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Common Ground

www.commongroundmag.com

Young Farmers

Long before this generation of young farmers, I've felt a profound connection to growing your own food. Small family farms are popping up all over the country due to a grass roots movement if you will, of a connectedness to the earth. There's a huge demand for locally grown healthy vegetables and fruits, even herbs. College graduates with degrees in environmental studies and or biology are farming now. Second, third & fourth generation farmers- after finishing their degrees are coming back due to the enthusiasm and idealism of farming. They bring a newness and appreciation of food that might somehow seem lost only twenty years earlier. While they can't get rich farming, they are their own bosses and have 'other' jobs to compensate their earnings. I applaud them and their commitment to making the food we eat better. Help grow our young farmers by buying locally. image from table mag.

Outdoor Rooms

Alex's Garden

This garden is for a young couple and their adorable twins. They wanted something their kids could get creative in, the teepee in the last image is a perfect example of just that! Another great endeavor is the business they started~ casttv. It's a site that has all the latest tv episodes as well as vedio.

Atlantique Terrasse

These images of outdoors rooms from French Elle Decoration are so appealing to me, hope you enjoy!

In the Garden at Larie's

Mediterranean style in Australia

Loved these images from Australian Vogue ~ 

Allison's Garden

This is a little herb, vegetable and cutting flower garden that I planted for Allison and her 2 young children, we did this in miniature. Top photo of a wonderful herb called sorrel from my SF community garden.

 

Little Garden Table

 Bonluxat carries an adorable little garden table by Tokujin Yoshioka, it's metal & comes in 2 sizes, loved this idea! 

Cassie Art

While in Nashville I met a wonderful artist, Cassie Stephens.  Cassie paints but she also sculpts and sews. Her latest passion are ceramic belts buckles.I had to have one and I've taken a photo of it to share! They come in little tin boxes and are available on itsy.

cassieart.etsy.com Enjoy!