GIFTS
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Product Pick: Designer Ice
As we enjoy the last days of the summer season, this week’s product pick is selected to keep your cool. These ice forms allow you to freeze your favorite flavored water or wow your guests with designer ice for their beverage. The size and shape are best used in pitchers, punch bowls or larger tumblers and actually melt slower than standard cubes. Iced, orbed greatness comes as a pack of four, making 2 inch round orbs of chill Fill with juice, lemon or lime segments, mint leaves, basil, berries and more Larger ice means drinks stay cooler longer – won’t melt as fast! Because they are sealed, ice won’t smell like leftover food…
- BOOKS, EVERYDAY LIVING, Fall Gardens, GARDENS, GIFTS, Spring Gardens, Summer Gardens, Winter Gardens
Free-Range Chicken Gardens: How to Create a Beautiful, Chicken-Friendly Yard from Timber Press
Added to my book list!! LOVE the chickens! and Gardens!! “Many gardeners fear chickens will peck away at their landscape, and chicken lovers often shy away from gardening for the same reason. But you can keep chickens and have a beautiful garden, too! Fresh eggs aren’t the only benefit — chickens can actually help your garden grow and thrive, even as your garden does the same for your chickens. In this essential handbook, award-winning garden designer Jessi Bloom covers everything a gardener needs to know, including chicken-keeping basics, simple garden plans to get you started, tips on attractive fencing options, the best plants and plants to avoid, and step-by-step instructions…
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Trend: Healing Charcoal
I LOVE everything at terrain {an unbeliveable garden & home shop in Glenside, PA. They are also planning on a second shop in Westport, CT in 2012} and pretty much want to just live there full-time. I receive their twitter updates, facebook posts and company emails. I usually dreamily look at them wondering how I can recreate the product or look for my home, but this was different and definitely in-line with my January 2012 “new beginning / grow” feeling. They have brought in a line of products by MORIHATA International Ltd. Co., {a Japanese design /culture / lifestyle producer and distribution company located in Philadelphia, PA}, which made me stop and add to my cart and buy it right away. The entire Binchotan Charcoal…
