Showing posts with label smith and haken. Show all posts
Showing posts with label smith and haken. Show all posts

Thursday, April 22, 2010

happy earth day! strawberry grow pot

i've written before about my obsession with the smith & hawken aisle at target. my latest s&w purchase was this strawberry grow pot for $19.99 and i thought i'd write about it in honor of earth day today. it was growing SO nice and i had two cute little buds - until i moved it outside onto the patio and my buds were eaten by those dang pigeons!! i hated pigeons already (rats with wings) and they successfully put the nail in their own coffin, those bastards. anywho...


the kit came complete with dirt, seeds and step-by-step instructions.



who knew strawberry seeds are so itsy bitsy? well, probably everyone considering we eat them all the time...but still...they're tiny.



the dirt comes in little packs so you have to moisten and stir them up before planting.


and voila! the seeds are planted! if only i left the little buds in the safety of the apartment rather than sending them outside to their death. learned that lesson! regardless, it's a great little kit and i recommend it for the casual "gardener" like myself.


plant something in honor of earth day!

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

target's smith and hawken partnership



target is like my winter wonderland. so many things to see and try and buy. one of my new favorites is the smith & hawken aisle. my latest purchase was an amaryllis kit - a white pot, one red amaryllis bulb and soil - on sale for a mere $8. after only three weeks of growing, the amaryllis is huge and is downright gorgeous. i love looking at it on the windowsill every day and i can't wait to get another one once this one bites the dust. you can barely get a fresh flower bouquet for $8 and those only last a few days. a great fresh flower investment - or a great hostess/housewarming gift. i don't see them available on the target website (for you city dwellers) but i know west elm and restoration hardware usually stock bulb kits around the holidays too.

here are a few more of target's smith & hawken gems:

below: doormat, $19.99 (we have the green version at our front door)

below: 33" copper fire bowl, $119.99