I suck at growing things. Like, really, really suck. I can kill cacti, and I will kill anything less tough. But these little egg-plants (ha!)– ready-to-grow herbs and flowers inside of precious ceramic eggs– are just too cute to resist. Incredibly popular in Japan, all you have to do is crack the top open and [...]

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For those of you adept at killing cacti, bamboo, marigolds, and other plant life that is supposed to be totally resistant to human neglect. You only need to change the water about once a week, and it doesn’t require that you disassemble anything to do so. The result? A fresh, healthy plant filling your space [...]

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Living in the city– in a top floor apartment that overlooks a carport– doesn’t give me much time or reason to garden. And should I try to get my foliage on all over my rusty fire escape, I fear that frequent visits from the local raccoons would destroy anything that my not-so-green thumb might [...]

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