Just a heads up on some new articles I've written this month.
5 Tips for Planting a Container Garden

Anyone can make a great container garden. From simple to elaborate, the possibilities are limitless. Looking at pictures is a great way to get ideas for plant combinations, color schemes and interesting containers.
Just a heads up on some new articles I've written this month.
5 Tips for Planting a Container Garden
Picture of the Week


Tea and a Book = Ahhhhh.....
Photograph © Kerry Michaels
Apparently, January 23, is National Reading Day. I'm a huge fan or reading and spent part of my weekend curled up in front of the woodstove with a book. Total bliss.
I love all kinds of books, but I'm kind of a gardening book addict. Not surprisingly, I have shelves stuffed with them and one of the huge perks of this job, and my work reviewing books for Coastal Home Magazine, is that publishers often send me review copies.
I have a whole category on this site for product and book reviews (look to the column on the left under the heading "Browse Topic").
Here is a list of some of my favorites: Great Container Gardening Books

Artillery Fern
Photograph © Kerry Michaels
Ok, so it's winter in Maine and I'm not growing much. The plants I am growing are beginning to protest their lack of light and my haphazard care. I seem to understand and know what my plants want when they are outside. Inside? Not so much.
Anyhow, because it's winter and it gets dark out really early, I am becoming a little obsessed with TED talks. This one knocked my socks off. It's about how plants can revolutionize urban living by not only cleaning the air, but also by the huge impact they have on people's moods and productivity.
Take a look at this TED talk by Kamal Meattle. Warning, it will make you want to fill your office and your home with greenery.
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