nichole of little brown pen is bringing us some beautiful and Inspired Gardening today. Every year it’s the same thing. Our spring trips to Paris result in hundreds of photos of vines and Wisteria. There’s something about the way the vibrant green and cool purple mingles with crumbling brick or old paint that seduces me into something just short of a state of worship.... 
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i’ve had this book, like forever, but it’s a good one. sometimes when you move you find all kinds of treasures and this was one i dug up, a great book called garden house, bringing the outdoors in, by bonnie trust dahan. and although it may be out of print, you can find used copies of it on amazon for as low as 38¢ (copyright 1999, folks!). i kid you not! i’m... 
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i have a brand new giveaway this week, and this one’s just in time for spring. you can enter to win this is an adorable line of gardening wear from angela’s garden, including a tote bag, sun hat, gardening gloves and waist apron in their sunny poppy pattern. this cute pattern was created from a vintage 70′s print, designer kara buttimer found and had made... 
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we have an official winner of gayla trail’s newest book grow great grub! the reader giveaway winner is jennifer from syracuse, new york, who writes the blog cookin’ in the cuse. jennifer’s absolute favorite thing to grow is garlic. she says it’s super easy and it the results are eons better than any you might buy at the supermarket. Plus you easily... 
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