by Flora Caputo | Nov 6, 2008 | Lifestyle, Recipes, Uncategorized
This was a wonderful birthday present from my husband last year. I had asked for it when I saw it in our Williams Sonoma Catalog (always a dangerous undertaking-they are usually thrown out quickly so I don’t see them!) . It’s a convection oven that sits on...
by Flora Caputo | Sep 8, 2008 | Gardening, Uncategorized
People often compliment me on my green thumb. But I can tell you that it is only through many mistakes (most of them costly) and learning from them that I have become a good gardener. This has never been more true than during fall clean-up time. When I cut corners and...
by Flora Caputo | Jul 9, 2008 | Career, Uncategorized
I am repurposing this memo I originally wrote in 2000 for a group of college kids touring our agency. I find that a lot of this holds true and I need to continue to share it with my “art younglings” that come on board. Top 15 Things They Didn’t Teach...
by Flora Caputo | Jul 8, 2008 | Gardening, Uncategorized
Many annuals in pots, in the Midwest cold zones, do not make it through our hard winters. But we have found ways around Old Man Winter. My husband planted some herbs in two window boxes three years ago. Each fall, we put the boxes in our garage towards the front near...
by Flora Caputo | Jun 14, 2008 | Gardening, Uncategorized
Well, my shade garden I inherited from the previous homeowners was half started. They had planted ground cover and hostas, all with landscape liner. They also set pavers as paths creating a very graphic design to the garden, and I think used the landscape liner to...
by Flora Caputo | Jun 8, 2008 | Gardening, Uncategorized
First of all, grass is NOT NATIVE to North America. Grass species were brought here from England and France, among other places. England has a much different climate than areas of North America, so growing grass will ALWAYS take a lot of resources, time, and sadly,...
