Some are honey bee hubs, others are pungent and peppery. There are modest, girl-next-door types while a few pack some punch. However they come edible flowers deliver an other-worldly sensory experience in the garden and on the plate. The crafting of food becomes a palate for color and flavor, adding unmatched vibrancy to meals. Sweet and understated, [...]
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June 7, 2013 by Emily Murphy · Leave a Comment
Filed under: BEE, DO, Grow, Planting
Social Tagging: Companion Plants • Edible Gardening
Filed under: BEE, DO, Grow, Planting
Social Tagging: Companion Plants • Edible Gardening
May 10, 2013 by Emily Murphy · Leave a Comment
Filed under: BEE, Botanical Moment, Critters, Gardens, Habitat, Inspired, Native
Social Tagging: Creating Natural Landscapes • Garden • habitat • Soaproot
Filed under: BEE, Botanical Moment, Critters, Gardens, Habitat, Inspired, Native
Social Tagging: Creating Natural Landscapes • Garden • habitat • Soaproot
Gardening is part planning, part serendipitous and 100% rewarding – in a pick yourself up by your boot straps sort of way. I love the reliably unexpected moments of discovery. Volunteers and new comers mixing up a planting plan, traveling pollinators and crops that sometimes fail but often succeed. My best plants, like best friends, [...]
April 4, 2013 by Emily Murphy · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Botanical Moment, Nature, Profiles
Social Tagging: Garden • Why do you garden?
Filed under: Botanical Moment, Nature, Profiles
Social Tagging: Garden • Why do you garden?
The art of crafting a garden is one of the most fulfilling and sometimes hair pulling endeavors to embark upon. Clean lines, starting small and including plants you love is a good place to begin. But when choosing plants count on the emotional takeover of the five f’s: flowers, fragrances, flavors, fauna and family. They [...]
March 27, 2013 by Emily Murphy · Leave a Comment
Filed under: BEE, Botanical Moment, DO, Grow, Inspired
Social Tagging: Grow Plants From Seed • Seed Geek • Seeds I love to look at...
Filed under: BEE, Botanical Moment, DO, Grow, Inspired
Social Tagging: Grow Plants From Seed • Seed Geek • Seeds I love to look at...
My early spring to-plant list always includes pumpkins. A garden without pumpkins must be like committing spring planting heresy. It’s just not right. And of course they have to be accompanied by loads of other squashes. Lupines are a hardy bunch from seed to flower. Like an independent teenager, they tend to strike out on their [...]
March 9, 2013 by Emily Murphy · Leave a Comment
Filed under: BEE, Ideas, Inspired
Social Tagging: Beauty of Fruit Trees • Fruit Trees in Bloom • Spring Flowers
Filed under: BEE, Ideas, Inspired
Social Tagging: Beauty of Fruit Trees • Fruit Trees in Bloom • Spring Flowers
The contrast of a flowering fruit tree on a winters day is like a chocolate and vanilla swirl ice cream. A perfect combination. The simple beauty and cheery enthusiasm of these flowers set against a cool, gray afternoon doubles up as both cozy and enlivening. Fleeting and irresistible. Bringing these flowers inside is a like a [...]
February 2, 2013 by Emily Murphy · Leave a Comment
Filed under: BEE, Botanical Moment, DISCOVER, DO, Grow
Social Tagging: Obsessed with Kale? Winter Garden Crops • school garden
Filed under: BEE, Botanical Moment, DISCOVER, DO, Grow
Social Tagging: Obsessed with Kale? Winter Garden Crops • school garden
A closer look at the school garden I manage reveals a few faithful winter classics. The same standards of my obsessive winter diet. Broccoli, kale, kale, flowers to adorn my salad, more kale and broccoli. The few varieties missing here would be carrots, leafy greens of all kinds and, of course, more carrots. (However, I’m [...]
January 10, 2013 by Emily Murphy · Leave a Comment
Filed under: BEE, Broad Spectrum, Inspired
Social Tagging: Growing and Eating Pomegranates
Filed under: BEE, Broad Spectrum, Inspired
Social Tagging: Growing and Eating Pomegranates
It’s fitting that pomegranates are ripe and ready at the holiday season. Like the warm glow of a candle on a short day, or long night, they are the beacon of the fall/winter fruit food group. Combine their “super food” qualities with their vibrant color and natural mystic and you have a well rounded specimen. [...]
October 11, 2012 by Emily Murphy · Leave a Comment
Filed under: BEE, Botanical Moment, Critters, DESIGN, Gardens, Habitat, Habitat
Social Tagging: Ecology in the Garden • Garden Habitats • Growing Rudbeckia spp.
Filed under: BEE, Botanical Moment, Critters, DESIGN, Gardens, Habitat, Habitat
Social Tagging: Ecology in the Garden • Garden Habitats • Growing Rudbeckia spp.
It’s hard to go wrong with black-eyed susans (Rudbeckia spp.). They’re lovely no matter how or where you plant them, pairing well with most other perennials, grasses and shrubs. Try digitalis, salvia, delphinium, hollyhocks, echinacea, Russian sage, bee balm, any bunch grass, ribes…. it doesn’t matter. At the moment I’m particularly fond of paring them [...]
September 30, 2012 by Emily Murphy · Leave a Comment
Filed under: BEE, Inspired, Perspective, Sustainable
Social Tagging: Bill Reid • Garden Art • Lawn Alternatives
Filed under: BEE, Inspired, Perspective, Sustainable
Social Tagging: Bill Reid • Garden Art • Lawn Alternatives
Okay. You might not have thought of your lawn in these terms, or mowing anything for that matter in these terms, but it’s certainly entertaining. My friend and artist, Bill Reid, recently sent me this art card. Of course, I love it. Why not? Art, gardening and the musings of the mundane. Or a friendly [...]
July 22, 2012 by Emily Murphy · Leave a Comment
Filed under: BEE, DESIGN, DISCOVER, Habitat, Inspired, Nature, Perspective, Planting
Social Tagging: Plant a Tree • The Queen's Jubilee • Woodland Trust
Filed under: BEE, DESIGN, DISCOVER, Habitat, Inspired, Nature, Perspective, Planting
Social Tagging: Plant a Tree • The Queen's Jubilee • Woodland Trust
The Woodland Trust is a British organization aiming to save and restore forest lands of the UK. Only 2% of Britain’s ancient woodlands remain. Their latest project, under Queen Elizabeth’s guidance, is to plant 6 million trees as a lasting tribute in honor of the Queen’s Jubilee. The Jubilee Woods will transform the landscape of [...]