There’s Been a Gardening Emergency!
- posted by: Kelly Jo
- posted in: Gardening
- on: March 9, 2010
No vegetables are in danger, but Joe will not be able to join us in the chatroom tonight. He has a new television series starting up and has to fly to Florida tonight to make some changes to the premier episode. How exciting! He has promised to reschedule and we can ask him all the […]
He’s Coming Back!
- posted by: Kelly Jo
- posted in: Gardening
- on: March 3, 2010
Joe Lamp’l (aka joe gardener) is back this year and he’s joining us for another chat next Tuesday, March 9th at 8:30pm EST (click here if You need help finding Your timezone). Joe joined us last year for a fast paced chat filled with lots of great gardening tips. We even learned about a natural […]
Gardening is My Passion
- posted by: guest
- posted in: Uncategorized, Tools, Gardening
- on: November 6, 2009
My name is Patty and I live in Southern California. I’m fiskateer #23 and I’m excited to share my passion with you.
Flowers are my passion and my garden is my refuge! Living in a condo, my garden is a perfect size to manage and enjoy with no grass to mow! I really love sharing my garden […]
Memories of Project Orange Thumb in Baltimore
- posted by: Wendy Jo
- posted in: Uncategorized, Tools, Inspiration, Gardening
- on: September 9, 2009
I had the opportunity to get my hands dirty back on August 27th. Fiskars Project Orange Thumb awarded a gardening grant to the Oliver Community in east Baltimore, MD.
A vacant lot, that was once the home of several row houses, was turned into a wonderful garden filled with vegetables, trees, shrubs and fall flowers. A […]
Fiskars Project Orange Thumb is Heading to Baltimore!
- posted by: Wendy Jo
- posted in: Uncategorized, Gardening
- on: August 15, 2009
Well, you just read a guest blog post about some great new Fiskars floral tools. I thought I’d jump in and tell you another way that you can get your hands dirty with some real plants.
I am so excited! Fiskars Project Orange Thumb is heading to Baltimore, Maryland! I was born in Baltimore and I can’t wait […]
Project Orange Thumb
- posted by: Kelly Jo
- posted in: Gardening
- on: June 27, 2009
Last weekend, Project Orange Thumb was in Atlanta for an extreme garden makeover. Volunteers worked in extreme heat to turn a vacant lot into a blossoming garden in just one day!
Where yesterday there was a vacant lot, today the Edgewood community boasts a lush garden. Brightly flowering annuals and perennials, hundreds of delicious vegetables in new […]
Chatroom Guest, Joe Lamp’l…aka joe gardener
- posted by: Kelly Jo
- posted in: Gardening
- on: June 5, 2009
Bring Your gardening questions and join us Tuesday, June 16th at 9pm EST in the chatroom with special guest Joe Lamp’l, aka joe gardener. (When You enter the chatroom, please be sure to use your real name and Fiskateer number.)
Joe Lamp’l, (aka joe gardener®) is the host of two National television shows: GardenSMART on PBS […]
Rewarding
The past few weekends we have been busy, busy, busy. Places to go, people to see, yard work to do. Ben was born August 29th and he was a very colicky baby for the first 3 months, so not much yard work got done last fall. But even with all this extra work, it all […]
About My Weekend
Memorial Day is the unofficial start of summer for us. And we sure did manage to squeeze a lot into this past 3 day holiday weekend.
It all started bright and early Saturday morning with some yardwork. We seem to have more than the usual amount of weeds this year and now I think I know why.
We […]
Louise shares about her new toy
- posted by: Kelly Jo
- posted in: Gardening
- on: May 24, 2009
Louise #3903 recently purchased the Fiskars coring aerator and was so excited about her new toy tool that she wanted to share with all her Fisk-a-Friends. I know a lot of you are gardening this weekend, myself included, and thought this was a perfect time to share Louise’s report.
Gardening is not only about taking care […]