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All successful journeys begin with a positive vision. This post is part of my Apartment Therapy Spring Cure 2010, so if you’re not keen to follow along then come back in 8 weeks. ;) Now, for some honesty… I didn’t actually do anything cure-ish this week, but perhaps that’s because I already have a “vision” [...]

A reminder to my home decor pals that the Apartment Therapy Spring Cure starts tomorrow (Monday, March 15, 2010)! It’s been about 3 years since I did the cure, so it should be fun to give it another go… although it really shouldn’t be too much work this time around, as I’ve been pretty sparing [...]

I finally got my recycling in order (watch out, most interesting blog post of all time)!  So it really just involved a quick trip to IKEA. Previously, I stacked all my recycling items beside the garbage can, but there was an occasional avalanche of cans and bottles, so the RATIONELL bins from IKEA have fixed [...]

Oh hai!  Well after three trips to the Humane Society — and several “OMG, why am I getting a cat, how will I travel, what if it’s stupid, what if it’s too much commitment, what if I don’t like it, maybe I should get a dog, what if it never dies” panics — I finally [...]

So I finally got my living room curtains up last weekend. I had a slight change of plans after making about 12 trial holes in the wall. And after trying a concrete drill bit, I came to the realization that getting anchors into that part of the wall was a no-go. ‘A’ for effort, right? [...]

Guess who’s not vagabonding around, living out of a backpack, or sleeping in a sleeping bag on someone’s floor anymore? Yep, me (ok, I may or may not be in a sleeping bag still)! I’ve been in my new apartment for two weeks now, and although I still have two “in progress” items, I’m considering [...]

This is another guest post by the Soybean. It’s been a while since she did a guest post — clearly she’s been busy with some mundane things… such as petting the Obamas’ dog, Bo! Sigh… I think I may be coming down with something… and it would have to be Potomac Fever. The Washington Design [...]

Earlier this year, while reading the Sunset magazine, I found an article on backyard gardening by Willi Galloway, West coast editor of Organic Gardening magazine. I’ve been hooked on her gardening blog — DigginFood — ever since! So I’m excited for today’s guest post, written by Willi. We love having chickens, but I definitely recommend [...]

Ladder or cage? The great debate. I have been obsessing over the idea of using tomato ladders rather than cages this year. I’ve heard they’re great for smaller spaces (like raised beds) because they help the plant grow up rather than out. I had my eye on these beautiful red tomato ladders from Gardener’s Supply, [...]

I’ve been sharecropping for several weeks now, and although I tried to steer us closer to veggies that were suitable for children to grow, we ended up with 3 container gardens full of veggies and herbs.  Hot damn, I’m practically a farmer! Here’s the soybean with another guest post. *************************************************************************** The plants and seeds made [...]