From the category archives:

Gardening

Tiny Townhouse Patio

September 27, 2009
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Giving up my garden was perhaps the hardest change when we downsized into our tiny townhouse.  Well, okay.  Giving up half the living space was mighty painful, too.  We’re still purging stuff  more than 2 years later.
But I have my tiny patio here at the tiny townhouse to enjoy the great outdoors.  Now that it’s [...]

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Farm Shares: Food Doesn’t Get Any Fresher

June 25, 2009
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Fresh, seasonal produce straight from the growing fields near you. Sounds like an old-fashioned idea, doesn’t it?  It is. Yet it’s a deliciously modern way to eat and support your local economy all the while changing our current food distribution model.
When you purchase a farm share, you’re directly supporting local farmers and at the same time [...]

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A COTTAGE INDUSTRY GARDEN TOUR

June 6, 2008
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I am participating in A Cottage Industry’s wonderful Garden Tour. So, welcome to A Lovely Thing’s tiny little concrete patio.
Here you see the front of my tiny townhome — and all the empty pots on the steps that still need to be filled And the passe Welcome Bear — I still love that [...]

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INDOOR ROSE GARDEN

May 27, 2008
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A Cottage Industry is hosting the 2008 Summer Garden Tour. Such a lovely idea and I can’t wait to see all the photos. Alas, poor pitiful me sold her garden last year — and I do so miss it.
I’ve been invited to participate in the tour even though I’m limited to pots on the patio. [...]

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SPRING FEVER

February 28, 2008
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It is a lovely day with temperatures in the upper 50’s. The breeze, still a bit crisp but warming, draws the cat to the window and my mind to my lost garden.

Donning fresh garden gloves, I would have used such a day to clear the dried leaves and brush off the daffodils, to rake and [...]

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