by Flora Caputo | May 10, 2009 | Gardening, Recipes, Uncategorized
Many people grow herbs during the summer. But oftentimes you have so many plants you don’t know what to do with them all. The other sad thing is when the seasons change, and it becomes fall, most people just give up and let herbs alone to freeze and die....
by Flora Caputo | May 10, 2009 | Gardening, Uncategorized
I discovered last year that coffee grounds are a great, natural compost for plants. What is nice about this is that you aren’t filling landfills with it. I was told by a gardening friend that coffee grounds tend to make the ground slightly more acidic, so I laid...
by Flora Caputo | Apr 25, 2009 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Moms-it happens to us all… “potluck season”. Its the time of year when it seems you are doing two potlucks a week, between girl scouts celebrations, school events, church meetings, and sports dinners. And the must-have tool for every potluck is the...
by Flora Caputo | Apr 24, 2009 | Gardening, Uncategorized
If you are looking for unique things to decorate your garden with, but have a shoe-string budget, do what I do and hit all the thrift stores in your neighborhood. I find many cute little tables I can use outright, put mosaics on, or paint decoratively to use near...
by Flora Caputo | Mar 15, 2009 | Career, Uncategorized
This probably is going to cause MUCH controversy, but I feel I need to say that as a non-smoker, I don’t think it is fair that smokers get a 10 minute smoke break every hour or so. I would like to get out side every hour and get some fresh air, chill out and...
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...
