Monthly Archives: February 2007

Flower Show pictures and the Slow Cook plan

Miss Marge of Weiser ID let me know that my photos weren’t showing up on the this page. Well, mea culpa, my bad, I hadn’t uploaded them. Yikes! I did get that taken care of yesterday, and again they didn’t … Continue reading

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ok, so I am not really posting today, just redirecting you

I want to make sure you have something valuable to read when I have nothing of import to contribute, so here goes: check out The Slow Cook . This guy rocks. I especially like the sidebar comment that 25% of … Continue reading

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A garden of Earthly Delights

Hugs and major kudos to the slam poetess Casey O’Leary, garden girl extraordinaire, keeper of bees, chicken tender, earth mama, dirt worshippin’ fool and all ’round hip WOMAN. I am tickled pink to tell you all that I have just … Continue reading

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What’s hot and what’s not for the 2007 gardening season

Ahhhhhh, a chance to flex my wand and tilt my tiara as the Diva/Duchess of Dirt. So many titles, so few subjects and so little time to tend to them all. Well, In and Out lists come and go, so … Continue reading

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Michael Pollan’s nine step program

This great articleabout Michael Pollan’s nine step food program was in the latest edition of the Kitchen Garden International newsletter. Please check it out. As you will recall, Pollan is the author of several great books on gardens/horticulture/agriculture, most recently … Continue reading

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Northwest Flower and Garden Show

As I sit at my desk and write this there is just one day left of the 2007 show. I meant to write to you, dear readers, every day from the show, but after walking for miles (about 3 miles … Continue reading

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Garden Rant…….check it out

OK, fellow gardeners, readers, bloggers and malcontents. Here is your chance to get it all in one place: Garden Rant. I have the Garden Rant website on my Google toolbar and I don’t leave home without reading the daily rant. … Continue reading

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Dahlias and Summer bulbs……on sale NOW!

If you are in the market for dahlias, daylilies, glad bulbs, hostas, peonies, clematis and MORE, get yourself over to Costco and check out the bags and bags and bags of bulbs. I scored two bags of dahlias, 11 tubers … Continue reading

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Over at the Herbwife’s Kitchen blog

I was blogging around and found this wonderful site, the Herbwife’s Kitchenand a delicious sounding recipe for a green tea and oat moisturizer. Man, oh man, can I use THAT! Winters in Boise leave my skin like a dried up … Continue reading

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spring is in the air

Could be jumping the gun here, but I really doubt it. It was 57 degrees in the sun this afternoon. Made me stop in my tracks (I was taking the empty garbage cans in), grab the Felcos, don the garden … Continue reading

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