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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">How can you choose among the thousands of daffodils? Start with this list, for the daffodils that are first to bloom, and last to close out the season, with lots of lovelies in between. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />I chose these <b>top ten, must-grow daffodils</b> because:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">They offer a flower show through the <b>entire daffodil season</b> -- early, mid-season, and late bloomers.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">They <b>perennialize </b>well (they'll keep on producing baby bulbs over the years).</span></li>
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<li>They're <a href="http://daffodilusa.org/daffodil-info/daffodil-awards/the-wister-award/"><b>Wister Award winners</b></a>, recognized by the American Daffodil Society as both beautiful and reliable. </li>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Well, 9 out of 10 are Wister Award winners. I tacked on 'Rijnveld's Early Sensation' because it's always been the first to bloom in my garden. And when we're waiting for the beginning of spring, first to bloom means a lot.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Cyclamineus 'Tete-a-Tete', 6" tall, yellow, zones 4-8</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Small cupped 'Barrett Browning', 14" tall, white with orange cup, zones 3-10</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Poeticus 'Actaea', 16" tall, white with yellow cup, zones 3-7</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Large cupped 'Ice Follies', 18" tall, white with yellow cup, zones 3-7</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Large cupped 'Salome', 14" tall, ivory with peach cup, zones 3-8</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Cyclamineus 'Peeping Tom', 12" tall, yellow, zones 3-8</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Large cupped 'Accent', 18" tall, white with salmon cup, zones 3-7</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jonquilla 'Quail', 12" tall, yellow, zones 5-9</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Triandrus 'Thalia', 14" tall, ivory, zones 4-10</span></li>
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* Warmest zone listings are for the West Coast, where the summer temps are cooler than the Southwest or Deep South. </span><br />
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"Daffodil Planter" Charlotte Germanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892686231029047130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043852825601326628.post-37934424764281931502014-11-10T11:14:00.001-08:002020-11-25T13:21:34.386-08:00Best Daffodils for your Region<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Will 'Barrett Browning' thrive in your county?</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">It's more than knowing a daffodil will bloom in "USDA zone 7", when zone 7 gardens can be found in the arid Sierra Nevada foothills, or humid Washington, D.C.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Luckily, a past president of the American Daffodil Society wrote an article on <b>regional daffodil favorites</b>. </span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Click to read Mary Lou Gripshover's advice about <a href="http://www.ahsgardening.org/uploads/pdfs/Daffodils_TAG_MA11.pdf">"Daffodils: Regional Proven Performers"</a> in the American Horticultural Society's magazine, <i><a href="http://www.ahsgardening.org/gardening-resources/gardening-publications/the-american-gardener">The American Gardener</a></i>. </span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">You'll find her suggestions for the Pacific Northwest, Southern California/South, the Upper Midwest/Mountain States, and the Mid-Atlantic. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">How to plant daffodils: Choose a well-drained site that has full sun all year, or full sun when the leaves are off the trees. Dig a trench or hole 6" deep, <a href="http://groworganic.com/organic-gardening/articles/choose-the-right-phosphorous-for-your-bulbs">add phosphorus</a> mixed with the soil at the bottom of the hole, add compost to the soil you have removed, plant the bulbs pointy end up, tuck tulips in next to them if you don't have deer, add 2 inches more amended soil then <a href="http://groworganic.com/organic-gardening/articles/how-to-plant-a-whole-bulb-garden-in-one-container">layer in small bulbs</a>, add soil to bring the gently tamped-down soil even with the rest of the garden. Label the bed with the names of the bulbs. Do not water. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><a href="http://groworganic.com/organic-gardening/articles/choose-the-right-phosphorous-for-your-bulbs">Sources of phosphorus</a> can be soft rock phosphate or bone meal if you have acid soil, and high P packaged guanos or worm castings if you have neutral or alkaline soil. Highly concentrated sources of phosphorus like Super Phosphate should be used with </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">caution and applied only after reading the label carefully -- it is easy to over-apply these products and although phosphorus does not move vertically through the soil it does move laterally and excess phosphorus can lead to water pollution and algae bloom.