Because I just can't help myself, here is a look back at RDR's late spring and early summer in 2010 going backward in fact. I'm …
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Garden influences? Please share.
For a moment, let's consider those who came before us. Who or what compelled you to place your first seed in the warm earth? Was …
Eating gluten free in France
About this time of year when the kids have gone back to school, and the days are growing shorter, I get a hankerin' to visit …
My favorite garden of the Dallas Symposium was in Ft. Worth
The last day of the GWA symposium always involves seeing gardens off the beaten track. For the first two years I attended, I …
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Garden Bloggers Bloom Day, August 2010
Hi Everyone, I saw a clever church marquee on my way home the other day. It read, "No it's not as hot as . . . " Well, since …
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So you say you don’t like orange? Or red? Or fuschia?
Orange plants aren't very popular at flower shows. For that matter, the brightest blooms are often shunned by the best of …
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The Little Ones
They drape over walls and into pathways softening hard surfaces and rectangular beds and borders while drawing the eye of the …
Lessons from across the pond
For the past two weeks, hungry for some summer color, I immersed myself in English garden videos of all sizes and stripes. One …
Per request, more pretty pictures
After I posted about my landscaping adventure, several people wrote in and asked for better and larger photos. I had some time …
Great Garden Standbys
Orignally published in the Spring 2008 OHS Horticulture Horizons newsletter. As avid gardeners, we search out the newest and …
Serendipity
Serendipity, according to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, is "the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable …
Biltmore: Under The Spell
Our second stop (the first was Graceland, and you don't want to know) on the Red Dirt vacation was Biltmore, the palatial estate …