Reading about gardening should provide images of both the garden and the gardener. Those images come in many shapes, sizes, and colors; all of which reflect the intricate web of life in and out of the garden.
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Y’all may or may not do much cruisin around the Internet; sometimes I do and sometimes I don’t. But if you haven’t found where my weekly gardening articles are posted, click here. As is the case with some newsprint websites, they won’t post current articles because “the
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The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 2,900 times in 2011. If it were a cable car, it would take about 48 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see th
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Publius Syrus, that ancient Latin writer of old sayings, is credited with the phrase “A rolling stone gathers no moss.” It’s used to refer to people who are unsettled, folks who are always movin around with no intentions of ever settling down. But that was then, this is now. …
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Is it normal to become more sensitive as you age? And I don’t mean sensitive in the physical sense, I’m talkin about things that hurt your feelings, or as a friend of mine often tells me, your “one feeling.” My one feeling has been hurt an awful lot lately. And I keep thinkin
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A couple of weeks ago I wrote an article for my local paper’s “Going Green” page. It’s a special edition page, once a month, that features stories about eco-friendly things folks and businesses are doing (or attempting to do) that will help sustain our environment. That’
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A couple of weeks ago I attended a conference on native plants and sustainability. I’m sure we’re all familiar with native plants, but what about that last one? It’s a word I hear over and over again and as a garden communicator you’d think I’d know the exact meaning. W
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Once or twice a week, once every couple of weeks, a couple times a month; It seems I can’t ever get a grip on the regularity of blogging. Is that a bad thing? Perhaps not for a writer. But it always feels like I’m “talking” to myself. Some folks do, I’ve heard my wife t
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Warning: I’m gonna attempt to write like I talk. Therefore you’ll see the “n” dropped from some words that end with “ing.” You might also see “y’all” used a time or two, and you’ll probably see other words and phrases typed usin a south-cen
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I have a problem with the end of summer: It’s too long. It stretches right on into winter, and then without any warning, BRRRR!!! it’s cold and snowy! Why can’t the summer season last at least until spring? I’m not saying that we couldn’t have a rest period of no garden
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You know what? I’m kinda tired of hearin about “outdoor rooms” in the garden. When I’m outside I want to feel like I’m outside, and when I’m inside I want to feel like I’m inside. I think the term “outdoor living space” has outworn its usefulness
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