AFTER ALL THAT TENDER CLIPPING AND GENTLE GROOMING I gave you all those years, this is what I get in return? Oh, dear doodler Andre Jordan, I ask you, what went wrong?
WHEN I TALKED to Doug Tallamy in February around the publication date of his latest book, “Nature’s Best Hope,” I didn’t want to go on and on about the advice in it regarding smart fall cleanup, which is one of the ways I know I’ve dramatically shifted the way I manage my own garden compared to 10 or even five years ago. But we were looking ahead to spring then, not fall.
I’m grateful that Doug returned to the podcast in autumn to do just that. Want to plan your most ecologically minded garden cleanup ever, and understand the consequences of each potential action you can take—including next spring?
The subtitle of University of Delaware professor Doug Tallamy’s recent book, “Nature’s Best Hope,” is “A New Approach to Conservation that Starts in Your Yard.” Meaning: The choices we make all year-round, including the very important one of how we clean up, can help counteract an overdeveloped, fragmented landscape that puts the food web to the test. You and I are nature’s best hope, and I’m glad Doug joined me again to help us learn to support it.
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Well I guess you trimmed one too many branches.
I love this!
When my wife and I finally get our new house which currently has a very small brick wall running around it, I think we might have a ‘leave us alone’ topiary hedge. Or maybe a ‘www.abeautifulrevolution.com’ topiary hedge – I’m sure my wife wouldn’t mind.
I agree, I hate uninvited visitors when I garden. Except for birds, bees, butterflies, etc. Only exception, I’ll break for compliments.
Hi, Andre! (Hi, Margaret – I’ve been reading/lurking for several months – finally decided to comment…)
My garden club meets this Sunday – at my house this month – and (this is kinda Twilight-zoney) one item on our agenda is watching the movie “A Man Named Pearl” – a wonderfully inspiring documentary about self-taught topiary artist Pearl Fryar. If you haven’t yet seen it, you must!
Margaret, I look forward to your blog every day and Thursdays here are especially fun because of your posts, Andre – thanks for the smiles you both bring to me!
Welcome, CovingtonKat. Yes, Pearl Fryar is AMAZING (as is Andre). Just amazing. Thanks for mentioning. I am so glad for all your good words, and your incessant lurking, Do continue all said behavior. :)
Ha ha Andre! I wish I could just let topiaries talk for me sometimes :)