Those jackasses over at Boing Boing Gadgets have done it again. Posted a rad picture with no description. Look, is this really a camera with a damn garden growing out of the lens? It seems entirely plausible. Then again, it could be Joel photoshopping his pubes into sprouts.
I understand that living in a major metropolitan city can leave you with a lack of plants, grass and trees but this is still a bit overkill. It’s a keychain called the Green Capsule and it comes with a small vegetable seed inside along with a proprietary soil mix of some sort. In turn, with a little light, your seed will grow into a plant in no time. Once it gets too big, just swap it out of the keychain and replace it with another seed.
I like the idea of a fully sustainable garden in my pocket and I also like free vegetables, so this is a perfect gift idea for me. Unfortunately, at $62, it’s also the most expensive keychain I’ve seen. Maybe I’ll stick to this piece of old gum I twirled into a ring.
Here’s an idea that really benefits you as a homeowner. A removable kitchen sink that can be taken outside and the water drained over your garden. Genius. And the nutrients the plants will get from food waste will benefit your crop for sure. The design comes from Hughie of Australia and believe it or not, it’s not a concept! You can net one of these bad boys for a measly $25 and it comes in an assortment of different colors. Tres chic!
If Mario and Peach settled down one day and bought a castle in the countryside, I’d imagine this is what their garden would look like. Though I’m not sure how Mario would feel about a Piranha plant growing in his own backyard. I would imagine a little fire would take care of the job…
She’s hot, right? Check out that ring on her finger. It’s a combination of jewelry and gardening which can only mean one thing: she’s marrying a hippy. Iceland designer Hafsteinn Júlíusson wants to bring nature into everyday couture. This form of jewelry is not for everyone, however. One must take good care of their Growing Jewelry or else it’ll fade like any other plant uncared for.
Hafsteinn states: “It is important to take good care of Growing Jewelry. The owner must water it regularly and nurture it like any other plant. So it’s up to the owner to make sure that the jewelry is at its best.”
Now, if the grass on the ring fades, would it be possible to replant the seeds or would you need a whole new ring? I’d imagine it’d be possible, though you probably wouldn’t be able to wear it during it’s earlier stages of growth. Regardless, this ring is sure to get a lot of attention from the folks who frequent Phish shows.
Oliver Bishop-Young, a Goldsmiths University graduate, demonstrated projects regarding skips at the New Designers showcase in London earlier this month. For those not familiar with a skip or what it is, simply put: it’s a dumpster. With the massive amount of idle skips laying around the city and all the crap we throw into landfills, we might as well get something out of it.
So, Oliver set up a website that allows visitors to search for locations of skips throughout London, complete with pictures. Additionally, a group of folks have pitched in converting empty skips into public spaces such as lounge areas, swimming pools and gardens. Even a mini-ramp built in a skip for skateboarding was made from a collection of materials gathered from other skips. All that’s missing is the skip crapper.
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Garden gnomes compliment the yard fervently, but do they provide any productivity other than looks? Why can’t they just come to life, water the plants, cut the grass, trim the hedges and then go back to looking innocently petrified beside your garden?
All you’ve known about the secretive lives of garden gnomes is about to change. Dutch Studio TX has upgraded seed bomb technology, a technique of introducing vegetation to lifeless soils, with eco-friendly balloons which are painted like garden gnomes. They don’t look like your average garden gnomes, but that’s because they actually do work in the garden unlike their dead beat terracotta clay brethren.
There is no better way to have the feds on to you than dead bodies climbing out of your yard. Living-Dead bodies that is. Artist Alan Dickinson, master of self-incrimination, has created his most haunting image of yard sculptures to date.
The Zombie of Montclaire Moors let’s all your neighbors know that you’re one sick puppy. This zombie could burrow its way out of your yard scaring would be trespassing kids for a whopping $89.95, but why not just kill a bunch of people and bury them half way up in your front yard for free. One thing’s for sure, this sculpture won’t decompose.
For gardeners on the go or gardeners who just have a huge work area, the Yardmate is the ideal mobile workstation. This workbench on wheels is sure to hold all garden goodies imaginable, then collapse beneath its shoddy frame.
Gnomes, lilies, bonsai, whatever your fancy, I’m sure you could find a way to pack it into that lower shelf. With a potting space, tool storage and additional display space for flower boxes, what more could you ask for? A hook for the garden hose, you ask? Well, what do ya’ know, it’s got that, too! If only it came with a penis-enlargement attachment, then I’d be set.
