Tag: Plants
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Reinforced Shrubbery
If you read Wired, then you probably already saw this thing. I thought it was so cool that I wanted to share it. The photo is of the “living wall” on the Athenaeum Hotel in London. This wall is one of the several architectural/gardening hybrid creations by Patrick Blanc. The wall is covered with felt…
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Natural Air Freshner
I have read in a few places that this spring has been an especially bad one for allergy sufferers, because of the abnormally high amount of pollen in the air. Little did I know, some of our own household is contributing to the problem. This plant of ours, that lives in our home office has…
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Homegrown Avocado
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About a month ago, I threw an avocado pit into one of our plant pots, mostly just to be funny, but partially as an experiment. I remember when I was little, we would put tooth pics in them, and suspend them in cups on the window sill in the kitchen until they would sprout. Then,…