http://designforgenerations.com ... Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:37:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://designforgenerations.com/uncategorized/pinching-tomatoes-therapy-in-the-garden/ http://designforgenerations.com/uncategorized/pinching-tomatoes-therapy-in-the-garden/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:37:05 +0000 Jack Carman, FASLA http://designforgenerations.com/?p=867 Many people really enjoy growing tomatoes. And there’s a great variety of plants – from small cherry tomatoes to the larger slicing tomatoes.  We go to great lengths to water, weed and protect these special plants. One of the questions people ask about caring for tomato plants is how to pinch off the suckers that [...]]]> http://designforgenerations.com/uncategorized/pinching-tomatoes-therapy-in-the-garden/feed/ 0 http://designforgenerations.com/aging-in-place/tomatoes-garden-choices/ http://designforgenerations.com/aging-in-place/tomatoes-garden-choices/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:01:37 +0000 Jack Carman, FASLA http://designforgenerations.com/?p=859 For many of us, spring has arrived earlier than normal, and we’re are eager to start planting many of our favorite vegetables.  Best to stick to the cold weather crops, such as lettuce, kale and spinach until the ‘last frost date’ has passed. However, don’t wait too long to start to select the tomatoes you [...]]]> http://designforgenerations.com/aging-in-place/tomatoes-garden-choices/feed/ 0 http://designforgenerations.com/aging-in-place/therapy-and-creativity-in-nature/ http://designforgenerations.com/aging-in-place/therapy-and-creativity-in-nature/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:05:42 +0000 Jack Carman, FASLA http://designforgenerations.com/?p=856 Recent articles in the newspaper lead me to believe that creative ideas are often born in nature.  Two articles in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) have focused on greenhouses and garden sheds as women and man caves, respectively. These are places where one feels comfortable among plants and garden settings. We are relaxed to dream [...]]]> http://designforgenerations.com/aging-in-place/therapy-and-creativity-in-nature/feed/ 0 http://designforgenerations.com/aging-in-place/signs-of-spring/ http://designforgenerations.com/aging-in-place/signs-of-spring/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:33:27 +0000 Jack Carman, FASLA http://designforgenerations.com/?p=841 The midpoint of winter is marked by one of our favorite animal friends – the groundhog.  This hibernating creature has been immortalized in the 1993 film “Groundhog Day.”  In the movie, Bill Murray relives Groundhog Day over and over, for approximately 42 days (it is actually only 36 days by some estimates).  Punxsutawney Phil, the [...]]]> http://designforgenerations.com/aging-in-place/signs-of-spring/feed/ 0 http://designforgenerations.com/aging-in-place/sunflowers-an-essential-part-of-every-therapeutic-garden/ http://designforgenerations.com/aging-in-place/sunflowers-an-essential-part-of-every-therapeutic-garden/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:45:02 +0000 Jack Carman, FASLA http://designforgenerations.com/?p=837 Hopefully spring will not be that far off.  Thoughts are already turning to the garden and what to plant this year.  I’m thinking that this may truly be the year of the sunflower.  Reading about all of their virtues – it’s surprising that we do not plant more of them in our gardens. The sunflower [...]]]> http://designforgenerations.com/aging-in-place/sunflowers-an-essential-part-of-every-therapeutic-garden/feed/ 0 http://designforgenerations.com/aging-in-place/community-gardens-for-the-entire-community/ http://designforgenerations.com/aging-in-place/community-gardens-for-the-entire-community/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:49:37 +0000 Jack Carman, FASLA http://designforgenerations.com/?p=829 Why not take the idea of community gardens and apply it to the entire community?  The town of Todmorden in the UK has created a program where gardens have been started throughout the town and are being used to feed the entire town.  The concept is ‘brilliant’. Think about having garden in everyone’s yard.  You [...]]]> http://designforgenerations.com/aging-in-place/community-gardens-for-the-entire-community/feed/ 0 http://designforgenerations.com/aging-in-place/vitamin-d-exposure-to-sunlight-for-elders/ http://designforgenerations.com/aging-in-place/vitamin-d-exposure-to-sunlight-for-elders/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:51:26 +0000 Jack Carman, FASLA http://designforgenerations.com/?p=825 It is important to remember that Vitamin D deficiency is under treated for elders.  Many older adults spend more time indoors and have inadequate intake of Vitamin D.  While Vitamin D supplements are part of the solution; most people meet at least some of their vitamin D needs through exposure to sunlight.   Vitamin D is [...]]]> http://designforgenerations.com/aging-in-place/vitamin-d-exposure-to-sunlight-for-elders/feed/ 0 http://designforgenerations.com/aging-in-place/top-10-gifts-for-gardeners-and-people-who-just-like-being-outside/ http://designforgenerations.com/aging-in-place/top-10-gifts-for-gardeners-and-people-who-just-like-being-outside/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:02:43 +0000 Jack Carman, FASLA http://designforgenerations.com/?p=818 1. Maine Weather Stick is a natural barometer that helps tell if it is going to rain or will be sunny – Kinsman Company http://www.kinsmanwholesale.com/ ($6.95) 2.Paper Pot Maker tool to roll old newspapers into seed pots (#38-636) – Gardener’s Supply www.Gardeners.com ($19.95) 3. Subscription to a garden magazine, i.e. Garden Gate, Organic Gardening, Garden [...]]]> http://designforgenerations.com/aging-in-place/top-10-gifts-for-gardeners-and-people-who-just-like-being-outside/feed/ 0 http://designforgenerations.com/aging-in-place/bird-songs-garden-therapy/ http://designforgenerations.com/aging-in-place/bird-songs-garden-therapy/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:52:48 +0000 Jack Carman, FASLA http://designforgenerations.com/?p=806 Have you ever sat outside and wondered what the name of the bird is that is singing?    Why not try downloading the “Chirp! Bird Songs USA+” App from the iTunes store.  You can start with the birds you may hear in your yard such as, Robins, Cardinals, and House Finch.  Listen to their songs [...]]]> http://designforgenerations.com/aging-in-place/bird-songs-garden-therapy/feed/ 0 http://designforgenerations.com/aging-in-place/therapeutic-garden-care-and-maintenance/ http://designforgenerations.com/aging-in-place/therapeutic-garden-care-and-maintenance/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:54:41 +0000 Jack Carman, FASLA http://designforgenerations.com/?p=802 One of the questions asked at the end of a lecture at the Leading Age Conference involved the maintenance of a Therapeutic Garden.  The person asked if these gardens require more to maintain than other gardens.  They were interested in reducing on- going maintenance in a garden.  The simple answer is that all gardens require [...]]]> http://designforgenerations.com/aging-in-place/therapeutic-garden-care-and-maintenance/feed/ 0