The Inadvertent Gardener
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Country & Rural Garden News (13)Newspapers (6)Other Gardening News (A-J) (29)Other Gardening News (K-Z) (30)It's amazing what I'll do for a good tomato. 16 Aug 08 A change of venue There?s been a lot of motion happening for me this year, and so it should come as no surprise that I?m adding another move to the list. This time, it?s a blog move of sorts. I?ve dug in over at http://www... 13 Aug 08 Guest post: A garden out of control Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Chase Ledebur, my cousin Kären’s son. Chase has been gardening this summer for the first time at home, and I wanted you to hear from this wonderful and talented 12-year-old in his very own words... 11 Aug 08 Photography shouldn?t distract from weeding On my way out to Oakland from Iowa, I made a stop in Grand Junction, Colorado, at my cousin?s house. She and her son Chase had planted their first vegetable garden in a beautiful raised bed off one side of the house... 10 Aug 08 Green Thumb Sunday: Sunflower unfurling Gardeners, plant and nature lovers can join in Green Thumb Sunday every week. Visit As the Garden Grows for more information. ... 9 Aug 08 Puppet shows, live at the Victory Garden! Yes, folks, if you are of the ilk that likes puppet shows, fun carnival games and other interactive experiences, but are also of the ilk that does not like to pay for said shows/games/experiences, do I have an activity for you... 7 Aug 08 My indoor plant license should be revoked When I gave up the opportunity to plant a garden (even the balcony variety) at my own apartment, I did not forego all outdoor space. My Oakland apartment building boasts a rooftop deck and an interior courtyard, and although I-880 hugs the building on its opposite side, it is possible to sit outside on one [... 5 Aug 08 A different kind of weeding While Lauren and I were locked deep in conversation with a Victory Garden visitor (Well, let me be honest about this?said visitor was expounding on the lack of grocery stores in the Tenderloin and the state of Grocery Nation in San Francisco, and Lauren and I were more trapped than locked deep?), I noticed a [... 3 Aug 08 Green Thumb Sunday: Victory Garden yellow Gardeners, plant and nature lovers can join in Green Thumb Sunday every week. Visit As the Garden Grows for more information. ... 1 Aug 08 Grape tomatoes redeem themselves I just want to report, for the record, that I?m over the whole it?s-too-cold-to-eat-tomatoes thing. This week?s diet has included caprese salad (including for breakfast, and don?t you dare judge me, because you would have done it too if you?d thought of it first?), some amazing roasted gazpacho that I might have to write up [... 31 Jul 08 The tomato bed Bed 10A. That?s the location, on the official Victory Garden Map, of the tomato plants. During my first morning as a volunteer, I kept wandering over there, checking out the tiny yellow blossoms, eyeing the green tomatoes weighing down the branches, and admiring the basil and Italian parsley companion-planted throughout the bed...
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