Yes, strawberries are indeed my favorite backyard garden edible fruit or vegetable, but not for why you think.

You know that my wifes husband can be incredibly lazy at times.

That is me.

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Every once in a while, one stumbles across a piece of furniture that you don’t know whether to use or just stand there and stare at. The Rose Table is one of those rare pieces! It’s organic and simple yet intricate and mysterious. It demands attention and draws you in without obnoxiously screaming, “Hey look at me!”

Designed by Ben Gabriel, the Rose Table is beyond special. Although when you look at it in the above picture, it appears curved, like it wouldn’t be functional but this is certainly not the case! If you view other photos of it, you will see that the table is surprisingly a flat surface. A piece of art that you can actually use! Always a bonus!

Made from yew, lacewood and American black walnut, the Rose Table is created in Ireland by its designer and hand delivered to his distributor to ensure that only a flawless product is sold to the customer. Can you i

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The folks over at Modern Capital posted a great link on their Facebook page today. Paint company California Paints have a feature on their website where they showcase various paint colors (both interior and exterior) according to time period in their 20th Century Colors of America.

If you head down to the 1940s to the 1960s youll find colors for, our favorite, mid-century modern!

Heres what they had to say:

The post-World War II housing boom and the popularization of modern architecture brought bold colors in deep tones into popularity once again.

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One of the reasons that I started my fire escape garden in 2009 is because I learned that on average our food travels 1,500 miles from farm to plate. Thats about the distance from one coast of the United States to the center of the country.

The next time you are at the grocery store or supermarket (arent they the same thing?), pick up some produce and look at the label to see where its from. I started to do this when I was living in NYC and saw Chile, Argentina, Mexico, Peru and other far off countries. There wasnt even anything from my country, nonetheless my state.

It got me thinking about all of the variables that go into getting that food to the store and what it means for me to purchase.

  • Oil is used to transport the food, which has an environmental impact.

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