Make this and drink it now! (or maybe later): It’s good for you and your garden Summer. It’s hot, it’s the weekend and you would like to have a tall, icy drink outside next to the garden you have worked in all day. At least, Brent has worked in it all day. Daisy and I…
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Groundskeeping: Brent’s Eye on Austin
GROUNDSKEEPING: Austin, Texas Being from California, born and raised, I have always had a prejudice towards Texas. They were cowboys and we were beach people if not surfers. They like six guns and we like bongs, they eat TexMex and we eat real Mexican food. Girls in Texas have big hair and wear lots of…
A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT DESIGNS FOR THE DROUGHT
A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT DESIGNS FOR THE DROUGHT While landscape architect Sally Farnum of SE Farnum Associates has been taking the time to educate her clients about how to deal with their outdated, thirsty landscapes—especially rolling, green lawns—she has designed and implemented an outside environment for her own home that is water-considerate and still lush, inviting and…
Edible Container Gardening 101
Edible Container Gardening 101 Edible container gardening is a great way to grow vegetables especially when there is no space for a traditional garden. If you live in a condominium or an apartment, containers can provide valuable growing options. A container on casters gives you the ability to move your vegetables to sun or shade,…
From Your Edible Garden: Go From Terracotta Bowl to Salad Bowl
From Your Edible Garden: Go From Terracotta Bowl to Salad Bowl A few edible green things you could EASILY plant in your edible garden container are KALE and CILANTRO. Oh, I know…kale, kale, kale…maybe you think you’ve heard enough about kale to last until the end of your days. I’m with you. But when I…
Musing on Design: Bonsai – Tiny Landscaping Using Very Little Water
Musing on Design: Bonsai – Tiny Landscaping Using Very Little Water Eye of the Day’s interest in gardening, plants and outdoor living goes beyond residential and commercial landscape architecture and into a special type of gardening—almost a form of intellectual gardening—with Joe Kalina, a man who is certainly musing on design. Joe is always interested…
