Nan with her two alpacas, Duncan and Daniel. Photo by Rob Cardillo, used with permission.Yesterday I reviewed Fallscaping by Stephanie Cohen and Nancy Ondra. Knowing Nan is a fellow garden blogger, I thought it would be interesting to learn more about her as a writer and gardener. This is your second book co-authored with Stephanie [...]
January 2008
Fallscaping: Book Review
January 28, 2008 – Posted in: Book reviews, DesignInspiring Ideas and Photos Take the Autumn Garden to the Next Level I'd read several books by Piet Oudolf and by Wolfgang Oehme, but I never really "got" the fall garden until I read Fallscaping, by Nancy Ondra and Stephanie Cohen. Somehow those two American women made gardening in the fall accessible to me in [...]
The transitory rustic garden arch: Garden Bloggers’ Design Workshop
January 24, 2008 – Posted in: DesignI have long fantasized having a substantial arbor dripping with roses. Ignoring the fact that there aren't too many repeat-blooming climbers hardy enough to take my climate, I realize with dismay that my most favored place to site an arbor turns out to be on a slope every time I leave my dream world and [...]
Poppy Seed Queens
January 20, 2008 – Posted in: Seeds and Seed StartingJust about half a year ago, I was lamenting the loss of my favorite pink peony poppy. Thanks to one of my readers, I learned that these beauties are being sold on eBay. EBay! I had known that seeds and plants were sold on eBay, but had never thought to look myself. Julie Calhoun and [...]
Garden Bloggers Spring Fling 2008
January 18, 2008 – Posted in: EventsJust in case you've been hibernating and only now have begun to amble around the garden blog community, the Austin garden bloggers are organizing a meet-up for April 5, 2008. It will be a chance to solidify the friendships that have formed over the internet, enjoying some great gardens and Texas hospitality. As I understand [...]
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: January 2008
January 15, 2008 – Posted in: MiscellaneousI did not go outside to look for blooms today. Today looks like this: Last Friday, on the 11th, it looked like this: There had been so much snow melt that water was seeping to ground level and then flowing through the chicken yard into the driveway. Of course, I recognized this as perhaps my [...]
How well do you know Brit Garden Lit?
January 4, 2008 – Posted in: Recommended Links"Test your knowledge of books set in, or inspired by, gardens. All the books are listed on the EnCompass database, so you could do a bit of clever searching to find the answers!" I only knew one answer without searching the database. I hadn't even heard of most of the authors or titles. How about [...]
How New Media is Impacting the Future of Gardening
January 3, 2008 – Posted in: MiscellaneousOne nice thing about the GWA Symposium is that most of the meals are donated by various member businesses. But we all know there's no such thing as a free lunch, or a free breakfast, for that matter, so you probably already guessed that the business that pays for breakfast thereby procures the opportunity to [...]
New Year’s Eve sunrise
January 1, 2008 – Posted in: MiscellaneousFor those of you who think my snowdrops will shortly be rocketing from the earth and bursting into bloom: fear not. The snow came back. More predicted tomorrow. Happy New Year.
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