DID NOT, MR. ANDRE SO-AND-SO, DID NOT. NO WAY. (Already had enough wheelbarrows; got a second tractor instead.)
doodle by andre: did not, did not!
March 12, 2009
my new book!
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Juicy Bits
name that weed I KNOW A LOT OF PLANTS by their proper names, but my “weeds,” not so much. These great weed-identification websites are helping me finally address them with the proper (dis)respect.
everything old is new VINTAGE 'GREEN' POSTERS from the WPA 1940s look fresher than ever.
shrubs to covet THE OLDER THE GARDEN and I get, the more we love these shrubs.
plants that perform 21 POWERHOUSE PERENNIALS you will love for your garden.
herb-garden help GROWING AND STORING a year of parsley.
berry peachy-keen CLAFOUTIS BATTER how-to (the solution for easy fruit desserts).
rex, rhizomatous and more FANCY-LEAF BEGONIAS, beauties for indoors and out.
crispy refrigerator pickles WHAT IS IT ABOUT refrigerator pickles that makes everybody so happy? Get those cukes ready!
winged victory THE GARDEN as bird habitat: 11 tips on what birds like.
keeping deer out DEER FENCE: I tried every anti-deer potion and trick till I got real and fenced. Strategies for every garden.
secrets to great tomatoes TOMATO TIPS, seed to harvest: Dozens of tricks for a better crop.
yes, even in dry shade MY 4 TOUGHEST GROUNDCOVERS perform even in the worst spots, like dry shade.
5 great small trees GARDEN-SIZED TREES can’t just be the right scale; they need to have multi-season interest, too. Have room for one of my favorites?
10 underplanting do’s and don’ts MAKING MOSAICS—that’s what I call good underplanting of trees and shrubs with a tapestry of plants. Here’s how.
making a 365-day garden THINK FALL (YES, FALL): Don’t get sucked in by spring-bloomers only at the nursery. A great garden happens 365 days: Shop smart to make it so.
the facts about bulbs SOMETHING UP with a flower bulb? Paltry bloom, or wondering when to feed or cut off the foliage? It’s all here.
must-read garden poem MY FAVORITE POEM celebrates loss, one of gardening (and life’s) realities. It does it with humor: "Why Did My Plant Die?” is a must-read. orchid rebloom made easy I REBLOOMED MY FIRST ORCHID recently (finally!) and it turns out to be pretty easy going. Here’s how.
can-do pruning REPEAT AFTER ME: I can prune. I can prune. If you follow this simple method for starters, your woody plants will thank you.
everything old is new VINTAGE 'GREEN' POSTERS from the WPA 1940s look fresher than ever.
shrubs to covet THE OLDER THE GARDEN and I get, the more we love these shrubs.
plants that perform 21 POWERHOUSE PERENNIALS you will love for your garden.
herb-garden help GROWING AND STORING a year of parsley.
berry peachy-keen CLAFOUTIS BATTER how-to (the solution for easy fruit desserts).
rex, rhizomatous and more FANCY-LEAF BEGONIAS, beauties for indoors and out.
crispy refrigerator pickles WHAT IS IT ABOUT refrigerator pickles that makes everybody so happy? Get those cukes ready!
winged victory THE GARDEN as bird habitat: 11 tips on what birds like.
keeping deer out DEER FENCE: I tried every anti-deer potion and trick till I got real and fenced. Strategies for every garden.
secrets to great tomatoes TOMATO TIPS, seed to harvest: Dozens of tricks for a better crop.
yes, even in dry shade MY 4 TOUGHEST GROUNDCOVERS perform even in the worst spots, like dry shade.
5 great small trees GARDEN-SIZED TREES can’t just be the right scale; they need to have multi-season interest, too. Have room for one of my favorites?
10 underplanting do’s and don’ts MAKING MOSAICS—that’s what I call good underplanting of trees and shrubs with a tapestry of plants. Here’s how.
making a 365-day garden THINK FALL (YES, FALL): Don’t get sucked in by spring-bloomers only at the nursery. A great garden happens 365 days: Shop smart to make it so.
the facts about bulbs SOMETHING UP with a flower bulb? Paltry bloom, or wondering when to feed or cut off the foliage? It’s all here.
must-read garden poem MY FAVORITE POEM celebrates loss, one of gardening (and life’s) realities. It does it with humor: "Why Did My Plant Die?” is a must-read. orchid rebloom made easy I REBLOOMED MY FIRST ORCHID recently (finally!) and it turns out to be pretty easy going. Here’s how.
can-do pruning REPEAT AFTER ME: I can prune. I can prune. If you follow this simple method for starters, your woody plants will thank you.
never stop wanting more plants, my garden mentor instilled in me 20-plus
years ago, regularly reminding me of another gardener, past 90, who still lusts
for every new thing he can get a cutting of. I promise not to, until I myself
am back in the soil.
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Oh, too funny. Talk about close to the bone…
–Kate
You know it is spring when that is what happens when you go to get toothpaste, I would have come home with 50 or more plants good for you for showing some control.
And the problem is …??? ;-)
Oh! this made me chuckle Margaret and then I read Yolands’s comment – I do agree.
Best wishes Sylvia (England)
PS I didn’t get any frog food!
That seems almost restrained by my standards – I guess they were out of gardening gloves and pots.
3 weeks ago my wife and I went to the shops to buy popcorn and came back with a house we liked – so we rang the agent and she said we couldn’t have that one but she did have more houses so we went to look and now we are buying one.
All we did was go to the shops for popcorn.
I have thus far resisted drawing ‘ideas for how our garden will look and very important things we will need to buy ‘ flowcharts.
*notes delightful but slightly offkilter photo series by pot who calls kettle black* …. returns to fixing broken migrated blog pages, a task that shall never end, thereby preventing gardening or garden-shopping forever.
Welcome to Sylvia and Donalyn.
Yes, Sylvia, Yolanda’s comment is precisely how I react. And so? And Donalyn, apparently I needn’t tell you how many pairs of gloves I have in the back cupboard (that I never wear but simple cannot resist) and the entire shed here that is devoted to winter pot storage. Ahem.
I think what set off Andre was the frog food, since he knows full well that my frogs eat plenty without any help from me (as you can see in this photo I took, if you have a strong stomach). I just should not have told him I spent money on frog food.
*notes gardening glove fetish* …. returns to packing kitchen utensils into boxes ready for movers
Me to a T! Brilliant Andre!
i adore this. perhaps because i did nearly the identical thing this morning.
Welcome, Wide Open Spaces. But here’s the question: Did YOU buy frog food? :) Hope we see you soon again.
27? Feh. Amateur-status-garden-shopping is what I call that. Where are the trees?
Falling off my chair laughing! Because, this is what my HUSBAND does regularly, and I am the gardener of the fam. I routinely make fun of him on my blog. Every time I hand over the credit card to run to the grocery or hardware store, I have to admonish him “DO NOT BUY PLANTS.” Mainly because he buys one of about fifty different things, and then I have to figure out where to put them.
PLus, I am a little bit of a control freak in the garden. I love the doodles. Keep ‘em coming!
Welcome, Katie. Thanks for sharing the story of the compulsive shopper in your midst. (That’s it, blame the other guy. Tee hee.) See you soon again, I hope.
yesterday my wife and I went to the shop to buy some Bustelo coffee and nearly came home with a brown 1975 mustang. (We had to use all of our will power not to buy it).
This morning as I sit here drinking my coffee I am trying very hard to to think about the Mustang. Instead I am thinking about lawn mowers.
Very cute drawing and words that would make a nice notecard. If we don’t laugh at ourselves we miss out, since a merry heart is the best medicine.