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Not all daffodils need to be pre-chilled for USDA zone 9; there are many </span><a href="http://www.groworganic.com/seasonal-items/flower-bulbs/fall-bulbs.html?usda_zone=451" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">daffodils that do well in warm climates</a><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">The Northern California Daffodil Society has excellent information about <a href="http://www.daffodil.org/daffodil/growingtips.htm">growing daffodils</a>. NCDS organizes free daffodil shows each spring so you can see which bulbs you'd want to grow in your garden. Some of the members are busy hybridizing <a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/unusual-green-daffodils-at-the-national-show">green daffodils</a>.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">White daffodils to plant in the shape of a moon in Garden Valley, CA at 2,500 feet: 'Mount Hood' we mentioned but also consider '<a href="http://daffodilplanter.blogspot.com/2010/03/narcissus-misty-glen-takes-home-wister.html">Misty Glen</a>'. Plant just one variety so that the blooms will show a solid shape, either round or crescent.</span><br />
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"Daffodil Planter" Charlotte Germanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892686231029047130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043852825601326628.post-14781336319536799242012-04-16T00:02:00.031-07:002012-04-16T00:23:23.315-07:00Daffodil Blogorama 2012<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Narcissus Nirvana is back with the <b>2012</b> </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Daffodil Blogorama (</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">a round-up of blog posts about daffodils) and the annual meeting of the American Daffodil Society. If you're anywhere close to Towson, Maryland, rush over and revel in the flowers and fellowship at the <a href="http://marylanddaffodil.org/2012_ads_convention.html">Annual Meeting, April 20-22</a>.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">For those of us who can't make the Annual Meeting, two quick glimpses of New Hampshire daffodils from my friend, Lynn Felici-Gallant. </span></span></span></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5VEEsORpJ35WxvIGZL4dBzW0MfhuvZ6OIi2KQRhA8T9N6vR8l6-Li_sCXFWElBStUpOLbMTM1Kf6M1fOByykOlLnxlVLTUkOKhs9FV5xb5R_ApACsJp8AYmYt_34tl3YTwni9nYBdQx4/s1600/DSC_1065.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5VEEsORpJ35WxvIGZL4dBzW0MfhuvZ6OIi2KQRhA8T9N6vR8l6-Li_sCXFWElBStUpOLbMTM1Kf6M1fOByykOlLnxlVLTUkOKhs9FV5xb5R_ApACsJp8AYmYt_34tl3YTwni9nYBdQx4/s400/DSC_1065.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731863780717811426" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Lynn's combination of nodding </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Narcissus</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> 'Thalia' and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Veronica peduncularis</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> 'Georgia Blue' in the New Hampshire garden Lynn left last year. That transition story was on </span><a href="http://www.hortmag.com/horticulture-radio/radiogarden-episode-1-moving"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">a podcast</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> with Andrew Keys at </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Horticulture</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> magazine.</span></span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-lr_9iLBtngfUsOy_OP_hzLMiXqgqPumAN0KUYFe-3p_MVMFp3TyMbPa4cZJtqa4QDZlv7Wq5uAhVRWuYqv-fiieBaf1hGDk1d7yv1f3UbTboXfBgU21JDJ_In3n20GPHDBvZ2QkTVh4/s1600/2012-04-12_12-59-59_560.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-lr_9iLBtngfUsOy_OP_hzLMiXqgqPumAN0KUYFe-3p_MVMFp3TyMbPa4cZJtqa4QDZlv7Wq5uAhVRWuYqv-fiieBaf1hGDk1d7yv1f3UbTboXfBgU21JDJ_In3n20GPHDBvZ2QkTVh4/s400/2012-04-12_12-59-59_560.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731863546473434674" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Lynn is Merchandising & Marketing Manager here at the independent retail garden center and wholesale grower, </span></span><a href="http://www.pickoftheplanet.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Pick of the Planet</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, in Greenland, New Hampshire.</span></span></span></div></span><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">The <b>2012</b> </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">Daffodil Blogorama</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"> tour of the world begins now, starting in New Zealand and moving West around the globe. Click on the name of the blog to see a daffodil story:</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">* Enjoy the adventures of Mary "Moosey" planting daffodils with her horticulturally inclined kitten at </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.mooseyscountrygarden.com/flower-bulbs/kitten-daffodil.html">Moosey's Country Garden</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"> in New Zealand.