Create Your Dream Garden 
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.
During my daily garden check-in, I noticed a curious pattern of spots on the walk at the garage…
August is a tough time for garden, it’s too soon for fall faves like Asters, Mums and Kale but the summer stuff is…frankly, pooped.
Where do you need blessings and overall good juju more than over your compost heap?
First year gardens aren’t so gratifying to me. In fact, I’m a little bored. I’ve already planted the plants- and there they just… sit. So I need to find satisfaction in other areas of my …
I’m decorating my house in a vintage gardening theme. Which seems obvious, I guess- but also a little overboard?
I have always been a Maximalist so really, what IS too much?
It seems I have a hornet nest within my garage walls. That wouldn’t be so bad, except the entrance is right next to the hose spigot.
That’s right, it’s an accident waiting to happen.
Here’s a Vintage Kiss My Aster post from August 16th, 2008…
(and after that, a pretty cool update)
It’s the right time to cut back the raspberries, but I didn’t have the best time doing it. It’s all brambly and mosquitoey back there and even though it’s a ton cooler than it …
I’ve been busy aat work. So busy, in fact, that I had to put in quite a few hours this weekend, all morning on Saturday and just a few hours on Sunday (today). So I’m …
