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Showing posts with label specials. Show all posts

February 4, 2011

> > > > > >Boredom Busters:

30 + Ways to Beat Cabin Fever.

  • Get. Out. Side.
  • Make tropical drinks!
  • Plan a Garden
  • sow some seeds
  • plant a tree
  • check out a local farmers market /find out where & when yours are.
  • go skiing  
  • take a hike
  • build a good fire
  • roast marshmallows. /think outside the s'more.
  • string up a hammock. too cold out there? put it up in your bedroom, livingroom, etc!
  • visit a local animal shelter
  • look for mushrooms
  • try your hand at wild foraging
  • make snowcastles (like sandcastles, but melty)
  • turn off all the lights and see how early you fall asleep
  • wear the brightest colors you can find
  • unplug the TV, phone, and computer. Now you're roughing it!
  • Do us all a favor; give yourself a makeover!
  • bake some cookies & share 'em with a neighbor.
  • do some birdwatching
  • start a scrapbook
  • head to your local library - ask them to reccommend some local history books
  • plug in a lava lamp, or some Christmas lights
  • write that letter you've been meaning to, and stick a stamp on it so you'll have incentive to mail it
  • try a recipe that you never have before
  • start some sprouts indoors
  • curl up with a good read
  • Those old garden catalogs you didn't throw away? They'll come in handy now. Flip through them, knowing spring will be here soon enough! 
How do you conquer (or prevent!) cabin fever? Let us know!

January 21, 2011

Seed Sources

Finding heirloom or organic seed is getting easier, but finding seed both organic AND heirloom is not. Got a favorite source? Tell us and get it on the list!
The following offer heirloom & open-pollinated seeds, some with organic options, some with untreated seed.

  • Irish Eyes  
  • Baker Creek
  • Terroir
  • Seed Savers Exchange
  • John Scheepers Kitchen Garden Seeds
  • Botanical Interests
  • Turtle Tree Seed  >







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