On September 9, 2003, I made my first experimental post on Blogspot. It wasn’t much more than a trial of creating something with a heading and trying a couple font effects. The first garden related post was the next day, September 10, of those plants mentioned in that post my leadwort did well and I […]
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Peek-a-Boo Garden Blogging
” 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 […]
Listened to Joe the Gardener
Poked around Joe’s website-blog empire for a bit and listened to his really good podcast, No.22. Loved the things that were discussed in Fern Marshall Bradley’s interview. It centered around the Reader’s Digest “All-New Illustrated Guide to Gardening”. I know it seems I’m all about books, right now… but that is a coincidence, really. […]
I Appreciate Followers
Yes, I do! To any who have joined the blog whether through googlefriends or by using the feed…thank you so much. One does not write in a vacuum, and doesn’t love it any more than mother nature :) I recently checked in on the facebook page for the site and ::frown:: no activity…which really isn’t […]
Improving the Garden Blog
It’s time to update the Template, tighten the focus, and do more writing. I am ashamed of my garden right now, it is in such need of weeding, but the garden blog needs attention, too. I’m torn. So today I spent some time pulling the weeds and this last week did major work in the […]
Past Posts: the Good Stuff
It is not too early to think about your coming bulb choices. Fall planting might seem far away, but the catalogues will arrive and the orders will need to be in before too long, so you might want to think about bulbs for your garden. I am coming across some of these posts as I […]



