my garden
On the value of mistakes and ‘failures’
... and sharing them publicly in a world of make-believe effortlessness.
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Snapshots: Hello, Steve!
My first homegrown dahlia, in all her peachy splendor.
books
Book Shelf: “The Garden Against Time” by Olivia Laing
My new favorite literary garden memoir — and I haven’t even finished it yet.
links
Linking About: Other people’s dahlias
Inspiration and resources, in the hope I’ll get it right next year!
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Minding the gaps
But using my FutureVision skills to keep me from doing anything rash.
inspiration
Field Trip: Mountain Top Arboretum
Wandering the landscapes and pathways of a public Catskills garden-forest.
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Early Fall = get busy!
Made myself a September garden to-do list, so fall doesn’t race right past me.
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Q for You: Do you talk to plants?
Recent science tells us plants can “hear,” but I’m not sure it even matters.
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Driveway Potager, take one: Better luck next year?
A first (small, makeshift) attempt at growing food in the northeast.
links
Linking About: Reliable Sources, Medicinal Plants and Sentient Snap Dragons
Plus grass-meets-forest inspo, for 7 links worth clicking.
books
Book Shelf: ‘Lawn’ by Giovanni Aloi
Academic, sarcastic and enlightening: How the mown lawn became sacred.
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Playing Favorites: New York Ironweed (Vernonia Noveboracensis)
Last year I fell head over heels in love with a plant I’d unknowingly already been in love with for years.