There are snowdrops under this snow Some of you, I am sure, thought I was being overly pessimistic when I said the snowdrops sprouting in January wouldn't be blooming in a month. As you can see above, my assessment of how things would go was pretty accurate. As a matter of fact, at this point [...]
Miscellaneous
Results and Roses: Garden Bloggers’ Muse Day
February 1, 2008 – Posted in: MiscellaneousThe man who wants a garden fair, Or small or very big, With flowers growing here and there, Must bend his back and dig. The things are mighty few on earth That wishes can attain. Whate'er we want of any worth We've got to work to gain. It matters not what goals you seek, Its [...]
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 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.
Christmas eve sunrise
December 25, 2007 – Posted in: MiscellaneousOne of the nice things about short winter days is that it's not too difficult to get up before sunrise. These two photos were taken a bit after seven thirty in the morning. It's not going to be much of a white Christmas, I'm afraid. Sunday the snow pack was dissolved by rain and highs [...]
Why aren’t there more young(er) gardeners?
December 14, 2007 – Posted in: Meditations, MiscellaneousNot too long ago I was ruminating on the possible reasons why more older gardeners aren't blogging. Besides all the reasons I mentioned in that post, there was also a more personal reason for thinking about it. Let's face it, this is my future we're looking at. Already my vision is worse than it used [...]
Gifts for Gardeners: Botanical Art
December 11, 2007 – Posted in: MiscellaneousMany gardeners want to pick out their own tools, but appreciate a thing of beauty that reminds them why they garden in the first place. So why not check out the following? Many of these beauty-makers are bloggers as well. I first came across Elizabeth's Flowers--the blog--which led me to her store of the same [...]
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: November
November 16, 2007 – Posted in: MiscellaneousThere's no more denying it: winter's right around the corner. Wait! is that snow falling outside? Shucks. Winter is here. I'm not going to say "already" because there's been other years when we've had enough snow to go sledding at this point, and that snow falling out there today is having a hard time sticking [...]
The First Day of the GWA Symposium
November 5, 2007 – Posted in: MiscellaneousAustin to OKC While it was great to visit my friend Cynthia and the Austin bloggers, that was only an extra benefit to my trip. The Garden Writers Association symposium, my primary reason for traveling, was still ahead of me. Cynthia drove me to the airport very early on Friday morning, where I managed to [...]
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