The second annual Thaw 'n Awe horticultural symposium will take place March 13th in Twin Falls. Speakers include the internationally known Panayoti Kelaidis, who will be speaking about "sun daisies, hardy gazanias and manzanitas that survive 50 degrees below zero," among other topics. Other speakers will discuss plants native to Idaho, creativity in garden design, [...]
February 2004
Not Only Are They Progressive . . .
February 27, 2004 – Posted in: Recommended LinksThey listen: "Thanks for your interest. I've added a RSS feed for our gardening content. It is located at http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/rss/gardening.rss You can also visit http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/rss/ for more information about other RSS feeds we offer. Mike Mike Thompson Online Developer, Seattle Post-Intelligencer" This is a newspaper that features two columnists, Anne Lovejoy and Marty Wingate, who [...]
Cabin Fever in Extremis
February 27, 2004 – Posted in: Meditations, WeatherI wrote this essay several years ago after the winter of 1993-1994 and I dig it out to reread every winter in which I feel I'm suffering excessively. Of course, no matter how bad your winter is, someone else can top you, so I don't promote this as the worst cabin fever anyone ever had, [...]
Progressive Newspaper
February 27, 2004 – Posted in: Recommended LinksOkay, I have my own definition of progressive. A progressive newspaper in my book is one that has five garden columnists and has RSS feeds available for their site. Unfortunately, the garden columnists are bundled in with the rest of the Lifestyles section, so there would be a lot of non-gardening stuff in there. Yep, [...]
Counting the days till spring
February 26, 2004 – Posted in: Snowdrops, What's up/bloomingI don't keep consistently good garden records, but one detail I have tracked faithfully since I planted my first flower, is the date of the first bloom around here. For you Southerners who have things blooming throughout the winter, I'm talking about the first visible bloom, when the snow has melted enough for me to [...]
Totally Unorganized Ramblings
February 25, 2004 – Posted in: UncategorizedSomeone once commented to my brothers that I was an organized person. My brothers exchanged looks that said "Are you talking about one of MY sisters?" No, I'm not oganized. Sometimes I'm good at planning, or coordinating things, but I am not organized. If I ever had a filing cabinet, I would never waste my [...]
Garden Gate is with it!
February 24, 2004 – Posted in: Recommended LinksI was at Syndic8 looking for any gardening feeds I might have missed, and discovered that Garden Gate magazine has a weblog! Way to go! It looks good, too. Regrettably, it seems to be only for their tips, which I was already getting as an RSS feed. But they get five gold stars for being [...]
Faith in a Seed
February 24, 2004 – Posted in: Seeds and Seed StartingAny gardener who hasn't read Thoreau's book Faith in a Seed should hie her/himself to the library. It is one of those read a bit, think a bit, read some more books, and now is the time to read it. I'm in the thick of seed sowing now, trying to keep up with my schedule [...]
Gardening Inside
February 23, 2004 – Posted in: Recommended LinksSandy of Pollenatrix posts about all the lovely things she is growing inside. Scroll down the blog for some photos of her orchids. A wonderful balm of color to snow-overloaded eyes. It's almost as good as going into Lowe's greenhouse. (Yes, most of my thrills are cheap thrills.)
A Magnolia in Idaho
February 23, 2004 – Posted in: Plant infoThis article doesn't tell you all you need to grow a magnolia in Idaho, but it does give you an idea of some of the factors to consider.
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