buy local calendar & tea towel in one, from terrain. one of my favorite things to do is hit the farmer’s market on the weekends. we’re pretty lucky in san francisco, and there are several to choose from (even during the week, like the castro farmer’s market). i visit one i can walk to each saturday – the noe valley farmer’s market, and i often... 
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*cinnamon. i think i’m on a kitchen binge today. i just really love a pretty window sill. there’s nothing like cooking, or doing dishes with a lovely view. okay, maybe i could do without the dirty dishes, but you catch my drift. what do you like to keep or grow on your window sill? anything special? {jooJoo}. i love a big picture window streaming hazy sunlight... 
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this weekend, i was in gardening heaven. just call ms. green jeans (or, really, really dirty jeans) because i was up to my eyeballs in dirt with my latest home improvement project (that i shared here, from an idea i saw in lonny)- the sun room herb garden. of note: i’ve re-dubbed the nook, the sunroom – just fyi. it sounds so sophisticated. silly me! anyway, here’s... 
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Pigeon Toe Ceramics got fed up by the ugly plastic markers that come with herb starters from the nursery. They certainly serve their purpose, but they felt that practical and beautiful are not disparate adjectives, and set out to correct the situation. So, these simple, yet very pretty unglazed porcelain garden stakes were created. I just replanted my entire balcony with tomatoes,... 
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I found these funky little tin bird feeders (at least, that’s what I think they are) at the flea market for a buck a piece, and have been wondering what to do with them. So, in keeping in the spirit of a green garden, I got my craft on this weekend and I used them to make these little herb boxes for my kitchen window sill. As some of you may know, I live in deceased SF... 
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