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The Run from the Roses
Fallen dogwood petals at home, Louisville, KY. April 23. I run from roses until mid-April, when my mood changes, as the Kentucky Derby grows near. The Run for the Roses turns me tenderhearted toward...
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Always Dreaming
Long lines at the betting window last weekend were not my concern. I piddled around on Derby Day at home—on the couch and in the garden. I dodged rain showers outside, while inside I sidestepped heavy...
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Take the Sting Out with Nutritious Nettles
A rich seam of stinging nettles in Salvisa, Kentucky. My daughter, Molly, decided to harvest nettles on our farm in Salvisa last year. I wondered, Why? I must have been lost in the woods. Suddenly,...
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Flingers, First Trip to DC?
Martin Luther King Memorial along the Tidal Basin Gardening get-togethers like the Garden Blogger Fling and Garden Writer events are the best possible ways to see great private gardens, and the Fling...
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joe gardener Goes Live!
For months I’d been dying to set my eyes on Joe Lamp’ls new website joegardener.com, hoping for a lot. It launched last week and at the risk of gushing, it includes everything a how-to-garden site...
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Perennially Yours: Steve Still
A young Steve Still works a push hoe on the 80 acre family farm in Carlinville, Illinois. Steve sold his vegetables in town. Garden Rant contributor Bob Hill came to my 60th surprise birthday party...
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I love this! So does the Seattle Times. John Oliver Discovers the One and Only Ciscoe Morris originally appeared on GardenRant on August 15, 2017.
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GWA/Buffalo Take-Aways
Buffalo! Time for a debrief after attending the Garden Writers annual shindig held in Buffalo this year – to the delight of anyone who’s been there in the last decade or so and the apprehension of...
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Ask Your Budtender First
All photos via Shutterstock I went to a legal pot dispensary in Denver this summer. Marijuana, you’ve no doubt heard, is a hot commodity in Colorado. The dispensary reminded me of the Long Branch...
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Waiting for Camus
Rose and ‘Heavenly Blue’ morning glory. Albert Camus nearly got it right when he wrote: “Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is in flower.” The French philosopher didn’t clutter a good line with...
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Are Images of Gardeners in the Media Finally Improving?
Gardeners in the play “Native Gardens” My recent rant about stereotypes of gardeners in a new play got me thinking about the images of gardeners used in advertising and elsewhere. The...
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Perennial Royalty: It’s Inbred
Jack Schultz, News-Herald photo. There are few families in American horticulture with four generations of successful nursery crops. There are even fewer nursery legends with a story so well remembered...
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How one Garden Club is Changing with the Times
“Takoma Hort” dedicates new garden in honor of its centennial. Who’s old enough to have belonged to a garden club back when they were known as cliques for privileged white women? (The Savannah Garden...
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The Best Seed Company in the World
It is time to say good-bye to the wonderful and versatile Jelitto Perennial Seeds—at least in one sense. I’ll be clocking out, for the last time, at the end of the year. I am grateful to my friend...
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The Little Greenhouse That Could
The little greenhouse in 1980. My first greenhouse was neither big nor fancy. Built in 1980, the 14’ X 32’ hoop house—small by commercial greenhouse standards—became my plant propagation house for the...
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Best Gardening Event of Winter? MANTS!
Yesterday I made my yearly pilgrimage to Baltimore to attend MANTS. the largest nursery trade show in the East – by far. This year there were 900+ vendors in 1,200 booths, and over 10,000...
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Possible Trump Bump for HGTV
A Twitter-following friend alerted me to the hashtag “WatchHGTVinstead” started by a David Hoffman. The purpose is to deny Trump high ratings for his State of the Union performance in the most...
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Taropy
Two weeks ago I stood in the checkout line at Louisville’s Whole Foods. Sleet, freezing rain and snow were predicted for the next day. (I knew ahead of time that I would have to pay a price for...
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Hanauma Bay to Petropolis
Hanauma Bay Sorry to be late with winter coping tips, but I’ve got two ideas that might be worth mentioning. If you’re at your wit’s end of winter, try to find a sunny and warm place to snorkel...
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Obama with Flowers
I’d seen the new Obama portraits all over the media, so yesterday I subwayed down to the National Portrait Gallery to see them in person. The president’s portrait, on the second floor in the...
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