this is what I need

This is a plant water and light meter, it tells you if your plants are getting too little or too much light or water. I think I could keep my basil alive with this.

bulbs part two

It is time for planting spring bulbs. I did this last year and they all rotted, not sure what I did wrong but they seem to work for everyone else in the world. These are some of my favorite from Smith and Hawken (only go here if you want to drop lots of money.) I would reccomend going to Home Depot or somewhere similar. The pictures above are of allium (my Gramps grew these and he would spray paint them red, white and blue for the Fourth of July), white daffodils, croucus and tuilps (random fact: tulip comes from the word turban, thank you Jeopardy!)

delicioso

hot chocolate season is here and let me pass on some wisdom I have recently acquired. hot chocolate is so much better when you dump some coffee mate powder in it. at work they have hazelnut and it is good. I want to try the pumpkin spice it sounds good. your hot chocolate will never be the same.

bulbs part 1

the season for forcing bulbs is almost here. paperwhites and amaryllis are the two most commonly forced bulbs. although i have never actually tried this smith and hawken says the bulbs come with simple forcing instructions. and by the looks of it you can force amaryllis in a pot with rocks, sounds simple enough. i think i might try my hand at the red amaryllis and the paperwhites next to it, they are my favorite. you can see all sorts of forcing bulbs at smith and hawken.
for more information on growing from bulbs go here.

halloween costumes...

i think this tourist pair is probably my favorite

his and hers, how romantic...

if you are going to dress up for halloween you might as well look ridiculous, right? you can find all these and more here.
which one would you choose?

halloween in the kitchen

halloween plates and cupcake molds

tea candle holders (not so much kitchen but from a kitchenesque store) and halloween mugs



if you are a super halloweener you should probably have a halloween apron.

Think Pink

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Here are some of my favorite items that promote Breast Cancer Awareness. Some are donating part of the proceeds to the Susan G. Komen Foundation or others like it. Others are merely pink. You can find these items here, here, here, here and here. For more information on Breast Cancer go here.

Win a purse

I am bound and determined to win a contest, it happens to other people I bound to win if I enter enough contests right? Well if you go and enter your e-mail address and name here you can enter to win a purse. Good luck.