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Articles by Amanda Thomsen
Big, loud and fun- Amanda Thomsen landscapes by day and blogs at night. Her blog, Kiss My Aster, on Horticulture magazine's website has alienated/enraptured dozens. She co-authors a blog called Plants That Suck that is about plants that suck. And she is the less popular half of the podcasting team, Good Enough Gardening, which makes her feel like the "Roy" of of Siegfried and Roy, but without the mauling. She lives in Chicago and does not EVER put ketchup on hot dogs.
I’ve dillydallied long enough. You want to know what we’re going to call this kid, right?
So, you want to garden until the bitter end? Like MIA at the Grammys or Amy Poehler doing the Palin rap? Here’s how.
I have purchased enough seeds, corms, tubers and bulbs for this year to keep a non-pregnant, in-shape, unemployed woman busy for eons. Is this part of the nesting impulse?
I’m certain I need an intervention.
And when I say “Charlie Brown” that’s code for “Chicago Flower and Garden Show“…
Poinsettiamas is here at last. I know, you’re thinking it comes late this year- but it’s really all in relation to when Paczki Day falls.
I’ve got a bunch of ideas and things that I’m percolating on writing down.
But I haven’t yet– so here’s a video that almost made me wet my pants. Although these days, it doesn’t take much…
Last spring I had the chance to speak at one of Proven Winners’ Extravaganzas. It was the Year of Saying Yes- so I did.
(This is now the Year of Saying No, so don’t even bother …
I’m not sure where I stand when it comes to contemporary art- but when contemporary art includes plants as a medium?
All aboard!
It’s that time of year where everyone is talking seeds. Not to be out done, I’m doing it in unusual places…
It’s that time of winter where gardeners everywhere are enjoying bulbs they’ve forced- or they are forcing some right now. We all need to see a little green that isn’t Poinsettia related to remind …
