By Lucille Chi •
May 17, 2009
Shown here is the eggling I spotted in a hot San Francisco gallery one afternoon last week. All these tiny egglings need is a tap on the top, place in the sun, and a spot of water each day.
This is the absolute perfect gift for that green-thumb co-worker that is having a lunch birthday this Spring. Also, if you’ve always wanted a kitchen herb garden, build a little shelf for them, or line up these eggs on a windowsill for quick and fresh spice snips on sandwiches, salads and sautés.
By Lucille Chi •
March 3, 2009
1. Begin by downloading this Center for Ecoliteracy free visual guide which promotes nature as our teacher. The guide teaches that sustainable living is rooted in a deep knowledge of our natural world and that it is a community practice which can start with the family in the backyard. Feel free to share these lessons in natural systems with your child’s teachers too.
2. If your child is still to young for reading, make gardening a part of playtime. Think of gardening like playing with toys, make a dollhouse garden, or a mini field for action figurines. The wee garden kit comes with a variety of little goodies to make your own enchanted miniature garden:
