New flowers & a new blogger
April 09, 2007 Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea ) adds its starry shape to the mix of pinks and yellows in the front garden. Now that we’ve gotten that last gasp of winter out of the way, we’re back to our regularly scheduled programming. Today the purple coneflower was noticeably in ...
Announcing the 1st Annual Mouse & Trowel Awards
March 22, 2007 Colleen at In the Garden Online has come up with the brilliant and fun idea of hosting a garden-blogger awards program. Dubbing it the Mouse & Trowel Awards, she’s calling for nominations in thirteen categories: Blogs Best writing in a garden blog Best design of a garden ...
Announcing the 1st Annual Mouse & Trowel Awards
March 22, 2007 Colleen at In the Garden Online has come up with the brilliant and fun idea of hosting a garden-blogger awards program. Dubbing it the Mouse & Trowel Awards, she’s calling for nominations in thirteen categories: Blogs Best writing in a garden blog Best design of a garden ...
Guest blogging at Garden Rant
March 01, 2007Check out my guest post over at Garden Rant. I’m ranting about mixing cacti and agaves into the garden: “Just Deserts? No way! Cacti are for every garden.” ...
Austin bloggers meet Amy Stewart—and go public
February 24, 2007 Me, M. Sinclair Stevens of Zanthan Gardens, visiting author Amy Stewart, Annie of The Transplantable Rose, and Julie Ardery of Human Flower Project. Annie and I have never posted photos of ourselves before, preferring to let our words and garden photos represent us, but today we decided ...
What makes a gardener? A blogiversary dedication
February 16, 2007 My grandmother and I in her garden, circa 1969 A couple of months ago, Carol at May Dreams posed the questions, “What makes a gardener? Do you consider yourself a gardener? How did you decide you were a gardener? When is the first time you referred to ...
The world at your fingers
January 24, 2007 The garden blogger Down Under, Stuart at Gardening Tips ‘n’ Ideas, has piloted a world-map garden-blog directory that I think is fantastic. Designed to help people find garden bloggers in their “neighborhood,” the map allows you to click on a country to see where bloggers are located ...
Why I'm at the computer instead of in the garden
September 17, 2006 Bill at Prairie Point just posted this blog meme, which I read with interest. Why do we blog? Do we share our blogging hobby with family and friends? How has blogging changed us? Reading Bill’s answers made me thoughtful about my own reasons for blogging, so I ...
Why I’m at the computer instead of in the garden
September 17, 2006 Bill at Prairie Point just posted this blog meme, which I read with interest. Why do we blog? Do we share our blogging hobby with family and friends? How has blogging changed us? Reading Bill’s answers made me thoughtful about my own reasons for blogging, so I ...
Yet another Austin garden blog
September 06, 2006Reading a comment on R. Sorrell’s blog, I discovered that there’s a new garden blogger in town, with a lovely, in-full-bloom garden. Newcomer Susan, of South of the River, lives and blogs in South Austin—that’s Zanthan territory. (M. Sinclair Stevens, you’re not alone south of the river anymore.) ...
