” I don’t know what it is about the culture of professional writers, but they seem to have a hard time with transparency and citation of sources.” -Gardenbloggers, Disclosure and Trust Written by MrBrownThumb in May of 2012. I read that in a post that discussed transparency in blogging, etc. and the controversy that has […]
Armchair Gardening
Illustrating a couple of my projects around here
Regular need of weeding Pictures, everyone! These two pictures illustrate a little of what and where I am spending my time. The pond hadn’t been touched for a couple years, but I had memories of how much I liked it, so I am completely emptying it ( this picture is of the initial phase. There […]
Thinking About Rethinking
Gail Eichelberger is rethinking her garden. I have been doing that, as well. Not completely in the same way, but I have added raised beds to the veggie garden in the past two years, and I am steadily reworking things to be better maintained by this aging garden enthusiast! I am also taking things slower […]
An Ohio View of Spring
I have been gardening, but had a little motivation to take some photos between digging and weeding marathons. Here are some of the pictures from this past month’s flowers. Everything was very early and now have frost damage, but it was absolutely gorgeous while it lasted. Not as pretty as last year These are the […]
Chicagoland Visit
Snapshots of Evanston Yards While in Chicago last week, I managed to visit my old neighborhood in Evanston, a suburb on the lake. The neighborhoods are still quiet and beautiful, the beaches alluring, but a few things have changed. The houses used to be almost uniformly painted in shade of light gray with deep gray […]
Responsible and Remarkable Resource
I like to shop at Whole Foods, and this spring I picked up a free magazine called “Edible Columbus”. I got a chance to really read through and get into the articles within, and was surprised at the range and depth of this great resource. It was a complimentary issue, and I hope it is […]
