I hope GGW readers will enjoy this lengthy post. Having just returned from my first Eco-Farm Conference I am full of new ideas. This was the 29th conference put on by the Ecological Farming Association, long an advocate and resource for farmers seeking sustainable alternatives to the USDA. Listening to the discussions it became quite[...]
It is not just unfair to most of my fellow garden bloggers that I get to work in my garden on January 17, the real agony is that I write about it. I hear of frigid temps out there beyond California. The shrub border that runs along my driveway ends by my office with 6[...]
Like most of you, I’m sure, I’ve collected quite a few gardening books over the years – enough to fill a few bookcases. But a few of those books rarely spend much time on a shelf; instead, they’re usually in a pile somewhere near my desk, so they’re within easy reach when I need to[...]
These are the holidays so lets post a poinsettia picture. Euphorbia pulcherimma comes in so many different colors now. We all know the color we see is not in the leaves, right ? They are the flower bracts. The flowers are the little inconsequential yellow dots in the picture. Try to match these names to[...]
No matter what kind of garden you have or what kind of camera you work with, the single most important thing to remember when you take the picture is to ask yourself why you are taking it. What do you see ? I have given several presentations recently about taking pictures in the garden and[...]