House and Home

In the Galleries: Kerry James Marshall: Garden of Delights at CAM

What's in Bloom

Ask a Mexican: Where do Mexican gardeners throw away their clippings?

Senator Kevin Engler Introduces Bill About Bedbug Reporting

​Citing both an increase in the number of infestation reports in Missouri communities and a special request from state health officials, State Senator Kevin Engler (R-Farmington) introduced legislation yesterday that sets new standards for tenants and landlords when it comes to reporting bedbugs.

St. Louis Daily Deals Collapses; Coupon Company Leaves Businesses in Lurch

​St. Louis Daily Deals has gone out of business. The company, owned by husband and wife Lorilee and Bill Cummings of Warson Woods, shut down sometime this month. Now area businesses that contracted with the online coupon service say St. Louis Daily Deals has left them on the hook. According t ... More >>

Ten Best Food Events This Weekend: February 3-February 5

Friday (Feb. 3): Missouri Organic Association organic food workshops @ St. Louis Union Station Marriott Catch the last couple of days of this annual conference geared toward urban and suburan farms and gardeners, gardener wannabes and foodies, featuring plenty of workshops ranging from consumer he ... More >>

Passion for Perennials

Monet Today

Interview & Recipe with Schlafly Gardener Jack Petrovic

Mabel SuenSchlafly gardener Jack Petrovic and assistant gardener Nolan Kowalski with various types of garlic including Creole Red, Music Pink and California Late​Schlafly gardener Jack Petrovic loves garlic, but he's tired of having to give his away. And that's fair, considering that the gourm ... More >>

The Sucky Scourge: Bed Bugs at the University of Illinois

www.parkwayexterminating.comGood night, sleep tight, don't let the...​Oh, shudder! Over the weekend, a student at the University of Illinois in Urbana reported bed bugs in her dorm room at Evans Hall.School officials told the News-Gazette that the problem was quickly contained, and didn't spread p ... More >>

Man Reaches Into New Bag of Potting Soil, Gets Bit by Copperhead Snake

Image viaGet this mf snake out of my mf potting soil bag​You're bathed in the warm breath of spring, delighting in the joy of your garden, oh sunshine and love, and you tear open your fresh bag of potting soil and GET BIT BY A MOTHERF&%ING SNAKE. That's what happened to Steven McGregor last sp ... More >>

Slow Food St. Louis, Brick City Gardens and Schlafly Team Up for Organic Film Series

HBOClaire Danes as the title character in the HBO film Temple Grandin, which screens Monday, April 12, as part of the "Good Gardening - Good Food" series at Schlafly Bottleworks​It's hard to believe, what with the layer of snow covering the ground, but it's almost time for Slow Food St. Louis, ... More >>

Rare Beauties

Get the Big Fly Swatter

"The Good, the Big and the Ugly" Tomato Contest Invites You to Strut Your Tomato Stuff

image creditYou say "tomato," we say, "heirloom tomatoes."​Is there a vegetable more beloved by gardeners than the tomato? Incredibly versatile, preservable, and downright perfect when picked from the vine at peak ripeness, tomatoes rightly find their way into even the smallest gardens. In hon ... More >>

Orchid You Not!

Look for Busch Stadium Grass Seed in Hardware Stores Soon

Coming soon! Busch Stadium grass seed.​That's right. Last week Scotts Miracle-Gro became the "Official Lawn Care Company of Major League Baseball".The deal has a special perk for St. Louis baseball fans. As part of the agreement Scotts Miracle-Gro plans to soon offer for sale seed blends of five m ... More >>

The Joy of Company

How Green Was My Soulard?

The Morning Brew: Monday, 9.14

​ Chipotle takes lead on supporting fair treatment of migrant tomato workers. (Gourmet)In defense of canned food, and the family who lived on stuff in their pantry all summer. (The Boston Globe, Omaha World-Herald)What's the big deal with the little hoki fish? (Dailyfinance.com)Is vegetable ... More >>

Food on the Wing

Friday, May 15: Calendar Pimp Suggests

Isaiah and Julia in a world of beauty.What happens when your home movies wreck your home life? You keep filming, and hope for the best. Life sometimes provides its own happy endings, but whether that's because of our actions or in spite of them, no one really knows.

FoodWire: Local Harvest Offering Gardening & Food-Prep Classes

Local Harvest Grocery is offering two series of classes taught by Tender Greens Microfarm owner Annette Beach. Let's go to the press release: Beach, who has a history of living on and working farms, will bring her knowledge and passion to the classes in two different series, one focused on growing f ... More >>

Family Heirlooms

Grow your own!

Orchidding Me!

Flowers for the Ages

The Orchid Prescription

Take 30 of these through spring

Now Open: Cafe Osage

Party Like a Botanist

He doesn’t look a day over 207

Welcome Home!

Get comfy with Art Saint Louis

Clean Green

No Tiptoeing Necessary

Hey, Look; Secret Garden.

Bite Me

Head to Upstream's Return of the Bedbug and scratch that itch.

Dust Buster

Untidy masterpiece: The Rep Studio's production of The Clean House.

Cleanliness is Next to Something

Will America's Language
Please Stand Up?

The Mexican calls dibbies on Spanish

Paper Tigers

Viva Piñata is adorable -- and misleading.

Tractors Chug

Are ya listenin'?

Buggers

For once, Unreal is scared to get between the sheets. Plus: Anheuser-Busch gets buzzed, and the Francis Howell School District plans to take back Christmas.

Notaa Justa Furniture Store

Tom A. Toe's Life

The Missouri Botanical Garden lets you put those grow lights to good use

Best Place to Take Out-of-Town Guests

Missouri Botanical Garden

Berger Bit

Unreal bids fond farewell to Jerry Berger, witnesses a presidential Opening Day and a six-foot-tall termite and gives out a very, very special award

Wet Spot

Backyard-pond aficionados will get on swimmingly at Pond-O-Rama

Best Weenie

Home Depot

Dirty Work

A tale of prison gardeners is this summer's sweetest feel-good comedy

Best Perennials

Iris Hill Nursery & Landscaping

Best Sunflowers

Corner of Lewis and O'Fallon, St. Louis Riverfront

COOKIN' WITH GAS

Hot chef Biker Billy sets the crowd on fire at the Cycle World International Motorcycle Show

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Sweat Equity (Root 66)