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Garden Blog Pioneers, Part 4

August 30, 2006

This is the fourth part in a series about the early days of garden blogging, written to commemorate my four years as a garden blogger. For those just joining us, the the names of the respondents to my email questions, and links to their respective blogs, can be found at the end of this [...]

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Garden Blog Pioneers, Part 3

August 29, 2006

This is the third part in a series about the early days of garden blogging, written to commemorate my four years as a garden blogger. For those just joining us, the the names of the respondents to my email questions, and links to their respective blogs, can be found at the end of this [...]

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Garden Blog Pioneers, Part 2

August 28, 2006

This is the second part in a series about the early days of garden blogging, written to commemorate my four years as a garden blogger. For those just joining us, the respondents to my email questions are:
Tamara Galbraith [TG], formerly of Talking Dirty, now publishing Can You Dig It?
M. Sinclair Stevens [MSS], longtime publisher [...]

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Garden Blog Pioneers Look Back–and Forward

August 27, 2006

Dogs have dog-years, and the internet has internet-years. Four years on the internet is a long time, and as of today, that’s how long I’ve been blogging. I thought I would ask those gardeners who’ve been blogging longer than I have how they got started, and where they think this whole garden blogging business is [...]

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Four Yahoo Groups

April 11, 2006

The previous post about registration not being necessary was prompted by an email I got:
Hi! I registered to be a part of your Zone 1-3 group and I haven’t heard yet
whether or not I was accepted. Last I checked my membership was still pending.
Wondering what is up and what I should do [...]

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What to put in your Homemade EarthBox(TM)

April 3, 2006

Shirley Glaudo writes:
I am working on building a homemade earth box. I would appreciate the “recipe”to fill the box.. what kind of soil, how do you determine how many plants and I hear you put fertilizer on top of the soil but what kind – 8-32-16? When and how do you water. I will [...]

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Renovating a Garden: Where to Start?

February 22, 2006

Donna Marie emailed:
I am desperate! I have recently bought a property with a huge front and back garden. Both gardens are completely overgrown. Huge bramble bushes and unidentified shrubs loom out at me each time I walk out onto the tired old patio at the back of the house. The [...]

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TundraGarden

February 2, 2006

Anne Brygger claims to have the northernmost garden on the North American continent. She gardens in Barrow, Alaska. Is that Zone 2?
Indeed it is. Plus the average summer temp is around 45F, and day length is about May 10 through August 2 (sunrise to sunset). And we are a poorly drained desert…. [...]

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Artichoke Question

October 30, 2005

Denise Kemp writes:
My brother-in-law gave me an artichoke plant this spring that was given to him. He told me that I need to lift the plant in the fall but didn’t have any details on whether to take the leaves off or leave it in dirt or newspaper or what so I’m not sure [...]

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A Reader Asks for Help

October 17, 2005

Kathy Dabb wrote:
I have several clematis growing in my garden, and I would like to know what i need to do to winterize these plants. I also have dahlia tubers, hibiscus, and miniature mums that all need to be taken care of to get ready for winter. I live in Ironwood, Michigan on the [...]

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