Gotta Get It Garden Gear - Wearable Garden Stool

The Ultimate Strap-On!  Manufactured in Europe, this handy stool was originally designed for milking cows. Researchers bent on finding a more efficient way to harvest crops, introduced the stool to small scale farmers and found it produced happier, healthier, and more productive workers. Fewer back aches and knee pain from picking, planting, and pruning would make one a more enthusiastic gardener.

The Wearable Garden Stool straps onto your butt and is adjustable to let you pop a squat at every stop. Weighing only four pounds it even stays put while you walk. Not a contraption for the fashion conscious.  On sale now at Clean Air Gardening.

A Kwanzan in Winter

Kwanzan Flowering Cherry, Prunus serrulata 'Kwanzan'

 

One of my all time favorite trees, the Kwanzan Cherry was named after a mountain in Japan and is native to China, Japan, and Korea. The upright, spreading form can reach 15 to 25 feet tall and is quite beautiful with attractive, double, pink flowers. Kwanzan Cherry has new growth that is bronze colored, turning yellow, orange, or copper in the fall, does not bear fruit, prefers full sun, is intolerant of poor drainage, and is easily transplanted. An annual festival at the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. commemorates the annual bloom of this species along with Yoshino Cherry, Prunus × yedoensis.

Known for its thin branches that are not inherently strong, bark can easily split and crack. Branches fall frequently in winter due to high winds and cold weather. Therefore, proper pruning must take place during tree development. The tree branches must be evenly spaced to produce a stronger framework for support in less desirable conditions.

A Little Woodland Wonder

A little woodland wonder for the cold winter months, we've created glass-enclosed
moments in time that are meant for daydreaming and contemplating the universe. 

Who are these people and what is their story?

Complete with gravel, sand, activated charcoal (to act as a filter), sphagnum moss, potting soil, fresh Oregon moss, stones and/or glass beads, and a cast of characters. Oregon moss is the lowest maintenance moss for the terrarium environment. Thick and hardy, deep green, and oh so forgiving. Perfect for people without a green thumb. Just keep in low light and use a spray bottle filled with water to mist every few days to keep all the inhabitants green and happy.

For more information and to place a custom order with your choice of theme,
email info@TerraBellaNY.com. Give one as a gift and keep one for yourself.
Approximately 5.5"h x 4.75"w. Complete with instructions for care.

The Blue Dot

YouTube user Damewse created a marketing campaign for NASA after feeling frustrated with the space agency's lack of ability to draw the public's attention to its incredible missions.

     "NASA is the most fascinating, adventurous, epic institution ever devised by human beings, and their media sucks. Seriously. None of their brilliant scientists appear to know how to connect with the social media crowd, which is now more important than ever. In fact, NASA is an institution whose funding directly depends on how the public views them."
     "In all of their brilliance, NASA seems to have forgotten to share their hopes and dreams in a way the public can relate to, leaving one of humanities grandest projects with terrible PR and massive funding cuts."

See for yourself the video he created for NASA (originally created by Michael Marantz). It is narrated perfectly using an old recording by the quintessential Carl Sagan. Michael Marantz also composed the music. As Carl Sagan says in the video, "For all our failings, despite our limitations and fallibilities, we humans are capable of greatness." Beautious and wonderful.