Green Living Home

They grow up so fast! In the spring, we watched a mob of possibly 800 darling golden dots scramble from their egg case on our porch, casting experimental lines to the plants above them and chasing each other up and away with toddler enthusiasm, to find homes in the garden. Now the intricately patterned graduates of that class are basking in the last fall sunshine, catching flying insects – their great service to gardeners – and courting each other to procreate next year’s araneus “pumpkin spiders.”

So named because they’re orangey-brown, round and mature in fall, these spiders are out in force this year – maybe because late spring rains encouraged lush vegetation, more food for their prey species.

We have a few overachievers.

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Modern Living interior design

I had just finish this living hall design and the initial ideas of the design basically using 2 different laminate with mirror for this design , The laminate is from Edi and i special like the horizontal line of this laminate.  During the design process  i take note of the size of the laminate which is 2400mm x 1200mm. With the restriction from the size i need to know the piece of design feature wall design being put together . Which allow me to form the overall concept of the design.

Fresh herbs, I like to use them as much as possible when I’m cooking. Only problem for me personally are the pots they are in now. They aren’t exactly pretty to keep on the table in plain sight. So I started doing some research to find a better solution that pleases my designer eye. After some browsing I stumbled upon some really neat ones with a familar name.

The pots that caught my attention are produced by Dutch pottery firm Elho (sorry, no link because the site plays music unwanted, and uses frames plus Flash, so I can’t even link to the English version), and are called “Brussels Herbs plant pots”. They are designed by Bas van der Veer and allow you to grow herbs right inside the kitchen or any other room where there is enough light for things to grow.

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The mild temps continue here in Central PA with yesterday’s high reaching into the 70’s. These are great times to enjoy a fall vegetable garden and to complete those final fall clean-up tasks before colder weather arrives.

My garlic, shallots, and potato onions are all in the ground, the last seeds have been planted, and the cold frames and low tunnels are in place and ready to grow. Not much left to do in the garden besides harvest the crops as they mature, and to enjoy the scenery.

Enjoying the Fall Garden as the Growing Season Lingers

There are carrots, beets, parsnips, gobo, and other root crops biding their time underground but there is no rush to harvest these just yet. The

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The leaves are falling in New England, sadly, this year with little show.   I am not sure what environmental factors make for a dull leaf season, but they must be something like  those this year.   I have yet to be stopped in my tracks at the fire orange-red show of a maple of other deciduous tree as is typical this time of year and I have subsequently been thinking of how to add a bit more interest with evergreens.

For this, I get endless inpsiration from Iseli Nursery.

I have never ordered from them directly however even though they are on the other side of the country, their products can be found in a few of my local nurseries.  Perus

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