Tony Avent had a lot of fun with people’s guesses, but as promised, released this version of their catalog with tags for all the faces. So commenters, here ya go. Oops – seems that the tags don’t show up here. So, click here to see it on the Plant Delights Facebook page. Scroll down a [...]
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While reading the latest issue of Better Homes and Gardens, I stumbled upon a new (to me) trend in outdoor living: Outdoor Televisions! Phew! It’s. […]
Body: Posted by Bert CreggLast week I posted about some horticultural disasters I witnessed in the Czech Republic. This week the chamber of horrors. […]
Biodiverse Lawn by Coalition Member Thomas Christopher Like other members of this group, I believe that the contemporary model of lawn has got to go.. […]
The beloved/hated/always buzzworthy Plant Delights catalog cover has done it again, with its just-released 2013 version. And what a hoot that the Ranters are all there! (Upper left). So now for shut-ins and compulsives in any situation, can you name all these gardeners? I’ll start. Clockwise from the Ranters...
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… grow the YCGT campaign! Happy endings to stories that involve corporations vs. individuals are all too rare, so we’re very pleased to report that garden writer C.L. Fornari will be able to continue her “You Can Grow That” campaign without any opposition from Scotts Miracle-Gro. As she just...
Read more in: Ministry of Controversy, Who's Ranting About UsPictures must be taken! Even without a single bloom in the shot. (Here's one with cherry blossoms.) You can just barely tell from here, but the acreage around the columns is meadow, not mowed. Next, the columns up close. These columns from the U.S. Capitol were deemed not substantial...
Read more in: Who's Ranting About UsIn five years, no Ranter has ever seen my garden, but that's about to change. Michele is working in the D.C. area as I type and will be visiting me on Friday. Says she's dying to see my garden. Which looks like crap. Like most gardens in late June. ...
Read more in: Who's Ranting About UsIn the last post I mentioned the recent 5-year anniversary of a particular green roof and sure, we're all pro-green roof here. But it reminded me that this very blog went online exactly 5 years ago yesterday. It was fun in that very first week – back when...
Read more in: Who's Ranting About UsIn her article "The Best Gardening Periodicals, Forums and Blogs", Barbara Damrosch recommends two blogs. First, Kitchen Gardeners International's blog, then: "The other blog is Garden Rant (www.gardenrant.com ), which gives good information, hosts lively and knowledgeable guest ranters, and is anchored by four outstandingly uppity women, excellent writers...
Read more in: Who's Ranting About UsFirst, who IS this guy? Why, it’s Mike Nowak, garden writer and Chicago-area radio personality. And personality he has in spades, as evidenced by his going snark-to-snark and rant-to-rant with three of us on his August 15 radio show. Listen for yourself. Then there’s the stunt he pulled during...
Read more in: Who's Ranting About UsHere they are, and we thank GardenRant readers for honoring us in the categories of Best Writing and Blog of the Year. And thanks again to Colleen for making it all happen.
Read more in: Who's Ranting About UsThey just run an article once a year to say how popular it is. So we all know that 3 out of 4 Americans are gardening, and that vegetable growing is teh bomb. Fine, wonderful, in fact. But it would be even better if the popularity of gardening was...
Read more in: Who's Ranting About UsAnd to show just how much we love them, we had these badges created for them to display on their own blogs, or to use in some other way we look forward to seeing. (T-shirts, anyone?) The GardenRant Guest badge goes to the 30-some garden writers who've come here...
Read more in: Who's Ranting About UsIt's time for our favorite tradition here at GardenRant headquarters – the yearly round-up of Top Rants as determined by the number of comments. (We exclude contests because they always get lots of comments – for entirely different reasons. For the curious, our Hottest Giveaways of 2009 were for...
Read more in: Who's Ranting About UsAnd managing editor Patty Craft lists 20 of them as top blogs in this month’s issue. I was happy to see most of my own favorites among them but quite a few that are new to me. (So are these “top” or Patty’s own discoveries? I think the list...
Read more in: Who's Ranting About UsWowoWow is a woman-owned and -run website with lots of high-powered women at the helm (Lily Tomlin, Lesley Stahl, Whoopi Goldberg, Marlo Thomas, etc) but until now there was no sign of gardening on the site. Well, that was then and this is 2009 and they're getting into gardening,...
Read more in: Who's Ranting About UsOn "CBS Sunday Morning", and I'll report on it shortly. Started at 9 Eastern, Amy's segment will be at about 9:05. Well, it was long and meaty and Martha Teichner did a great job. And Amy's a star. Hope they put it online.
Read more in: Who's Ranting About UsThis Sunday at 9 a.m. Eastern – unless some really big news breaks between now and then, of course. Notice a couple of on-topic stories on their website right now - one about the legalization of medical marijuana and another about Project Laundry List, the outdoor-laundry-drying campaign.
Read more in: Who's Ranting About UsHere's Amy's how-to turn in America's Sunday magazine, called "Get a Beautiful Garden Now". It's full of tips and myth-busters from two of our favorite hort profs – Jeff Gillman and Linda Chalker-Scott. Now let's discuss among ourselves. - A gardening friend actually cornered me at the July 4th...
Read more in: Who's Ranting About UsSay, did you hear Amy's segment on NPR's Morning Edition this am? If not, here it is. I love the closing music: one of my faves.
Read more in: Who's Ranting About UsPick up the June issue and you'll notice a familiar face – our own Michele O urging us to "forget the myth of the $20 tomato". Her practical and passionate approach is laid out in these simple steps: 1. Pick a spot, any sunny spot, for your garden.2. Dig...
Read more in: Eat This, Who's Ranting About UsCatch an inside look at the life and poisonous garden of our Amy in today's New York Times. The slide show reveals the bargain-priced Victorian she and Scott found, her attic library, and my fave, Amy playing with her chickens. And the caption to the lead photo here actually...
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Commented on Plant Ideas Needed for Biodiverse Lawn { The next occasion When i understand the weblog, Lets hope that it doesnt disappoint us just as much as this place. I am talking about,... } – May 23, 12:55 PM
Commented on Got Gnomes? { I'm with the gnomes. Those plastic chairs were especially ugly. Maybe they were reacting to the buying-plastic-stuff-made-in-China over actually gardening and communing with nature? } – May 23, 11:01 AM
Commented on Cats in the Garden - Solutions Only { Except for the expensive elctronic contraptions, I have tried all those suggestions and more (coyote and cougar urine, a dog), and none of them work.... } – May 23, 10:45 AM
Commented on Got Gnomes? { It is very funny, and also a bit of an inside joke. There is a very funny book "Yew and Non-Yew" by James Bartholomew that... } – May 22, 11:44 PM
Commented on In Defense of Plant Critics { It's not worth going back to quote it exactly, but the crack in the article about the man who loved his impatiens, but didn't know... } – May 22, 11:03 PMWe are:
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