bug hit our house and now I am toast.

Sniffles and coughs and fevers run wild, making both son and I feel like a child.

Hopefully I’ll bring a more fun post tomorrow, even if it’s someone else’s energy I borrow.

Kate

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April 3, 2012

C is for Crazy Containers! (Think outside the pot!)

C is for Crazy Containers!  (Think outside the pot!)

As we think about container gardens, we usually think “pots”.  But I hope to inspire you to give it a little more thought.

All of the pictures that you will see, were found on the web, but I’ve gathered them up for thee, and Barb and Jim and Deb.

So search out your closets, your attics, your Grammy’s, for anything could work as a “pot”, even a bra or jammies!?

Hanging Basket Herb Garden

Garden In a Bucket

DIY Rain Boots Garden On A Fence

Wine Crates

Bathtub Garden

Pallet Vertical Garden

Galvanized Containers

Wagon Fairy Garden

Suitcase Garden

Container Garden for the Fashion Conscious

Bra Garden

So there you have it, have you been inspired?

You’re next, what will you do?  What will you find that’s been retired?

Kate

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