Veggie Basket

Spent an hour in the dark during yesterday's Earth Hour from 8:30 to 9:30. My family and I had just barely made it back home from the mall - what a rush!

Love the ideas in this article on how to be more eco-friendly when it comes to gardening. I will be skipping the "attract birds" resolution because once the little critters see my red, succulent strawberries, there's no warding them off. There's also the far fetched "attract bats to your garden" one. Really?!

Here's a clever device: Potmaker from Lee Valley. If you'd rather save the $17 for something else, there's always this device free method of making pots from newspaper. After skimming through the comments, it appears that the water evaporates quickly and the pots get wet (but not wet enough to break it down completely before planting in the soil), so I'm not entirely sure if it's a great idea. We will see : ) I'll give it a try when Spring arrives.