Monthly Archives: November 2007

The personal phone call hasn’t come just yet. But it will. When they realize they need my help. Idaho Gardener. Yes, I can garden the entire state if someone would just ask me. No job too small. We need 2 … Continue reading →

Ahhhhh, the elusive upstate NY CF. Computer Fairy. What patience! What virtue! What kindness! Her wizardry helped me get these snazzy new headers up and running. And I learned to re-size photos, too. Shazammmmmmmm. Thanks KP. Sweetness.

Today’s effort. Too cold to garden so I paint inside. My BFF of TF said, “roll over, Renior.” A big fat papaver somniferum seedhead, from my painting class this morning. It’s little on the shiny side in the photo but … Continue reading →

Wow. Just love Wednesdays! At 3 pm I hustle on over to my farmer’s place, and scurry up her driveway to see what delish-us-nuss awaits me. This week: Idaho Potato Chowder made with organic red Idaho spuds, organic onions, magic … Continue reading →

From the Charlotte paper via the Seattle Times and Cornell University or round and round we go: for those of you potting up paperwhites, here is the skinny on adding booze to your bulbs so click on Seattle Times. The … Continue reading →

Happy Thanksgiving. Readers, please bear with me. Recently, I was asked “about the term, sense of place, what does it mean?” and last night I remembered having written this many years ago for a class on the Contemporary History of … Continue reading →

Hey all, as I mentioned a little bit ago on the radio, you can buy huge amaryllis bulbs in time to bloom for Christmas and be a do-gooder at the same time. The proceeds from the sale of the bulbs … Continue reading →

Have to get up e-a-r-l-y, way too early for me in the dark of dawn. To the radio station, that would be 94.9, the River, to talk about what’s new and fun for gardeners as we approach the holidays. They … Continue reading →

I am so damn proud of myself. (Yeah, yeah, I know the old adage, pride goeth before a fall.) But I limited myself to 82 bulbs this year. Woops, make that 85. I have three lilies to plant and have … Continue reading →

Sheeeesh. What a novel idea: Contextual design. Instead of subdivisions. Read the whole article from the New West here. Now if only I could do something about the moron who slashed the crap out of the neighboring hillside. The one … Continue reading →