Perhaps you read The Secret Garden as a child, and remember this cover? Or maybe you just know that Tasha Tudor lives in Vermont and has a gorgeous garden, chronicled by Tovah Martin and photographed by Richard Brown? (Joe Eck of North Hill helped her with part of that garden; it’s in the June 1989 […]
Entries from February 2008
Tour Tasha Tudor’s Garden
February 29th, 2008 by Kathy Purdy · 13 Comments
Categories: Events
Keywords: garden tours · North Hill · tasha tudor · Vermont
In Paradise: Judy Miller’s new blog
February 26th, 2008 by Kathy Purdy · 4 Comments
Judy Miller, owner of Paradise Gardens Rare Plant Nursery and occasional contributor to this blog, has started one of her own: In Paradise. If you’ve enjoyed her writing here, or if you garden in the mountainous west of North America, you’ll want to check it out.
Categories: Recommended Links
Keywords: contributors
Promote your blog with Moo mini cards
February 26th, 2008 by Kathy Purdy · 13 Comments
I just wrote a post for the Garden Bloggers Spring Fling suggesting that all attendees have some kind of card to trade at the meet-up. Moo mini cards are my hands-down favorite, but the price is kind of high.
These cards are a great way to promote your blog
Even if you’re not going to the Spring […]
Categories: Blogging Art and Practice
Keywords: moo cards · spring fling
Getting Past the Hype: Is the Enki Watering System worth the money?
February 24th, 2008 by Jeff Gillman · 19 Comments
I like to try out new gardening gadgets and techniques as soon as they come out, but despite my best efforts I’m frequently blindsided by something new that I haven’t researched. Such is the case with your intrepid blogger, Kathy, who caught me without a quick answer to her question about Enki, that electric […]
Categories: Miscellaneous · Tools and Equipment
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Congratulations, Dee!
February 23rd, 2008 by Kathy Purdy · 3 Comments
As I said when I announced the free book, one of the commenters would be chosen randomly to receive a copy of The Truth About Garden Remedies. I took a page from Pioneer Woman’s book and used the generator at random.org. to pick the winning comment. All the comments are numbered as they are received, […]
Categories: Miscellaneous
Keywords: garden remedies · jeff gillman · timber press
Plants grow under the snow
February 20th, 2008 by Kathy Purdy · 12 Comments
A couple of days ago, Mr. McGregor’s Daughter was speculating that my snowdrops might be blooming under the snow. I was pretty sure they weren’t, but I took advantage of Monday’s thaw to confirm my suspicions (photo above). There were quite a few more patches of snowdrops visible now, but none are near blooming yet. […]
Categories: Miscellaneous
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Garden Remedies: What’s the Appeal? (Tell us and win a free book)
February 19th, 2008 by Kathy Purdy · 17 Comments
After reading about some of these so-called remedies in Jeff Gillman’s first book, The Truth About Garden Remedies: What Works, What Doesn’t, and Why, it’s gotten me wondering what it is that makes gardeners try them in the first place. Here are some of my thoughts; see if you can add to them.
Fear of the […]
Categories: Meditations
Keywords: garden remedies · jeff gillman · timber press










