good 'n planty

I really love this photo set I found on flickr called "Harvesting Colour." Pretty and whimsical ways to bring "color" to your garden in the winter (or summer).

Inspired yet? Take some photos and add them to the pool!

If you'd like to bestow your valentine with a traditional bouquet but want to spare her/him the pesticides, look no further than these 5 flower ideas from the latest issue of Organic Gardening.

Or skip the whole thing and just send an ecard*... it's better for the environment, right?
* don't blame me if you guys break up.

if you're getting tired of good ol' burts bees, i've heard good things about these organic lip balms- aside from standard "pepperminty", they also come in "chai mandarin" and "lavendar vanilla."

.25 oz, $4.99 BabyBearshop

If you're missing your garden and gloomy- get ready for the growing season by making this portable salad box. 

The steps look simple enough- though personally I'm curious if I could alter a thrift-store-scavenged dresser drawer by taking out the bottom and replacing it with the window screen... hm.

For the April issue of OG, we're letting you pick the winning reader photo- go here to vote.  

*If you haven't voted yet, what are you waiting for? Contest ends MONDAY!