crosspost from my other blog--heirloom garden seeds

I posted this Current column last March, and since it's already time again to plan gardens, now's the time to revisit the seed issue.  Heirloom seeds are important to me, as is supporting local businesses, so I plan to buy my Botanical Interest seeds again from Allisonville Nursery.  Almost time to rig up the grow-light in the basement again and coax the seeds into seedlings!

a little of the mundane (which is exciting in its own way) & more about hoopn

Tonight I cut up some of these containers into little food containers with flaps to fold down.  I always hate to throw them away, can they be recycled??  There is nothing on them to indicate that they can, so I thought it'd be better to at least let them get a little more mileage this way.  The little pint ones are GREAT for packing in lunches, and not a big deal if they get lost/damaged. 

You could put little velcro self adhesive tabs on, like above, but those aren't too cheap.  It works as well to just fold the flaps in, as shown in the top picture.

In other news, I had a really, really great time last night hoopin' at a Lite-Hearted meeting.  I did a demo and let everyone try and wow, they did great.  They were so enthusiastic.  I loved seeing all the hoops spinning around...and I wished I had my camera!  It was so awesome.  I loved spreading the hooping love!  I also sold nine hoops, bringing my total hoops sold count to 18!  That plus my other hoops in stock and the ones I own means I have made something like 40 hoops.  I hope to make many more.  I am just thrilled to get others introduced to the wonderful world of hooping!

I had an article published today about safe seed companies/avoiding GM seeds.  You can see it here.