I'm a 50something artsy-fartsy guy who loves finding the many ways that gardening informs other aspects of my life. You will find no tips (for those, see the "Plants" links below) but plenty of metaphors, connections, and life lessons. Just not very often, because I am not one for blogging here (or anywhere) every day. I've got a life, ya know.
Writer, performer, transplanted Southerner, inconsistent blogger, lapsed activist, budding plant geek, non-observant Lutheran, reluctant neo-Pagan (according to Belief.net), pop culture maven, etc. I blog when I damn well feel like it.
Spending like a Hortefeller
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Do you dread getting your credit card statements after the Christmas holidays? Ha! You should see my credit card statements after the month of May. By early...
Barber Seminar Primer
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“If Mayors Ruled the World” Tuesday June 5, 02012 at the Cowell Theater,
San Francisco As the world congeals towards a single, globally
interdependent econ...
Meconopsis integrifolia
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[image: Meconopsis integrifolia]
Bryant is responsible for today's entry; he writes:
I would like to thank Bill Terry of Sechelt, British Columbia, for t...
One rises; another falls
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Voodoo Lily image from the Gentling garden, Asheville There’s no doubt that independent garden centers and nurseries—like many businesses—have been seeing th...
Plantosaurus Rex
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Got your attention ? Escaping dinosaur at San Francisco Conservatory of
Flowers ? Is this Gardening Gone Wild ?! Some of you may remember the post
I did ...
FOTD: Poppy envy
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It seems like almost every gardener has the conditions to grow these
successfully and well, but I've never gotten into poppies. I just don't
have an open ...
Moving to Chi-Town
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To quote the ever-poetic Will Smith, Chi-Town got it goin' on, which is why I am excited about moving from Portland to Chicago! Actually, I will be there thi...
An Ex-User Confesses
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Hi. My name is Ketzel.
HI KETZEL!
It's been 3 years since my last full-time job.
APPLAUSE.
I used to think I needed work. That my very life depended on ...
CNN: The IPO that Swallowed Facebook
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(CNN) -- Facebook advocates are touting the company's initial public
offering this week -- the biggest ever for an Internet company-- as if it
will save ...
Hanging Gardens for Apartments
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For those spacially-challenged gardeners who find living in their apartment
borders on claustrophobic tendencies this may be the answer. Gizmodo have
jus...
Deck The Halls, Forget The Holly
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I'm really upset with my dearly departed mom. As much as I imagine myself
an in-your-face, intolerant critic crusading for high horticultural
standards, w...
Gardening For The Greater Good
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I have found that on the whole, gardeners are generous people. We share
seeds, we share plants, we share advice. We share just about everything
(except und...
This Blog is Moving Soon.
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If you're here, you should go there. It's still under construction, but bookmark it, grab its feed, whatever. It's right here.
GEG: The Plantsman Always Rings Twice
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The girls hang their heads in shame because they've gone 4 months without a
real podcast. In this episode: traveling salesmen, orchids and assorted
indoor ...
How Will She Know?
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A lot will be written and said about Whitney Houston in the coming days and
weeks, and nearly everyone will agree - fan or not - that she was blessed
with ...
Way to go, Sophie!
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Sophie Rust and her mother visited us in November last year. One of the
places they visited was SUCHANA, a rural learning centre for tribal
children outsi...
Orchid advice from Jim Marlow
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Oncidium orchid Sharry Baby courtesy kaiyanwong223 / Flickr
*This is the full text of an article I published in the *Democrat and
Chronicle* in February o...
Heucherella with Pretty Pink Flowers
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The pretty pink flowers and attractive leaves of Heucherella (foamy bells)
have been looking fantastic the garden for the last few months. These
hybrids ar...
DIY Compost Tumbler Info Package
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It’s been a LONG time since I posted anything new here – as mentioned in
the welcome msg (above, if you are on the homepage), I’ve been putting most
of my ...
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I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis and I don't deserve that either.— Jack BennyMy formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning a...
Ingenuity WoyUbu
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Well, it's been an action-packed couple of days here in Cleveland. On
Thursday, we arrived to discover the basement level space for WoyUbu. After
some look...
Artspace
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Kevin and I are gallery sitting for a few hours here at Artspace, which is
featuring the MARK '08 show. I've been getting a lot of questions about
what 'MA...
Hmmm
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Life’s been quite busy for me since I became the President of the Rhode
Island School of Design. The Laws have been useful for me and I hope to be
able to ...
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