http://spidra.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ Fruit Geekery and Arm Gimpery en Vox Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:45:58 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://spidra.vox.com/library/post/the-joys-of-wildlife-gardening.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(spidra) http://spidra.vox.com/library/post/the-joys-of-wildlife-gardening.html?_c=feed-rss http://spidra.vox.com/library/post/the-joys-of-wildlife-gardening.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:45:58 -0700 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://spidra.vox.com/library/post/the-joys-of-wildlife-gardening.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252371ea604a00f48cef943e0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> wildlife garden gardening biodiversity "wildlife garden" "native plants" http://spidra.vox.com/library/post/positive-gardening-thoughts.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(spidra) http://spidra.vox.com/library/post/positive-gardening-thoughts.html?_c=feed-rss http://spidra.vox.com/library/post/positive-gardening-thoughts.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:51:05 -0700 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-... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://spidra.vox.com/library/post/positive-gardening-thoughts.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252371ea604a00f48ceadc240003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://spidra.vox.com/library/post/pee-ess.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(spidra) http://spidra.vox.com/library/post/pee-ess.html?_c=feed-rss http://spidra.vox.com/library/post/pee-ess.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:40:30 -0800 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://spidra.vox.com/library/post/pee-ess.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252371ea604a00e398bb3d1c0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> podcast audio blogging http://spidra.vox.com/library/post/edible-or-ornamental.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(spidra) http://spidra.vox.com/library/post/edible-or-ornamental.html?_c=feed-rss http://spidra.vox.com/library/post/edible-or-ornamental.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:38:32 -0800 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://spidra.vox.com/library/post/edible-or-ornamental.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252371ea604a00e398bb54ce0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> tax garden strawberries gardening horticulture edible landscaping http://spidra.vox.com/library/post/premiere-of-audio-blog.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(spidra) http://spidra.vox.com/library/post/premiere-of-audio-blog.html?_c=feed-rss http://spidra.vox.com/library/post/premiere-of-audio-blog.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 14 Oct 2007 16:46:05 -0700 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 ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://spidra.vox.com/library/post/premiere-of-audio-blog.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252371ea604a00e398b2e2ed0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> podcast garden audio vlog gardening disability audio blogging http://spidra.vox.com/library/post/miracle-fruit.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(spidra) http://spidra.vox.com/library/post/miracle-fruit.html?_c=feed-rss http://spidra.vox.com/library/post/miracle-fruit.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 14 Oct 2007 00:52:23 -0700 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://spidra.vox.com/library/post/miracle-fruit.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252371ea604a00e398b2a6140005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> garden gardening miracle fruit synsepalum dulcificum http://spidra.vox.com/library/post/garden-snobbery.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(spidra) http://spidra.vox.com/library/post/garden-snobbery.html?_c=feed-rss http://spidra.vox.com/library/post/garden-snobbery.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 12 Oct 2007 19:08:42 -0700 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 ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://spidra.vox.com/library/post/garden-snobbery.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252371ea604a00e398b22a4c0001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> garden gardening elitism snobbery http://spidra.vox.com/library/post/data-data-data.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(spidra) http://spidra.vox.com/library/post/data-data-data.html?_c=feed-rss http://spidra.vox.com/library/post/data-data-data.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:54:26 -0700 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://spidra.vox.com/library/post/data-data-data.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252371ea604a00e398b2309f0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> garden macintosh gardening database http://spidra.vox.com/library/post/dont-forget-the-garden.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(spidra) http://spidra.vox.com/library/post/dont-forget-the-garden.html?_c=feed-rss http://spidra.vox.com/library/post/dont-forget-the-garden.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 11 Oct 2007 02:14:58 -0700 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://spidra.vox.com/library/post/dont-forget-the-garden.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252371ea604a00e398b1b4fb0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://spidra.vox.com/library/post/garde-to-done.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(spidra) http://spidra.vox.com/library/post/garde-to-done.html?_c=feed-rss http://spidra.vox.com/library/post/garde-to-done.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 09 Oct 2007 23:52:54 -0700 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://spidra.vox.com/library/post/garde-to-done.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252371ea604a00e398b155900004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> garden botany gardening "seed saving"