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I am tired of not buying annuals, but I see an end in site. I have decided to buy tons of ornamental cabbage to decorate my front bed.
I am going to trick it out this fall.
Austerity Fatigue
Now, here's a depressing bit of news: The White House announced this week that we probably won't hit 5 percent unemployment again until 2017. That's right. Happy Labor Day. At least gardening generally gives one the sense of being rich, particularly a vegetable garden, particularly at this ...
This is a perfect example of how customer service is the new battle ground. Companies really need to provide more than service, they need to provide attention. Because of blogs, twitter, facebook, youtube, cinchcast, friendfeed (i could go on) LITTLE THINGS ARE BIG THINGS.
This read like an e-smackdown! Lackadazical Cust. Service is unacceptable now. @kat_hassinger on twitter.
Why Brent & Becky's Keeps Getting My Business
Dahlia by Brent & Becky's The bankruptcy of Park Seed and Wayside has got me thinking. Like every other gardener of my generation, my two great inspirations as a beginner were Michael Pollan's Second Nature, and Cassandra Danz's Mrs. Greenthumbs: How I Turned a Boring Yard into a Glorious Gar...
I hear you.... But.... come on sunny knock out and I like the other Therese Bugnet comment - red sticks in winter are eye candy when it is cold out. I suggest rose bushes as #giftsforgardeners on twitter... as shower gifts, wedding gifts and rememberances. No other plant would fit the bill.
Roses: Phooey
Guest Rant by Tom Fischer, editor-in-chief of Timber Press I live in Portland, Oregon, one of whose nicknames is “the City of Roses.” Why, I often wonder, couldn’t we be the City of Ferns, or the City of Large, Imposing Conifers, or even the City of Hardy Geraniums? All those plants do quite we...
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