Improve Your Junk Mail Karma
September 1, 2017
Is your mailbox (your real mailbox, not the one on your laptop) inundated with catalogs you flip through for a minute and then toss? Coupon books? Fliers? Credit card offers? I don’t have to tell you a lot of that discarded paper ends up in a landfill. I also don’t have to tell you that you probably don’t have the time to contact each of these companies to cancel your subscriptions. While there are some web sites like DMA Choice and CatalogChoice that give you contact information for catalog companies the information is not always complete and usually requires some leg work on your part.
PaperKarma is an app that makes unsubscribing from unwanted catalogs pretty painless. Once you have set up your profile, which takes about a minute, you take a picture with your phone of the logo or address of the company whose catalog you want to give the heave-ho, upload the image, and hit unsubscribe me. You get four unsubscribe requests for free but you do have to pay to keep using the app after that. A month of unlimited unsubscribes is $1.99 and a year’s worth is $19.99.
Building A Park Out Of Waste: ASLA Video
June 28, 2013
The American Society Of Landscape Architects has produced this video showing how construction materials from a torn down building can be reused for a park. Very Interesting
Some Grog For My Fuchsia
September 12, 2012
Some Grog For My Fuchsia
I found this on Sprout, American Nurseryman’s newsletter.
Taken by Kristin Candler, this photo shows The Prospect Of Whitby, London’s oldest riverside Inn. It is, reportedly, where the Fuchsia was introduced to London when it was traded for a noggin of rum.
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pale fuschia (Photo credit: kumquatgirl)
Who Stole The Syrup From The Syrup Jar?
September 10, 2012
3 batches of Maple Syrup (Photo credit: astanleyjones)
Just a quick post about an article in the Wall Street Journal I found interesting. According to the article, written by David George-Cosh, thieves recently made off with about 10 million lbs of maple syrup worth an estimated 30 million Canadian dollars or US$ 30.4.
As a way to protect producer’s harvests The Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers keeps a certain amount of maple syrup in reserve.
Go here to read the full story in the Journal
Weekly Post Challenge: Urban
August 30, 2012
Artichoke and Euphorbia in Brooklyn Garden
To me this image says Urban because it combines an ornamental plant, Euphorbia, with an edible plant, Artichoke. It is an example of how, even in a small urban space, we can plant gardens that are both interesting, unique, useful and practical.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Purple
July 27, 2012
Purple Clematis
I planted this Clematis to wrap around the iron fence in our front yard when we were living in Brooklyn. This week it is my Weekly Photo Challenge entry.
Brass Birdhouse Made From 2,500 Reclaimed Bullets
July 23, 2012
Bird House Made From Recovered Bullets
The people at Urban Gardens have once again found a thought-provoking piece of functional art in this Brass Birdhouse made from over 2,500 bullets found in Lebanese hunting grounds.
The piece, made by New York based design studio L.E.F.T. is, to me, an interesting juxtaposition between good and ugly. You have 2500 bullets and you can use them to make art or to make war. It’s your choice.
Plus I like the little perch.
