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Air Plant Super Bloom | Red-Handled Scissors

Air Plant Super Bloom

There are at least 9 blooms on one of my air plants right now, and it has turned from green to bright, ridiculous pink. I didn’t even know that it was possible for them to have that many flowers! Now that she’s all tarted up, next thing you know, she’ll start popping out babies. (No, …

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Sunday Snapshot: The Air Plants are Blooming! | Red-Handled Scissors

Sunday Snapshot: The Air Plants are Blooming!

It may be gloomy outside, but inside the air plants are blooming!

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Starting the Fire Escape Garden | Red-Handled Scissors

Starting the Fire Escape Garden

Today was a perfect sunny day, and I couldn’t think of anything I’d rather do than start setting up this year’s fire escape garden. (Read: PLAY IN THE DIRT AND MAKE A MESS!!) Using the brilliant baseball card page seed starter idea that I mentioned in last week’s Friday Internet Crushes, I started some basil, …

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Sunday Snapshot: Spring Seed Shopping | Red-Handled Scissors

Sunday Snapshot: Spring Seed Shopping

Spring in Brooklyn! In celebration of the BEAUTIFUL weather in Brooklyn today (79 degrees and sunny), Jeremy and I headed out to buy the seeds and supplies needed to get our fire escape garden going for the summer. What I’m most excited about: cherry tomatoes, hot pepper plants, and the strawberry growing kit. I’m not …

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