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">* Kathy Purdy of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/03/29/daffodils-are-my-favorite-flowers/">Cold Climate Gardening</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"> in New York fesses up with a romantic tale of why </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i>Narcissus poeticus</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"> is her favorite flower.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">* We love daffodils, but they don't love other flowers in vases. Joene Hendry delivers a horrible warning from </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.joenesgarden.com/2012/03/26/cut-daffodils-dont-play-well-with-other-flowers/">Joene's Garden</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"> in Connecticut.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">* An ode to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i>Narcissus</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"> 'Mount Hood', by yellow-dissing John Markowski who's </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.obsessiveneuroticgardener.com/2012/02/narcissus-daffodil-mount-hood.html">An Obsessive Neurotic Gardener</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"> in Pennsylvania.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">* </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://thequeenofseaford.blogspot.com/2012/03/little-bit-of-sunshine-inside.html">The Queen of Seaford</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">, Janet, now reigns in South Carolina and is taking royal liberties by combining her daffs in arrangements with other spring flowers.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">* </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.katesgardenjournal.com/d-is-for-daffodils-or-course/">Kate's Garden Journal</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"> from Ohio is on "D" for daffodil. Or should it be "F" for forcing?</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">* Susy Morris at </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://chiotsrun.com/2012/03/29/daffodils-for-charlotte/">Chiot's Run</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"> in the Ohio countryside kindly created a charming daffodil parade for me. You'll love it too.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">* Tyla is a daffodil specialist at </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.blog.allaboutdaffodils.com/2012/04/dear-february-gold.html">All About Daffodils</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"> in Alabama and she's breaking up with 'February Gold' in one of the funniest daffodil posts ever. Music video included!</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">* Have you tried daffodils in containers? Tips for success from Debbie Teashon at </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://rainyside.com/container/DaffodilsInContainers.html">Rainy Side Gardeners</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"> in western Washington.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">* Claire Splan wants to know just how pink a "pink" daffodil really gets in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://alamedagarden.blogspot.com/2012/04/elusiveness-of-pink-daffodils.html">An Alameda Garden</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">* Wrap up with me, on a quick </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://daffodilplanter.blogspot.com/2012/04/filoli.html">Daffodil Planter</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"> tour of Daffodil Daydreams weekend at famed Filoli. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#333333;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 22px; font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;font-size:14px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">Thanks to all the bloggers for sharing their work!</span></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">Can't get enough?</span></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/First-Daffodils/380504165711?ref=ts">First Daffodils</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"> is now a Facebook page where people from all over the world send photos of the first sightings of daffodils in their towns. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://daffodilfestivals.com/firstdaffodils/">Order a daffodil note cube</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"> from them.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">If you can't attend the National Show this year, check out the </span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.daffodilusa.org/" style="color: rgb(103, 40, 178); text-decoration: none; ">American Daffodil Society website</a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"> for answers to all your daffodil questions. Join the American Daffodil Society and </span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.daffodilusa.org/soc.html" style="color: rgb(103, 40, 178); text-decoration: none; ">a daffodil society near you</a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 22px; font-family:Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 22px; font-family:Georgia, serif;"></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><i><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">To leave a comment, click on the word COMMENTS below</span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">For a free email subscription to this blog, go to the upper-right sidebar</span></i></div></i></span></span><p></p></span></span></span></span></div>"Daffodil Planter" Charlotte Germanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892686231029047130noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043852825601326628.post-61263090822376779902012-04-15T21:45:00.001-07:002012-04-15T21:45:00.594-07:00Daffodil Daydreams at Filoli 2012<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYf3N9DP0OuEsbQoUIAzdXKyU3Z6skCId3kzqUYh01tyjeayTNx6JaGiUc-uvmXagB4wMzKeW-AD6K1KOv5rhad8pXmvn_Oe35VAq_GdE_QktdCw2XOOBhsDkz4Votfsb7AgtQdjHD41g/s1600/Filoli_-_26.