This post was inspired by Carol at May Dreams Gardens. She’s challenged us to just ‘be’ in our gardens.
I’m not sure I know how to relax and just ‘be’ in my garden. Simply relaxing anywhere is a challenge I face. Working and puttering away in the garden feels relaxing to me. [...]

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Mom and I dug out our birdhouses on Saturday. They’re of a much more rustic quality than the modern birdhouses featured recently. Although they’re not ultra modern, sleek and shiny, they are environmentally friendly! With the exception of one birdhouse, they were all made with reclaimed barnboard.
One was built by [...]

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Birds have been the theme lately here at 2greenthumbsup. As I write this post, I can hear all kinds of tweets and twitters, calls and bird songs. Coincidentally, my mom received an email yesterday that she forwarded to me. It contained these photographs of Abigail Alfano, also known as The Hummingbird Lady), [...]

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While some birds prefer to go the diy birdhouse route - tweaking their nests till they’re just right, most birds are more than happy to take advantage of the bird feeders or feeding stations we humans supply and set up for them.
In keeping with the modern theme started in an earlier post on modern [...]

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Have you ever considered that maybe birds get tired of the same old barn board trend and would like to set up house in a more clean, contemporary space? I’ve come across a number of modern birdhouses that would be sure to satisfy the tastes of even the most discriminating of birds.
For [...]

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Gonna catch a big one!
I’ve got rocks on the brain. No, not rocks for brains, although I’m sure there are people out there who think that’s a distinct possibility, I’ve been thinking about rocks. More specifically, I’ve been researching and thinking about the rocks and stones I’ll need to carryout my landscape design [...]

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Another file box find courtesy of my mom. I know, I know, it’s after March 15th (sorry Mom), but better a little late than never!.
Starting Peppers from Seed
Germination: 14 days
Optimal Temperature: 70-80 degrees
Seed Planting Time: March 15 indoors
-cover seeds lightly with vermiculite
-germinate under clear plastic with bright lights if possible
-remove plastic as [...]

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The methods we gardeners use for recording and keeping track of garden plans, plant successes and unfortunately at times, garden failures is varied. Some gardeners rely on simple spiral notebooks, scraps of paper or file boxes, while others prefer to use specially designed garden journals, online garden journals, garden journal software or their own [...]

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If you keep up with Doug Green, you’ll have read his recent post on Earth Hour. I’m doing my part by signing up and passing the word.

Australia got the ball rolling in 2007 and in the relatively short span of a year, Earth Hour has become a global movement.
Canada, along with many [...]

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Doesn’t it drive you nuts when you go to read your favorite magazine and as soon as you pick it up all those annoying subscription cards fall out! Not just one card and not just two cards, but often three or four. What is the point? We get it magazine publishers - [...]

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