This will be my shortest Gardening Gone Wild post yet. Not because I have nothing to say, nor because my words are so poetically haiku. Not because it is the holiday and few are reading gardening blogs, nor because I am trying to stay away from religious sentiment. I am on a cruise ship in [...]
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Picture This – Winter Trees
February 8, 2012 – Posted in: Garden Photography, Garden Photography, Garden VisitsOur loyal readers know “Picture This” has been a popular Gardening Gone Wild photo contest over the years, where we invite professional garden photographers to pick a theme and hand out awards. It has been a great way for readers to learn together and link their contest photo in their own blogs to the GGW [...]
When all is dead and brown…..
January 28, 2012 – Posted in: Garden DesignWhen all is dead and brown and wintry one way to bring color into the garden is with brightly-colored durable materials. The easiest and most creative way is probably painting wood, you get great control over the color, but it discolors quickly and round here just gets covered in algae. Glass is incredibly durable, so [...]
Finding Frost
January 8, 2012 – Posted in: Edible Organic Gardens, Garden PhotographyWhen we go out into the garden to take pictures, we don’t always find what we expect. So don’t get locked into seeing what you want to see. See what is. When my friend Kate Frey suggested I might want to photograph the tapestries of winter vegetables she planted at Lynmar Winery I could hardly [...]
December Calendar Photos
December 23, 2010 – Posted in: Garden PhotographyDecember is now the most commonly requested calendar photo by my various publishers. This is because many calendars now include 13 months, adding December of the year it is sold to the 12 months of the upcoming year. So, for my posting here, I thought it might be fun to show the variety of photos [...]