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYf3N9DP0OuEsbQoUIAzdXKyU3Z6skCId3kzqUYh01tyjeayTNx6JaGiUc-uvmXagB4wMzKeW-AD6K1KOv5rhad8pXmvn_Oe35VAq_GdE_QktdCw2XOOBhsDkz4Votfsb7AgtQdjHD41g/s400/Filoli_-_26.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731789601418423874" /></a><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhpDufcyox4&feature=relmfu"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Cue the </span></a><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhpDufcyox4&feature=relmfu"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Dynasty</span></a></i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhpDufcyox4&feature=relmfu"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> theme music!</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> Filoli was introduced to the world as the set for that wacky TV show, but these days there's not a diamond necklace or giant shoulder pad in sight.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The Woodside, California garden is hailed as one of the most beautiful in the U.S. <a href="http://www.filoli.org/">Filoli</a> is an official Display Garden for the American Daffodil Society, and each spring it celebrates a long weekend of </span><a href="http://www.filoli.org/special-events-and-exhibits/opening-event.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Daffodil Daydreams</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB8ghXFXAny6p_tbZh-KDkmbM5Cz5jk4MWyfNauCbrOaPY1P8amFFKEfrsDbnZ6NpToiZpYVdLiD5S_xpETi9gNaHUjM42gguXCoH4SNpIkxzDQdsnT4cm4O811D_ZQ0zmEsFTjLCpFI8/s1600/Filoli_-_29.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB8ghXFXAny6p_tbZh-KDkmbM5Cz5jk4MWyfNauCbrOaPY1P8amFFKEfrsDbnZ6NpToiZpYVdLiD5S_xpETi9gNaHUjM42gguXCoH4SNpIkxzDQdsnT4cm4O811D_ZQ0zmEsFTjLCpFI8/s400/Filoli_-_29.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731789277669107522" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">A gracious transition from the formal gardens, looking West to the Santa Cruz Mountains, with daffodil accents.</span><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_UzVH4yedbWI5TOZTtqS83Rt7JDYadH-7m0TqEDkrntxAQMeLCJYsLDndQGoihyuM1uXSkzXB2YGsyR2owCK05cjP6iSE5CoiFujJTOwyUv7mtsDqZjZ8XK-kMm2bxTFq8m_z1DVPl8/s1600/Filoli_-_27.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_UzVH4yedbWI5TOZTtqS83Rt7JDYadH-7m0TqEDkrntxAQMeLCJYsLDndQGoihyuM1uXSkzXB2YGsyR2owCK05cjP6iSE5CoiFujJTOwyUv7mtsDqZjZ8XK-kMm2bxTFq8m_z1DVPl8/s400/Filoli_-_27.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731789086079239250" /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The daffodils in the borders and orchard were not at their peak, but daffodil containers, such as these lining the steps to a rear door of the house, made up for that.</span><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEZV_ux8FdeI_SnNYMg2AV-lRaqxmie8ov_F2puFtwPTSZW6siLd-4EvE_WankSXe69dJDFfrBADRo4-Epnc6slXgYCqk1gSUaYsZpJKVX53mF0h-QDKXjw7Ork4mJ1j_gViDhqzlYivI/s1600/best+solarium%252Cjpg.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEZV_ux8FdeI_SnNYMg2AV-lRaqxmie8ov_F2puFtwPTSZW6siLd-4EvE_WankSXe69dJDFfrBADRo4-Epnc6slXgYCqk1gSUaYsZpJKVX53mF0h-QDKXjw7Ork4mJ1j_gViDhqzlYivI/s400/best+solarium%252Cjpg.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731788916678907698" /></a><div><a href="http://architectdesign.blogspot.com/2010/06/filoli-summer-house.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The garden pavilion</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> known as the summer house or tea house was in on the daffodil celebration too!</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyK87pxGvmjhMkmNERBcPFE1x2kz9imCETvdpZhCmtxhqXQddiB1eROjp6FXogng8mnDNe0m2_ZjEY6CnQKaUgd2QKdWMNh5cT0qZaZhJOw-cwYmS0o_R-7C4vfAgdiL_CXlJ60xp0JW0/s1600/Filoli_-_Exhibit_1.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyK87pxGvmjhMkmNERBcPFE1x2kz9imCETvdpZhCmtxhqXQddiB1eROjp6FXogng8mnDNe0m2_ZjEY6CnQKaUgd2QKdWMNh5cT0qZaZhJOw-cwYmS0o_R-7C4vfAgdiL_CXlJ60xp0JW0/s400/Filoli_-_Exhibit_1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731788579307051154" /></a><a href="http://www.daffodil.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The Northern California Daffodil Society</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> set up tables of information about daffodils; their nationally known experts gave lectures and garden tours.</span><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZU9B5hNOPOttJn5KtesdccRcqZzyk0Sxh5LdG12kPJSMKiw5rbRyfR9iH00Vo_qCbo3SCZ4mMjHoE8vWMkEVEod89yNph3fK4zjuv9msms_QhJuFXCk4l8ksEwW3l-02UZ4Jp16JkMY0/s1600/Filoli_-_Exhibit_2.