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Amy Stewart

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Wicked Plants: The Exhibit

Walking through an exhibit made to look like an old house filled with the characters and stories and artifacts from a book I wrote...that is a weird experience. And I realize that it sounds like shameless self-promotion to talk about... Continue reading

Posted May 30, 2012 at Garden Rant

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Triolife Planter--We Have a Winner!

The winner of the Triolife planter, chosen at random, was Nell Jean at Seedscatterer. Congrats, and thanks as always for playing along, everybody! Continue reading

Posted May 23, 2012 at Garden Rant

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Aunt Tilly Needed a Drink

This just in from Jay and Ken at Atlock Farm, a most intriguing place in Somerset, NJ: After some 20 years, perched high above the succulents,in a green houses at Atlock Farm, (in Somerset, New Jersey), much beloved Aunt Tilly,... Continue reading

Posted May 23, 2012 at Garden Rant

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My Complete Lack of a Gardening Lifestyle, and How That Means More Free Stuff For You

You may have noticed that GardenRant has been a total swagfest lately, what with all the giveaways of tools and books and other such freebies. Well, there's a reason for that: I'm living in Portland for two months, having temporarily... Continue reading

Posted May 16, 2012 at Garden Rant

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Fiskars UpRoot Weeder Winner

Our winner from last week's Fiskars giveaway is Gerry, who is replacing lawn with vegetable garden. Well done! Thanks for playing, everybody. Continue reading

Posted May 9, 2012 at Garden Rant

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Guest Rant: Low-Hanging Fruit

Y'all welcome Friend of Rant William Alexander, with this interesting horticultural report: It seems like I’d just barely picked the apples from my 4-tree orchard at my home in New York’s Mid-Hudson Valley last fall when a freak October snowstorm... Continue reading

Posted May 9, 2012 at Garden Rant

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Rant on the Road: LA, Asheville, NC, and Portland

Hey folks--if you're in any of these places, I'll be there too. See you? May 04 2012 06:00 PM -- Los Angeles Natural History Museum First Friday Series, Los Angeles, CA Wicked Bugs in conversation.... May 06 2012 01:30 PM... Continue reading

Posted May 2, 2012 at Garden Rant

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More Free Stuff From Fiskars

And the Fiskars fun continues. They have also offered to give you people an UpRoot Weeder, another tool that Gen and I reviewed last year. If you have a lawn, or some other part of your garden that gets overrun... Continue reading

Posted May 2, 2012 at Garden Rant

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Fiskars Loppers--We Have a Winner!

Thanks to everyone for commenting! Commenter MiSchelle won in a random draw--she says: Being the resident Master Gardener in my neighborhood, I'm often summoned to "help" prune shrubs and small trees. It's a good thing, because I'm a compulsive pruner... Continue reading

Posted May 2, 2012 at Garden Rant

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50-Mile Bouquet--We Have (Another) Winner!

Debra Prinzing chose a winner from among you brave people who shared a photo of your own floral handiwork. She put them all in a bowl and let her son choose one. The winner of our random drawing is: Ann... Continue reading

Posted May 2, 2012 at Garden Rant

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Real People, Real Flowers: More 50-Mile Bouquet Fabulousness

Please welcome Debra Prinzing, author of The 50 Mile Bouquet, a documentary-style book that takes a fascinating and in-depth look at local, not global, flower-growing. We're giving another copy away, but you're going to have to work for it--Debra asks... Continue reading

Posted Apr 26, 2012 at Garden Rant

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Fiskars Wants To Give You Stuff, and Who Are We To Stop Them?

Do you remember last year when we reviewed some Fiskars tools and gave a few away? Remember those PowerGear Loppers? I wrote about them here, and Gen wrote about them at North Coast Gardening. Now that I've had a pair... Continue reading

Posted Apr 25, 2012 at Garden Rant

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The 50-Mile Bouquet--We Have a Winner!

