GardenRant edition. The whole newsletter is right here. Feel free to admire my new front-yard fence! It's natural cedar and replaces a chain-link fence covered with English ivy (memories of which are fading fast.) Here's the before and after, with a link to waaaay before. Urban Gardening on the Web USDA reports that farmers' markets [...]
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Susan Harris on November 7, 2009 at 4:19 am This post has 6 responses.
Quick hat-tip to Shirley Bovshow for bringing us the coolest new thing online in the gardening world – her weekly Garden World Report. Started seemingly spontaneously at the garden writers event in Raleigh last month, the report's audience is growing fast and the show is becoming a Must-See for...
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Susan Harris on October 26, 2009 at 2:18 pm This post has 10 responses.
Who else but master storyteller Michael Pollan could make evolutionary botany fascinating? He did it in his book Botany of Desire, and does it again in a documentary of the book – airing on PBS next Wednesday 10/28 at 8 p.m. Eastern. With the criminally articulate Pollan carrying the...
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Susan Harris on October 24, 2009 at 6:32 am This post has 8 responses.
Recently on Sustainable-Gardening.com A new section about Urban Gardening! Visit and in a comment suggest more good links, great programs, awesome stories about school and community gardens, CSAs, park renovations, farmers' markets, backyard-sharing and container/rooftop/balcony gardening. Renee Shepherd joins the website as its newest contributor. I asked her: How...
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Susan Harris on September 12, 2009 at 4:23 am This post has 2 responses.
Anybody got "Showtime"? Then tune in at 10:30 tonight for the Penn & Teller show, featuring one of our favorite topics – homeowner rules requiring perfect lawns – and tell us all about it. I just hope the opening line in this trailer "Today lawns are more popular than...
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Susan Harris on August 20, 2009 at 8:00 am This post has 9 responses.
I'm headed to Chicago this week for the Independent Garden Center show, which turns out to be a really fun way to drool over whatever products indie garden centers are going to be carrying next season, while rubbing elbows with a few other garden writers. I'm giving a couple...
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Amy Stewart on August 16, 2009 at 10:10 am This post has 8 responses.
Sure, I'm sometimes hard on HgTV – the lower-case G reflects their disappearing gardening content – but truth to tell, I'm still watching. And lately I've explored some of the home improvement shows that get videotaped after my gardening shows on Sunday morning (hi, Paul!), and it turns out...
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Susan Harris on August 13, 2009 at 4:10 am This post has 12 responses.
GardenRant edition. The whole newsletter is available here. In the News Researchers at the USDA think they might have found a fungus that'll solve the national kudzu problem. It works SO fast that if you spray kudzu in the morning it'll show signs of damage by mid-afternoon. It's called...
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Susan Harris on August 8, 2009 at 5:34 am This post has 3 responses.
With any luck, it'll be Wicked Plants. Here's the lineup for Sunday, barring breaking news.
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Amy Stewart on July 31, 2009 at 11:17 am This post has 2 responses.
GardenRant's absolute favorite gardening event is happening in Buffalo this weekend, so it's time for a shout-out and a "Wish I were there!" And by the way, If it isn't the best run gardening event in the whole US of A, it's gotta be right up there. I...
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Susan Harris on July 25, 2009 at 4:52 am This post has 7 responses.
GardenRant edition. The whole newsletter is available here. In the News New evidence that ingredients in Roundup are hurting humans. Read about this big news in Scientific American. Here's news that rooftop farms are taking off in New York City, and that veg gardens are considered desirable amenities for...
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Susan Harris on July 13, 2009 at 1:42 pm This post has 8 responses.
On the Indonesian island of Java, which has experienced massive deforestation, a new law requires all newlyweds to plant 10 trees. But get this: if they later divorce, they have to plant 50 more. Brilliant! Here’s the story.
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Susan Harris on June 27, 2009 at 6:51 am This post has 3 responses.
GardenRant version. The whole newsletter is available here. In the News A garden is reborn – and a gardener born – in the New York Times. The popularity of tree-climbing is growing within eco-tourism circles, and according to this article, it’s considered "slow travel". Well, sure, but not if...
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Susan Harris on June 18, 2009 at 4:30 am This post has one response.
Back in my home territory! Hope to see you at one of these. See my website for all upcoming events. Sunday, June 14, 2 pm Book Passage Corte Madera, CA Tuesday, June 16, 7:30 pm Discussion & Booksigning Reader's Books Sonoma, CA Wednesday, June 17, 10-12 Master Gardeners-only Event...
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Amy Stewart on June 12, 2009 at 5:14 am This post has 3 responses.
Portland? Seattle? See you there. Confirm dates & times with the venue before you go. See my website for all upcoming events. Saturday, June 6 6:30 pm 'Daisy Chain' garden event Location TBA For details, email kbryant at SpiritOne dot com Portland, OR Sunday, June 7 2 pm Discussion...
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Amy Stewart on June 5, 2009 at 5:10 am This post has 2 responses.
Actually, we’ve got nothing but raves for the city, the organizers, the other garden bloggers who have gathered here (there are about 50 of us) and what we’ve seen so far: the Chicago Botanic Gardens (above) and the Lurie Garden. Here are Susan, Carol/May Dreams Gardens and Mary Ann/Idaho...
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I feel strongly that botanical gardens are about more than pretty scenery. A botanical garden is a living museum with a story to tell. I met the president of Brooklyn Botanic Garden a couple years ago and he was treated to a rant on this subject from me while...
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Amy Stewart on May 29, 2009 at 11:10 am This post has 4 responses.
GardenRant edition. Here's the whole issue. In the News A survey of all those "green" products finds that only 2 percent of them are legitimate. 98 percent greenwashing. The Greener Gardens Act would offer homeowners a tax credit up to $1,000 to turn in their gas-guzzling lawn and garden equipment...
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Susan Harris on May 17, 2009 at 7:54 am This post has 7 responses.
This Slate writer thinks so, but you tell us.
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Susan Harris on May 15, 2009 at 8:14 am This post has 13 responses.
The Wicked fun continues on the East Coast at the end of May. Stop by and say hello. Please confirm dates & times with the venue before striking out. See my website for all upcoming events. Thurs, May 21 11 am Flower Confidential Discussion & Booksigning Peabody Essex Museum...
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Amy Stewart on May 15, 2009 at 5:00 am This post has 6 responses.