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZU9B5hNOPOttJn5KtesdccRcqZzyk0Sxh5LdG12kPJSMKiw5rbRyfR9iH00Vo_qCbo3SCZ4mMjHoE8vWMkEVEod89yNph3fK4zjuv9msms_QhJuFXCk4l8ksEwW3l-02UZ4Jp16JkMY0/s400/Filoli_-_Exhibit_2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731787965384652898" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The NCDS flower display provided a close look at the range of daffodils that do well in this part of the world. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivkWjs3kbtT7HLaf0BSQK7AD1IBt4_d9CBZ9RMmmxVhE4EJRN0Ha-4vOO62IzAH_qxxFNycKcOcsXWaUR90yGppfLnPbHVPNU6tm5YmEESESx172TuHWqqHzII0Su6MbPGbJKh_9HDsmk/s1600/Filoli_-_Gift_Shop_6.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivkWjs3kbtT7HLaf0BSQK7AD1IBt4_d9CBZ9RMmmxVhE4EJRN0Ha-4vOO62IzAH_qxxFNycKcOcsXWaUR90yGppfLnPbHVPNU6tm5YmEESESx172TuHWqqHzII0Su6MbPGbJKh_9HDsmk/s400/Filoli_-_Gift_Shop_6.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731787585308551410" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Under the Chanticleer rooster weathervane, the former garage was charming with more pots of daffodils. Yes, even those double daffodils looked good to me. I must have been distracted by the contents of the building (as you can see from the sign below). More on that next time!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjew9CLyUonOeh5wV48JrhC0PL5QmxVEW81yO3FdduVpq9yVLQ0pBuv1C9_qqjnpQg4yQnruu5vq7dvtGz5ybT0fOqGL3ipsDVhJhJhd5NnfdFQrpdBJ9cK-4Go7Xj2d3lJpsRnrCaJugo/s1600/Filoli_-_Gift_Shop_18.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjew9CLyUonOeh5wV48JrhC0PL5QmxVEW81yO3FdduVpq9yVLQ0pBuv1C9_qqjnpQg4yQnruu5vq7dvtGz5ybT0fOqGL3ipsDVhJhJhd5NnfdFQrpdBJ9cK-4Go7Xj2d3lJpsRnrCaJugo/s400/Filoli_-_Gift_Shop_18.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731787340809514866" /></a></div>"Daffodil Planter" Charlotte Germanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892686231029047130noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043852825601326628.post-57266437055427051222012-01-01T20:05:00.000-08:002012-01-01T20:18:06.071-08:00Queen Elizabeth gives New Year Honours to gardeners<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVfKtSpfbeM2zGnOy1mDCuj4zKmUB1LB8X5_CDjhC2TIeID1F-7ViY7HToOeUMB1BzBB6TwdNyLF2p8E_J8HrcEUC1JzquCBhNzVh-yA_1laBdxRCOvxfITP7sEUSEYY2lSbUNAEk-o6o/s1600/queen_allotment_1423174c.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVfKtSpfbeM2zGnOy1mDCuj4zKmUB1LB8X5_CDjhC2TIeID1F-7ViY7HToOeUMB1BzBB6TwdNyLF2p8E_J8HrcEUC1JzquCBhNzVh-yA_1laBdxRCOvxfITP7sEUSEYY2lSbUNAEk-o6o/s400/queen_allotment_1423174c.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692507655380833730" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip are shown a new vegetable patch by a Buckingham Palace gardener. (Photo courtesy The Telegraph)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Queen Elizabeth II has pronounced gardening an honourable profession. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In the annual </span></span><a href="http://www.royal.gov.uk/MonarchUK/Honours/Developmentofthehonourssystem.aspx"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">New Year Honours List</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> she acts on behalf of the government and <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/honours-list/8985135/New-Year-Honours-2012-full-list-of-recipients.html">gives titles and medals</a> to hundreds of politicians and their pals. Some worthy citizens who have served their country are commended too.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Queen also has a few awards that are her own personal gift, and this year she recognized four gardeners.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">No doubt as we weed and hoe we wish that someday, someone would notice our efforts. These lucky four had The Queen notice and reward them. Let's take a look at the gardens where they toil.</span></span></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE7BUa52pFM1hWnZ2ZeUO5W1XfFY_ZTtvt-K01o6eEUOI_YMdfjCGPpYsu9ndLKZrzZFeYMpp8YeRlUnb0UubIIYUDWAReQlZeAcBBTEfhKKLK2CrZTlx3IHTHPA9dN4nbnuGX5kcScZE/s1600/sandringham3-1024x495.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 193px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE7BUa52pFM1hWnZ2ZeUO5W1XfFY_ZTtvt-K01o6eEUOI_YMdfjCGPpYsu9ndLKZrzZFeYMpp8YeRlUnb0UubIIYUDWAReQlZeAcBBTEfhKKLK2CrZTlx3IHTHPA9dN4nbnuGX5kcScZE/s400/sandringham3-1024x495.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692507454221864514" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Sandringham House, The Queen's residence in Norfolk, England </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(Photo courtesy KL Magazine)</span></span></div></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(40, 40, 40); line-height: 20px; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(40, 40, 40); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">People who live in glass houses...well, they apparently get gold medals. Royal Victorian Gold Medals.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(40, 40, 40); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(40, 40, 40); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">David James Benefer, RVM. Glasshouses manager, Sandringham Estate (he has previously been awarded the Silver Royal Victorian Medal).</span></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(40, 40, 40); line-height: 20px; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(40, 40, 40); line-height: 20px; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:#282828;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMX-5_wD0RHTvZHkh30N9Ryyx2nYsHupGfjAbmYZ5b81DCBNIvjqIOE6ShUlHZ1nFxrddojvMCAL52dYcW4jXnXvvV2qatpmTD4jvUvcUdDqLZz_BYlMKIIUNOSPbKnCUcXh8vh-DnfnA/s1600/home-main.