Languid*Lovely

The humble gabion is having its day. Gabions are wire or steel cages filled with rip-rap or other stone. Long an engineering standard as ch...

The Stinson Beach House by Blasen Landscape Architecture is a lovely example of a contemporary landscape that balances clean, simp...

Lately I've been thinking about how this blog reflects my state of mind, my pursuits and my current areas of interest. I've con...

Molly's Cabin  I currently have a bit of an obsession with cabins built on outcrops, as you can see from my Pinterest board  Cabin...

So apparently it has been some time since I gave an update on the Bloomfield Community Greenhouse; the last time I posted on the gre...

This Australian residence by CplusC architectural workshop illustrates a seamless transition between interior and exterior space. I...

As promised, here are a a couple of photos of the first seedlings to inaugurate the Bloomfield Community Greenhouse. It's now been thre...

Autumn seems to be moving through rather slowly this year - which is fine by me! I love long, leisurely walks through Halifax's old...

I feel pretty lucky and grateful to have been selected as a participant in the first year of the Bloomfield Community Greenhouse. What a gr...

Right about now, at least in the temperate north, it is the perfect time to plant your garlic. Here is a simple guide to next season's b...

A few pics from a late summer stroll up the path behind my cabin shortly before I left Oregon. Magic?

I took this photo of my cayenne peppers on my last day on the farm in Oregon. It's the first place I've lived that I could really ...

I spent the other night making a st. John's wort salve - simply melting beeswax into oil infused with st. johns wort, calendula, c...

I see these old concrete blocks everywhere - at the curb, in parking garages, there are currently several in the loft of the cabin I am rent...

Hello there! It has been awhile. I have been away from home for over 8 months now and traveling without my laptop. What started out as a ...

My last big harvest of the season golden beet     late October berries A long, fantastic gardening ...

Ok I absolutely need a backyard so I can interject this sleek chicken abode The Nogg. I have been very delinquent with my posting -...

Another gorgeous plant combination: cabbage with marigolds. Spotted in a garden neighbour's plot.

Bringing things back inside ...  I love air plants and I love pods so these are perfect! From Michael McDowell's Etsy shop Mudpuppy ...

I decided to arrange my garden plot into a modified square foot (14") method this year. I made the mistake of moving my garlic into ...

When talking about how to use the borage that has taken over the communal herb garden, my friend Eileen suggested I put the...

The echinacea is in bloom and the bumblebees are loving them, even more than me! They are also all over the borage (more to come). As I w...

My fellow community gardening friend, Crispin, has strung up twine through a neighbouring Japanese maple and connected it to his bean po...