Thanks to everyone who posted a comment to win a copy of Debra Prinzing and David Perry's fine new book The 50-Mile Bouquet. If you didn't win, you're in luck, because we have a guest post coming up from Debra... Continue reading

Posted Apr 25, 2012 at Garden Rant

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Another Terrific Botanical Read for $1.99

This just in: as part of Algonquin's monthly round of $1.99 ebook deals, you can get Lucinda Fleeson's WAKING UP IN EDEN for $1.99 in any of a number of ebook formats. This deal is only good through April 22--sorry,... Continue reading

Posted Apr 19, 2012 at Garden Rant

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Nebraska and Arkansas Events

I have a feeling I'm going to see some very pretty countryside this week! Here's where I'm headed: April 19, 2012 Lauritzen Gardens Omaha, NE April 21, 2012 1:00 Flower, Garden, and Nature Society of Northwest Arkansas Springdale, AR Continue reading

Posted Apr 18, 2012 at Dirt By Amy Stewart

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Rant on the Road: Nebraska and Arkansas

I have a feeling I'm going to see some very pretty countryside this week! Here's where I'm headed: April 19, 2012 Lauritzen Gardens Omaha, NE April 21, 2012 1:00 Flower, Garden, and Nature Society of Northwest Arkansas Springdale, AR Continue reading

Posted Apr 18, 2012 at Garden Rant

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The 50-Mile Bouquet

Please welcome photographer David Perry who, along with author Debra Prinzing, has been at work on this book about sustainable cut flowers, The 50 Mile Bouquet, for--well. A loooooong time. Honestly, I can think of few authors who have been... Continue reading

Posted Apr 18, 2012 at Garden Rant

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Williams-Sonoma Goes Agrarian

Chicks sold separately. Williams-Sonoma got a little buzz last week when it announced a new line of DIY, homesteading, gardening, chicken-keeping stuff. The line is called Agrarian, and while it wasn't quite live when the press hit last week, it's... Continue reading

Posted Apr 11, 2012 at Garden Rant

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Garden Bloggers and Marketers: The State of the Union

Free plants! Which I love! Usually. When, in the course of social media events, it becomes necessary for a group of bloggers to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with a bunch of well-intentioned but sometimes irritating marketing... Continue reading

Posted Apr 4, 2012 at Garden Rant

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This Blog is Moving Soon.

If you're here, you should go there. It's still under construction, but bookmark it, grab its feed, whatever. It's right here. Continue reading

Posted Apr 1, 2012 at Dirt By Amy Stewart

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I have a serious case of "exciting new website launch" fatigue right now. Every day a thrilling new announcement lands in my inbox about some groundbreaking new digital initiative that I absolutely must get in on--now, right now. And I... Continue reading

Posted Mar 28, 2012 at Garden Rant

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Worm Giveaway--We Have a Winner!

Wow. I think we got more comments on our earthworm post than we've ever had. Clearly you people are into your worms. And our winner, chosen with a little help from a random number generator, is--Janet at The Queen of... Continue reading

Posted Mar 28, 2012 at Garden Rant

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Still More Earthworm Madness!

Andrew Keys continues his podcast series, Garden Confidential, with--guess what? Earthworms! He and I chatted about all things wormy a while back, and if you just haven't had enough worms already this week, you'd better head over to Fine Gardening's... Continue reading

Posted Mar 22, 2012 at Garden Rant

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Worms: A Love Affair

So several years ago, I wrote this book about worms. There were no such books on worms at the time--in other words, there was no sort of narrative natural history that told the story of worms and earthworm science and... Continue reading

Posted Mar 21, 2012 at Garden Rant

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Springtime in New York

Lexington Avenue on a sunny spring afternoon. Love the water tower on the rooftop. Any time I can work in a water tower, I do it! 8 x 10 oil on 1/2 inch board with slots in the back for... Continue reading

Posted Mar 17, 2012 at Dirt By Amy Stewart

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