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 255px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMX-5_wD0RHTvZHkh30N9Ryyx2nYsHupGfjAbmYZ5b81DCBNIvjqIOE6ShUlHZ1nFxrddojvMCAL52dYcW4jXnXvvV2qatpmTD4jvUvcUdDqLZz_BYlMKIIUNOSPbKnCUcXh8vh-DnfnA/s400/home-main.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692507267986695138" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Highgrove House, Prince Charles' country home in Gloucestershire, England </span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(Photo courtesy Highgrove</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">)</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(40, 40, 40); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) to </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(40, 40, 40); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Mrs. Marion Rose Cox. Part-time Gardener, Highgrove House.</span></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(40, 40, 40); line-height: 20px; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(40, 40, 40); line-height: 20px; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(40, 40, 40); line-height: 20px; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(40, 40, 40); line-height: 20px; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij99MPCL47GZERKlM0byMXtN1ChyphenhyphenXhOvmd-U33RdtFnX2osS7xa3j8fJegUJj2TFbkJv53H20UEmq3jfCOp5ko4iDAIDN5bVIoR63t0lny8NcKdZztvbyPIsll8mIGuKxJsCp5IQnFHPo/s1600/balmoral-460_1112758c.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij99MPCL47GZERKlM0byMXtN1ChyphenhyphenXhOvmd-U33RdtFnX2osS7xa3j8fJegUJj2TFbkJv53H20UEmq3jfCOp5ko4iDAIDN5bVIoR63t0lny8NcKdZztvbyPIsll8mIGuKxJsCp5IQnFHPo/s400/balmoral-460_1112758c.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692507006879285058" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The Queen on the grounds of Balmoral, her estate in Scotland </span></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(Photo courtesy The Telegraph </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(40, 40, 40); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) to Joseph MacLugash. Woods Foreman, Balmoral Estate.</span></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(40, 40, 40); line-height: 20px; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEZWbIDO1e8xD7Ib9uR8AVF7dJz1zIZXR7iZTVQMSIn-dWNPOFYnRGQ0eKtrzpAseqPKeBneYYo-njKBZfV7Br8_f6V0hOahZ0ZtcPLH0XARAu9ZAsrP5OODtTg8tumAe-u-NfheXjNLQ/s1600/Savill+Garden3-thumb-autox420-524.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEZWbIDO1e8xD7Ib9uR8AVF7dJz1zIZXR7iZTVQMSIn-dWNPOFYnRGQ0eKtrzpAseqPKeBneYYo-njKBZfV7Br8_f6V0hOahZ0ZtcPLH0XARAu9ZAsrP5OODtTg8tumAe-u-NfheXjNLQ/s400/Savill+Garden3-thumb-autox420-524.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692506794645261714" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(40, 40, 40); line-height: 20px; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Savill Garden, Windsor Castle, England</span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(40, 40, 40); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">(Photo courtesy </span></span><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Charlotte Weychan</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">)</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(40, 40, 40); line-height: 20px; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(40, 40, 40); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) to Graham Passmore Stone. Horticulturalist, Crown Estate, Windsor.</span></span></span><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOEKvHTCsB8qWunLlgCaI5skMV_-zvxf78G1iOIVMWUSNPRET_XP16pamd0ftVAPgdRTx1p2q7zWSMxDfBjHcbsKTyLF6LxieRV0D9hrGCHdo2BJID2LrevdsniiDXw2AEiTG9AJzg0Mo/s1600/web_EVE_GBA_20080416AM078.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOEKvHTCsB8qWunLlgCaI5skMV_-zvxf78G1iOIVMWUSNPRET_XP16pamd0ftVAPgdRTx1p2q7zWSMxDfBjHcbsKTyLF6LxieRV0D9hrGCHdo2BJID2LrevdsniiDXw2AEiTG9AJzg0Mo/s400/web_EVE_GBA_20080416AM078.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692504270752611506" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Dr. Shirley Sherwood at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery, Kew Gardens, England</span></span></div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(Photo courtesy Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew)</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(40, 40, 40); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The government fished up this garden great and The Queen will give the Order of the British Empire to Dr. Shirley Angela Sherwood. Botanical Art Collector. For services to Botanical Art. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(40, 40, 40); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(40, 40, 40); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">All hail Shirley for her astonishing collection, now safely stashed in </span></span><a href="http://www.kew.org/visit-kew-gardens/garden-attractions-A-Z/shirley-sherwood-gallery.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">an eponymous gallery at Kew Gardens</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">; the first gallery </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">ever</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> to focus on botanical art.