Passionate about gardening sustainably for the place you live
May 02, 2016 New Jersey gardener and author Mike “The Gardener” Podlesny interviewed me recently for his popular Vegetable Gardening Podcast, and you can listen to it here (scroll to bottom). Despite the veggie-centric podcast title, Mike interviews all kinds of gardeners about any gardening topic you might imagine. I’m ...
Bloggers, let’s go to Minneapolis Garden Bloggers Fling!
April 28, 2016 OK, bloggers, now let’s get in formation! Why? Cause the Fling slays, it slays, it slays, it slays. With apologies to Beyonce for appropriating her lyrics, Garden Bloggers Fling really does slay. This non-commercial, blogger-hosted annual garden tour/blogger meetup is the best value for the money in ...
I’m interviewed in Boston Globe about Texas gardening and blogging
April 25, 2016 “When Spotlight won Best Picture,” I asked the Boston Globe reporter the day after the Oscars, “did you celebrate?” Heather Ciras was interviewing me for a non-investigative story (thank goodness) about gardening and blogging. The night before, I’d been happy to see my favorite movie of 2015 ...
Gaga over daughter’s Digging logos
March 09, 2016 My daughter surprised me with these absolutely charming logos for Digging, which she created for a graphic design project at school. I think she gets me and my blog, don’t you? This one’s her favorite and mine. She put Moby, my favorite agave, in a wheelbarrow — ...
The public side of writing a book
March 03, 2016 This may be stating the obvious, but to write a book you have to be able to sit in a quiet room for hours a day, for months and months, and be alone with your thoughts, and write. Words may flow like honey, or they may ooze, ...
My new book is here! Plus Digging is up for BHG Blogger Award
February 23, 2016 After two years in the making, my new book is released today! To celebrate, I offer you a big bouquet of Texas mountain laurel (Sophora secundiflora) blossoms. Just sprinkle a little grape Kool-Aid powder on your screen, and breathe in — that’s what it really smells like ...
10 years of Digging
February 14, 2016 Today marks a decade of blogging here at Digging — a decade! I was a young stay-at-home mother (a former editor who left the workforce to raise her kids) obsessively making my second garden when I started this blog to connect with other passionate gardeners and record ...
Digging receives two Garden Writers Association awards!
July 02, 2015 I’m really excited to announce that I’ve received two Silver Awards of Achievement for garden writing in the 2015 Garden Writers Association Media Awards Program (GWA is now GardenComm). One award is for the category Blog-Writing. The judges, in making their decision, specifically considered three of my ...
Fling wrap-up at Toronto Botanical Garden: Toronto Garden Bloggers Fling
July 01, 2015 Wherever I travel, I enjoy visiting local botanical gardens. So I was happy to see that Toronto Botanical Garden would be our final stop — including a catered dinner — on the recent Garden Bloggers Fling in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Upon arrival we 70 garden bloggers were ...
Golden brocade garden of Marion Jarvie: Toronto Garden Bloggers Fling
June 28, 2015 All that is gold does not glitter, especially in the Toronto, Ontario, garden of designer and speaker Marion Jarvie. Her home garden was our midday stop on the 2nd day of touring at Toronto Garden Bloggers Fling. High and bright, the sun flattened and shadowed my photos ...
You put Digging in Better Homes and Gardens magazine!
June 12, 2015 It’s all thanks to you! I opened the new issue (July 2015) of Better Homes and Gardens magazine yesterday to find Digging listed on page 8 along with the other 2015 Blogger Awards winners. There I am — woot! I found out in March that Digging had ...
Look for me in Austin Woman and Consumer Reports magazines this month
April 03, 2015 When it rains, it pours. After the Southern Living publicity in February, a writer for Austin Woman contacted me for an interview about blogging and gardening in Austin. I was happy to oblige, and now the issue with my interview is out. You can pick up a ...
You chose Digging in Better Homes and Gardens Blogger Awards!
March 30, 2015 Here’s a living bouquet for you, dear readers. I just learned that Digging won the Readers’ Choice award in the gardening category of the Better Homes and Gardens 2015 Blogger Awards! Wow! Thank you so much for voting for me! You are my motivators, and in 9 ...
Inviting all garden bloggers: Let’s Fling in Toronto!
March 10, 2015 Bee balm and a mysterious blue door at Buffalo Fling 2010 The annual Garden Bloggers Fling is not only the best garden tour around. It’s a win-win-win event for you, your garden, and your blog. How? First, you’ll end up with oodles of ideas for your own ...
Passalong plant from Rancho Reubidoux
March 03, 2015 The mailman delivered a much-anticipated package yesterday. What is this, a big green pickle? A freakishly large chrysalis? Oh, it’s better than that! This prickly baby is a piece of a sky-blue Pilosocereus pachycladus (syn. P. azureus) from Reuben Muñoz’s garden in Riverside, CA, near Los Angeles ...
Digging is up for Better Homes and Gardens Blogger Award!
February 20, 2015 Better Homes and Gardens magazine has named Digging a top 10 finalist in the Gardening category of its 2015 Blogger Awards, and wow, I’m honored! Thank you to those who nominated my blog, and to BHG’s editors for the recognition! I love how Better Homes and Gardens ...
