The Gimpy Gardener

The Joys of Wildlife Gardening

2008-04-18T06:45:58Z

I'm a suburban girl. I grew up in a sedate suburb of Los Angeles. I encountered some creepy crawlies in our first home because it was a new development being carved out of what was a previously undeveloped cluster of hills. So we had to watch o...

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Positive Gardening Thoughts

2008-04-03T06:51:05Z

This morning I took a brief tour of Novella Carpenter's urban farm. She and her partner had transformed a vacant lot squat to a garden, mini-orchard and apiary. It was fun to hear the comments of the other visitors because I'm not really plugged-...

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Pee Ess

2007-11-07T22:40:30Z

I've used the iTalk Pro recorder to try my hand at audio blogging or perhaps a podcast but haven't produced anything I like yet. There's a stiffness that comes from talking to a machine. Like talking to an answering machine. I wish I had a co-h...

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Edible or Ornamental?

2007-11-07T22:38:32Z

Why do some gardeners always assume you have to be either/or? Yesterday I made an impulse stop at Orchard Nursery in Lafayette, CA. I was stopping by hoping I'd find some Tuffits at a price I could afford. I figured I probably wouldn't, but sin...

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Premiere of Audio Blog?

2007-10-14T23:46:05Z

My hands hurt. As usual. It's a beautiful day. A good day to catch up on the many tasks needed to ease one's garden from summer to fall but I hurt too much to even contemplate it. I did make myself get out and do an "observation walk". While ...

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Miracle Fruit!

2007-10-14T07:52:23Z

I have a horrible sweet tooth. I'm addicted to sugar. I've gone through periods where I have none and hardly any starchy foods, either, but it's hard not to fall off the wagon. The psychological addiction is strong. Miracle fruit doesn't taste l...

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Garden Snobbery

2007-10-13T02:08:42Z

Oh, it's there alright. While I thought that formal rose gardeners might look down their noses at folks with vegetable gardens in their front yards, I was surprised how much division there is in the gardening world. Admittedly, I'm drawing this ...

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Data, data, data

2007-10-13T00:54:26Z

I've wanted to make a good garden journal ever since I moved here and started this garden. But I kept putting it off. Then when I got more serious, I bought some existing garden journal blank books, looked at how other folks were doing it, and b...

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Don't Forget the Garden

2007-10-11T09:14:58Z

Yesterday I watched 1940s House for the first time. Today I'm watching (re-watching, since I saw it when it first aired) 1900 House. I'm struck that both shows made a point of hiring garden historians to help out. That isn't quite so surprising...

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Garden To Done

2007-10-10T06:52:54Z

Today was a weird day due to bad sleep patterns last night. The good news is that I think I'm tired enough now to sleep through the night. Anyway, as a consequence, I got little done. My right hand is in loads of pain so that's also an influenc...

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