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(40, 40, 40); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(40, 40, 40); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">As for the rest of us, we'll have to name a lot of plants after The Queen in her Diamond Jubilee Year and see if that gets us on the list. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(40, 40, 40); line-height: 20px; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:#282828;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(40, 40, 40); line-height: 20px; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">To leave a comment, click on the word COMMENTS below</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">For a free email subscription to this blog, go to the upper-right sidebar</span></span></i></div></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:#282828;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:#282828;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:#282828;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></div></div></div></div>"Daffodil Planter" Charlotte Germanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892686231029047130noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043852825601326628.post-82918939326625136282011-05-15T22:15:00.000-07:002012-04-14T17:37:28.899-07:00Announcing the Daffodil Blogorama winners!<div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-bgNVDCZRf7ptYAQSaMynN4EaH2AyaMdaIEO7kOBuOUPfj3r0F9URJ8AEVeDRfttZmMKOu_P40tsZXgUShRslA9P4oS8W4OOzq0pDfDLVoHeEz9BUEdFrK1oOqW3cNOo_WhnkZrvgqh8/s1600/Champagne_tower.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-bgNVDCZRf7ptYAQSaMynN4EaH2AyaMdaIEO7kOBuOUPfj3r0F9URJ8AEVeDRfttZmMKOu_P40tsZXgUShRslA9P4oS8W4OOzq0pDfDLVoHeEz9BUEdFrK1oOqW3cNOo_WhnkZrvgqh8/s400/Champagne_tower.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607172880037801474" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Photo: ori2ur</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">u</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Daffodil season may be over, but five lucky readers will have daffodil note cubes to cheer them through the rest of the year. Perfect for jotting down bulb orders!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The blind, random selection yielded the names of Claire, plaisanter, Angela, Jan and Kathy.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I will send the names to <a href="http://daffodilfestivals.com/firstdaffodils/">First Daffodils 2011</a>, our generous prize donor, and she will ship the prizes. If you didn't win, you can still order your own note cubes at her site.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Why so long for this announcement? I was hither and yon, at flower shows, and then entranced by my own daffodil season. The last bloom was poeticus Narcissus 'Actaea'. What was yours?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">To leave a comment, click on the word COMMENTS below<br /><br /></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">For a free email subscription to this blog go to the upper-right section of the sidebar</span></i></span></span></div>"Daffodil Planter" Charlotte Germanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892686231029047130noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043852825601326628.post-35784525071604134582011-03-20T00:10:00.000-07:002012-04-14T17:37:28.900-07:00Daffodil Blogorama 2011<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Narcissus Nirvana returns, with the second annual <b>Daffodil Blogorama</b> (a round-up of blog posts about daffodils) and a <b>daffodil notecube giveaway</b> from <b>First Daffodils 2011</b>.</span></span></div></span></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtkmTc4gDL24Nq4Tp7pToys1p2XgjuZL6yiE6nqvBseQESp0u1-NCv1aRlkkH-37z8WSVT1aOiClGHsAr0nbGA7_UW_jzwB76fEVO4OD7J9SKTon5OG2eAWbctQURXC1EMIBNiYmmTGOY/s1600/51xtUwSXDCL._SL500_AA300_.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtkmTc4gDL24Nq4Tp7pToys1p2XgjuZL6yiE6nqvBseQESp0u1-NCv1aRlkkH-37z8WSVT1aOiClGHsAr0nbGA7_UW_jzwB76fEVO4OD7J9SKTon5OG2eAWbctQURXC1EMIBNiYmmTGOY/s400/51xtUwSXDCL._SL500_AA300_.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591169375062694802" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="color:#663399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">First, the giveaway</span></b></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="color:#663399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="color:#663399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">The daffodil notecube giveaway is courtesy of</span> <a href="http://daffodilfestivals.com/firstdaffodils/">First Daffodils</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://daffodilfestivals.com/firstdaffodils/"> 2011</a> -- </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">a photo blog that chronicles daffodils coming up all over the world each spring.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The blogger makes <b>daffodil note cube</b>s with William Wordsworth's poem on the sides, and she is kindly donating <b>five note cubes</b> as prizes, one each for five lucky readers.