I looked down at a small pot on my deck this morning, and noticed it was spilling with violet flowers.
If you have never smelled a true violet flower it smells like old fashioned soap and baby. Lovely.
Violets this morning
Monday, December 28th, 2009
Confused about Copenhagen?
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009Me too.
To get more info about the climate negotiations in Copenhagen the past couple weeks, read here.
Pruning Ribes
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
This shows the typical pruning of a Ribes sanguineum. This plant was by a front door of one of my client’s houses, and needed to get drastically cut back. I chose waist high and started pruning above each node, or growing point. This allows for more localized growth in the areas you are trying to get more established, or healthier.
Ribes would have been just fine without the pruning, but it was too big and pruning ensures more Spring and Fall blossoms.
Vegan = Killers Like the Rest of Us
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009Why anyone would think plants can’t feel things, and do not want to stay alive is beyond me.
(This is the first of many in my “Plants Feel Pain” diatribe. Stay Tuned!)
Dirty Girl Clean
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009Introducing our new product line: Dirty Girl Clean
These are all hand-made, organic body products. We are offering herbal infused sugar scrubs, hand grown and harvested teas, and plant infused water refreshers. All Dirty Girl Gardening products are environmentally and socially sound, and all ingredients are bought from companies with similar values and located as close to the Bay Area, as possible. They are also hand-made in small batches to ensure perfection!
More products will be added throughout the Winter, but for now please contact us for any details and be sure to place your orders by emailing at gardenerj@gmail.com – or visit http://www.etsy.com/shop/dirtygirlclean
Vaccinium
Monday, December 14th, 2009
A blueberry at a client’s house in HMB.
Beyond their amazing fruit, blueberry’s make wonderful landscape plants, potted or in the ground. This one shown has been in a large pot the whole year, and is very content. Watering and fertilizing are minimal and the exposure is part shade until 1, then sun the rest of the day. Blueberry’s thrive tolerate living under pine and euc trees, as the acidity is a natural fertilizer for them. Planted as a small hedge they make for gorgeous border plantings, far surpassing boxwood or viburnum tinus.
This is what I love about my work
Friday, December 11th, 2009
A perfectly square Italian terra cotta pot, resting on hand glazed Asian pot feet… slowly starting to be blanketed in fresh Winter moss.
Shall I say it again, slower…?
WTF-Update
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009I got a prompt response from the kind people at Peet’s:
Hi Jenn,
Thanks for your email, and for taking the time to write to us!
I happen to love our Ancient Trees Organic Pu-erh, and give it as a gift
all the time! It’s a very unique tea that is almost black — it looks
remarkably like coffee — and it has amazing notes of vanilla and
almond. The unique “bowl” shape is termed Tuo Cha, achieved by
traditional pile-fermenting, pressing and drying techniques.
In the mountains of southwest Yunnan is a forest containing semi-wild
tea plants, many of them centuries-old and as tall as trees. The local
people have been making organic Pu-erh tea from these old-growth tea
trees for many generations. This is where the name for this tea comes
from.
Thanks again for contacting us! If you have any questions, or if there
is anything else that I can do for you, please do not hesitate to let me
know.
Best Wishes,
Kacey Carmassi
Customer Service Representative
PEET’S COFFEE & TEA
PO Box 12509
Berkeley, CA 94712
800.999.2132 T
866.360.4908 F
webmail@peets.com
So I guess that means no trees are harmed in the making of this tea.
Ancient Trees! WTF?
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009Recently addicted to Peet’s peppermint hot chocolate (for shame! I know…), I was waiting for my sugar rush and browsed the tea section. In said tea section, I noticed a tea called “Ancient Trees”.
Since the label exclaims “Rare Teas”, I got worried. So google helped me find the corporate head quarters mailing and email address! My email went as follows:
Jenn – “Does the ‘Ancient Trees’ tea in fact contain ancient trees (old growth none the less)? That would really suck. Please advise. Jenn Segale”
Peet’s has not yet replied.
If you would like to ask them, the address is:
Peet’s Corporate Offices
Mailing address:
Peet’s Coffee & Tea
P.O. Box 12509
Berkeley, CA 94712-3509
Home Office
1400 Park Ave
Emeryville, CA 94608
Toll-free phone number:
800-999-2132 in the US and Canada
(From Mexico and countries outside of North America, please call 510-594-2950)
Email: webmail@peets.com
**Ohhh, and to help save ancient old growth trees – don’t buy this tea and donate here
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
An example of Radiation Frost
