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Go greener with these gardening books

With spring around the corner and thoughts turning to the garden, here are four new books that will help you grow a little greener: and fun to tend. Houbein starts from the ground up, with information on how to prepare soil, compost, mulch, start and ...

From DEB WANDELL, Monterey County Herald,  13 Mar 2010

Updated gardens outlined in new books

With spring around the corner and thoughts turning to the garden, here are four new books that will help you grow a little greener: The New Low-Maintenance Garden by Valerie Easton (Timber Press; $19.95). We're gardening in a new millennium, with ...

From DEB WANDELL, San Francisco Chronicle,  28 Feb 2010

Tucker shows off spring textile collection

San Francisco interior designer Suzanne Tucker, of the firm Tucker and Marks, is well known for her classic interiors that incorporate antiques, rich hues and fabrics. Now she's launched her own textile collection, which premiered last month in Paris ...

From DEB WANDELL, San Francisco Chronicle,  7 Feb 2010

A guide to pups and pageantry

With that in mind, here are this year's highlights along with some tips and trivia. Kibbles and tidbits about the show Bench show: The Golden Gate Kennel Club's event is a bench show, which means dogs are kept on assigned benches when not being ...

From DEB WANDELL, San Francisco Chronicle,  26 Jan 2010

How we live now: A shift in the landscape

State and local governments responded by adopting green-building policies, making composting easier and relaxing or eliminating rules for installing solar and gray-water systems. There are tax credits and other incentives for energy- and water-saving ...

From DEB WANDELL, San Francisco Chronicle,  29 Dec 2009

Oakland pizza joint sounds like a shoe inn

If there were an award for most incongruous restaurant name, it might go to Boot and Shoe Service, Charlie Hallowell's new neighborhood pizza joint on Oakland's Grand Avenue. The follow-up to his popular Pizzaiolo opened last week and the name is a ...

From DEB WANDELL, San Francisco Chronicle,  20 Dec 2009

Book offers green tips for eco-friendly holiday

Santa's carbon footprint has gotten pretty hefty: During the holidays, the volume of household waste in America increases by 25 percent - about 1 million extra tons, according to the EPA. But it is possible to have a green holiday without feeling like ...

From DEB WANDELL, San Francisco Chronicle,  13 Dec 2009

Related Topics: Environmental Protection Agency,  Chronicle Books,  Mazda

New exhibition aims to bridge art and design

Article:New exhibition aims to bridge art and design:/c/a/2009/12/04/HO0L1ATDE6.DTL Article:New exhibition aims to bridge art and design:/c/a/2009/12/04/HO0L1ATDE6.DTL Quick links to the best of SFGate | Still can't find it? see Site Index The Bay Area' ...

From DEB WANDELL, San Francisco Chronicle,  4 Dec 2009

Business idea mushrooms from coffee grounds

But they took a detour in the spring during a business ethics class, where the two learned that coffee grounds, one of the country's largest waste streams, could be used as a medium for growing mushrooms. "We loved the idea and thought, 'Hey, there's ...

From DEB WANDELL, San Francisco Chronicle,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: University of California Berkeley

Icons of Design participants offer tips

At the Icons of Design event at San Francisco's Millennium Tower, more than 25 top designers put their very personal stamps on the high-rise's four 52nd-floor residences. The benefit, which continues weekends through Nov. 22, offers plenty to inspire a ...

From DEB WANDELL, San Francisco Chronicle,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Gregory Stewart

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