Jan 26, 2014 | A Gardening Life, Garden Celebrations, Inspiration, Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love, Reasons To Grow Your Own Vegetables, Report From An Opinionated Gardener, Report From PIA, You Can Grow That!
It has been my great pleasure to write here for five years, finding the ways that everything comes together in the garden. From thoughts about finding peace and meditation in the landscape to actual planting and plant advice posting here has been great fun. Sometimes,...
Jan 22, 2014 | A Gardening Life, Another Polular Misconception, As I See It, Bloggers Bloom Day, Bloggers You Can Grow That! Day, flummoxed on friday, Garden Celebrations, Garden Prayer, Garden Reports and Rejoicing, Garden Wedding, Grateful Gardeners Book Club, growing the spirit, Inspiration, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Perennial Maintenance, Pet Peeves, Plant Something!, plants I hate, plants I love, products I hate, products I love, Reasons To Grow Your Own Vegetables, Report From An Opinionated Gardener, Report From PIA, Things I Hate About Your Garden, Uncategorized, vegetables, What's for dinner?, wordless Wednesday, You Can Grow That!
Which would be, of course, you. The best of Whole Life Gardening is all the people who have followed this blog over the past few years. I am grateful to you beyond measure…and we’ve had fun, haven’t we? Now I’m planting new gardens: a link to...
Dec 15, 2013 | A Gardening Life, As I See It, Life's Gardens, my gardens
Have you ever looked into the processes required to make olives edible? Fresh picked olives from the trees aren’t tasty. They are too bitter to eat as is. They contain the chemical compound Oleuropein, which is considered to have medicinal value because it’s an...
Nov 24, 2013 | A Gardening Life, Life's Gardens, my gardens
There are times when something we’ve planted grows well…and then keeps on growing. And growing, and growing. Every season such plants take over more territory, crowd out neighboring selections, and generally behave like assertive thugs. Some gardeners love such...
Nov 11, 2013 | A Gardening Life, my gardens
Dear Gardens, The forecast for Tuesday night says it’s going down in the 20’s, so for many of you this is our last night together. I know that it hasn’t been the easiest of seasons with the cold, wet June and less than adequate rain for the rest of...
Oct 21, 2013 | A Gardening Life, my gardens, plants I love, products I love
Over the past week I’ve brought a few plants in every day. I have an assortment of tropicals, succulents, and houseplants that go out for summer camp every year and come back indoors once temperatures begin to fall. Usually my goal is to get them inside when the...
