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Garden Reports and Rejoicing – January 16 Deep in my heart, I do believe… 

January 16th, 2012 | Tags: believe, faith | Category: Garden Prayer, Garden Reports and Rejoicing | Leave a comment

Report From An Opinionated Gardener – May 19 Last weekend I put together a display at the garden center that encouraged people not to be afraid of seeds. It’s astonishing how many come in looking for six-pack of carrot or bean plants. “Those are better grown from seed,” I always advise, and the customer usually [...]

May 19th, 2011 | Tags: faith, fear, flexibility, seeds | Category: Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener | Comments (5)

Report From An Opinionated Gardener – May 17 Showers likely. Cloudy with a chance of drizzle. This is how the forecast has been for the last two weeks and continues to read for the next six days. The lilacs and peonies show signs of botrytis, and any annuals I plant just sit and sulk. Who [...]

May 17th, 2011 | Tags: faith, gratitude, growth, perspective, positive | Category: growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener | Comments (8)

Report From An Opinionated Gardener – April 24 I confess that from the beginning of February to mid-April I’m orderning plants online. Some of these fall into the “I’ve always wanted one of these,” category and others are impulse purchases. In March I may read an article about a particular plant and think, “This sounds [...]

April 24th, 2011 | Tags: faith, faith and the garden, hope, planting, spring | Category: growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener | Leave a comment

Report From An Opinionated Gardener – November 23 This morning I discovered a delightful blog: Thx Thx Thx – a thank you note a day. It’s written by Leah Dieterich, and she’s one of those people who balance out the craziness I was lamenting yesterday. Just when I start to think that the country is [...]

November 23rd, 2010 | Tags: blogs, conscious cultivation, faith, gratitude, People, perspective, Thx Thx Thax | Category: Inspiration, Life's Gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener | Comments (2)

Report From An Opinionated Gardener – November 22 Gina, a regular reader of this blog, sent me a lovely email awhile back, and the subject line was from the play Camino Real by Tennessee Williams: “The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.” “How appropriate to C.L.’s writing!” Gina wrote, and I was touched [...]

November 22nd, 2010 | Tags: connections, faith, perspective, planting for the future, Tennessee Williams | Category: growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Pet Peeves, Report From An Opinionated Gardener | Leave a comment

Report From An Opinionated Gardener – October 18 Everything is connected to everything else. Yes, I’m back to this simple truth. From Joyce’s comment on my post of 10-15 to my current visit to help my mother in Wisconsin, I’m once again struck with how we plant with heart, in all aspects of our lives. [...]

October 18th, 2010 | Tags: connectedness, connections, faith, growth, perspective | Category: growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener | Leave a comment

Report From An Opinionated Gardener – September 13 In his talk to the Gathering of Gardeners last weekend, Bill Hendricks told a story about a woman who grew Lespedeza thunbergi but complained to him that, “It flopped.”  His response was something like, “That’s good!” because that is how this plant is supposed to grow. Lespedeza [...]

September 13th, 2010 | Tags: bush clover, change, faith, flexibility, Lespedeza thunbergi, perspective | Category: Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love, Report From An Opinionated Gardener | Leave a comment

Report From PIA – August 31 I’ve done numerous consultations for homeowners who are trying to landscape so that guests will come to the front door instead of the kitchen door. Often, despite new paths and plantings, they aren’t successful with this effort. In many houses the kitchen door is closer to where everyone parks [...]

August 31st, 2010 | Tags: connectedness, connections, conscious cultivation, faith, kitchen door gardens, planting for the future | Category: growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA | Comments (5)