After reading a recent post on Garden Rant about advertising on blogs, my fellow blogger, Nan, and I spent time chatting on the phone about what readers want in a garden blog, and what kind of content they expect. From my point of view, a blogger has a right to do or write whatever she or he wants, just as[...]
Unpopular Plant #3 – Picking a Poke
– Posted in: Miscellaneous October 6, 2007
A while back, I started “The Unpopular Plant Series” category to discuss plants that I never get to write about in my books. It’s not that these plants aren’t interesting or beautiful or otherwise garden-worthy: It’s just that they’re usually too obscure, unavailable, or politically incorrect to be included, or otherwise oddball enough to not[...]
The Pushiness of Chrysanthemums-Part 2
– Posted in: Miscellaneous October 4, 2007
After all of the discussion about my post on chrysanthemums, I told the bloggers on InTheGardenOnline.com that I would take photographs of places with chrysanthemums and then let all of you decide which photos you like and dislike. I am also going to give you descriptions of the people who live in these homes and[...]
Not in My Garden (Probably)
– Posted in: Miscellaneous October 3, 2007
Over at A Study in Contrasts, Kim started “Not in My Garden”: a fun discussion about plants, ornaments, and design features she’d never add to her garden. I’ve been pondering this topic for several weeks now. Every time I think “Yes! That’s something I’d never have!”, I realize that I actually do have it (and[...]
Something New and Funky
– Posted in: Miscellaneous October 2, 2007
Even though I have more vases than I care to admit, the last time when I was in Israel, I found something quite unusual at the Tel Aviv Museum’s gift shop. It is called VAZU, an expandable vase. It was wrapped in packaging similar to that of pantyhose. And since I couldn’t undo the wrapping[...]