Tag Archives: gardening

An Ancient, Best-Forgotten Art of Flower Arranging…

May 23, 2011 | Amanda Thomsen | 10

A long time ago in a galaxy far away, I worked at a garden center with an ingenious lass that would venture to guess which bathroom stall I favored in the ladies’ room and leave small favors floating in the …

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Do or Do Not…

April 10, 2011 | Amanda Thomsen | 8

My OB did not seem keen to accept a $50 bribe to induce me immediately.

Book Review: Grow the Good Life

April 5, 2011 | Kylee Baumle | 2

Grow the Good Life Why a Vegetable Garden Will Make You Happy, Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise by Michele Owens 224 pages Rodale, 2011 List price: $24.99 Some gardening books are how-tos and some are entertaining. The former, I tend to …

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Book Review: From Seed to Skillet

March 24, 2011 | Kylee Baumle | 0

From Seed to Skillet A Guide to Growing, Tending, Harvesting and Cooking Up Fresh, Healthy Food to Share with People You Love by Jimmy Williams and Susan Heeger 176 pages Chronicle Books, 2010 List price: $30.00 With so many books …

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Gardening in the Third Trimester: A Guide

March 19, 2011 | Amanda Thomsen | 4

So, you want to garden until the bitter end? Like MIA at the Grammys or Amy Poehler doing the Palin rap? Here’s how.

Book Review: Garden Up!

March 15, 2011 | Kylee Baumle | 1

Garden Up! Smart Vertical Gardening for Small and Large Spaces by Susan Morrison & Rebecca Sweet 224 pages Cool Springs Press, 2011 List price: $19.95 Sears had “The Wish Book.” Many companies have an “idea book.” Garden Up! is both. …

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Book Review: Sugar Snaps and Strawberries

March 3, 2011 | Kylee Baumle | 0

Sugar Snaps and Strawberries:Simple Solutions for Creating Your Own Small-Space Edible Garden by Andrea Bellamy 224 pages Timber Press, 2011 List price: $19.95 There’s a plethora of edible gardening books on the market today, following the rising trend of growing …

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Surprise! Twin Girls!

February 20, 2011 | Amanda Thomsen | 5

Who gets this lucky?

Book Review: And I Shall Have Some Peace There

February 16, 2011 | Kylee Baumle | 0

And I Shall Have Some Peace There: Trading in the Fast Lane For My Own Dirt Road by Margaret Roach 260 pages Grand Central Publishing, 2010 List price: $25.99 In our dream world, while still young and job marketable, some …

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Best Garden Blog Red Dirt Ramblings

January 7, 2011 | Patty Craft | 9

We chose this blogger as the first recipient of the Horticulture Best Garden Blog 2011 award because you would be hard-pressed to come across someone in the garden blogging community who hasn’t known, read, or had the chance to meet her.

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Join Team Horticulture!

December 29, 2010 | Patty Craft | 0

In this age of social media, I’m reaching out here on the Editor’s Blog to see if there is one among you who wants to join a dynamic team of passionate gardeners who are carrying on the Horticulture tradition in the 21st century.

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