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><b>Enter</b> by going to the <a href="http://daffodilfestivals.com/firstdaffodils/">First Daffodils 2011 site</a> and looking at the photos. Then <b>return here</b> and leave a comment at the bottom of this post. Tell me which photo you like best and why. <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">If you have trouble leaving a comment here, you can also enter with a comment on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/daffodilplanter">my Facebook Wall</a></span></i></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Five winners will be randomly chosen from the comments. <b>Contest closes April 8</b> at midnight PDT. The giveaway is open to anyone in the world with postal delivery.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The daffodil note cubes are reasonably priced and make perfect gifts for daff-loving friends. And Mother's Day. Just saying. You can <b>purchase</b> the note cubes via a link at the First Daffodils site.</span></p></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">News from the </span></b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">annual meeting of the American Daffodil Society</span></span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b></b>Skilled photographer and award-winning daffodil grower </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Kirby Fong</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> generously agreed to share photos from the annual show, held last week in Jackson, Missippi. Many thanks, Kirby! </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGX_3SJOwHsG0VwtirUCf6_ZRyZukffHwBwDSHhwC8I-4v14y7vxfCCdTeqxyhkqwOHflzp7_TfdtkWsfEMiLBBvlt5nLlBsLVbhmYzL_LqgbeHmveuQoH-A6lOXMftNCYnvEs14dDeRM/s1600/Gold.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 394px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGX_3SJOwHsG0VwtirUCf6_ZRyZukffHwBwDSHhwC8I-4v14y7vxfCCdTeqxyhkqwOHflzp7_TfdtkWsfEMiLBBvlt5nLlBsLVbhmYzL_LqgbeHmveuQoH-A6lOXMftNCYnvEs14dDeRM/s400/Gold.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586194647698845010" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Gold Ribbon for the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">best standard daffodil in the show. 'Angel Face' 3W-YYO</span></span></span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:small;">exhibited by Steve Hampson.</span></div></span><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrrE2vJnjakmZjpjqqs8QQN10NRLNdZJyiM_Z6lH2C-L7EeFIVoiEZXL6wQUVeFZULBzbfldGvuvdp1KkaEWFpq2GapgPt2b3tjK6NqI_43M1YXR-4rU1RHhhkNjNwUBGCzxbJ7vx2sB8/s1600/White.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 332px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrrE2vJnjakmZjpjqqs8QQN10NRLNdZJyiM_Z6lH2C-L7EeFIVoiEZXL6wQUVeFZULBzbfldGvuvdp1KkaEWFpq2GapgPt2b3tjK6NqI_43M1YXR-4rU1RHhhkNjNwUBGCzxbJ7vx2sB8/s400/White.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586194368677911938" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">White Ribbon is for the best set of three standard daffodils. The winner was 'Loch Lundie' 2Y-O </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">from a collection of twelve sets of three. Our photographer, Kirby Fong, was the exhibitor.</span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJp42Pw6jKda3I-WxGpsJjHDFeOo5yGdDAFWEbqzJPr8GH_x-QHCZWEZmoxb0lp2yuocHxLsGKuzrRGbhzX7X0cQFDYnFQerKM8kBEx-8h1sz_f0uyqvQrVQP_YbEyP1jeYv8-d5p0-Sc/s1600/Bender.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJp42Pw6jKda3I-WxGpsJjHDFeOo5yGdDAFWEbqzJPr8GH_x-QHCZWEZmoxb0lp2yuocHxLsGKuzrRGbhzX7X0cQFDYnFQerKM8kBEx-8h1sz_f0uyqvQrVQP_YbEyP1jeYv8-d5p0-Sc/s400/Bender.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586194020220354082" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:small;">Bender Award for the best standard daffodil hybridized by the exhibitor. This "challenge class" is one of the few that accepts flowers grown in glass houses instead of outdoors. The winner was seedling 04-214 6W-W exhibited by Larry Force.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Daffodil Blogorama</span></b></span></div></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Daffodil Blogorama</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> tour begins in California and moves East around the globe. Click on the name of the blog to see a daffodil story: </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">* Sue Langley profiles 'Ice Wings' in her <a href="http://sierrafoothillgarden.wordpress.com/2010/10/13/ice-wings/">Sierra Foothill Garden</a>.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">* I'm on the red carpet at </span></span><span style="color:#663399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://daffodilplanter.blogspot.com/2010/03/narcissus-misty-glen-takes-home-wister.html">Daffodil Planter</a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> with 'Misty Glen' as she wins the Wister Award.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">* Claire Splan at <a href="http://alamedagarden.blogspot.com/2008/04/propagation-month-day-27-scaling.html">An Alameda Garden</a> explains how to propagate daffodil bulbs by scaling.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">* Jayne Locas and the Paradise Garden Club planted 90,000 daffodils. See their photos at <a href="http://daffodilsacrosstheridge.shutterfly.com/193">Daffodils Across the Ridge</a> and scroll down that site to read Jayne's inspiring story "To Plant a Garden is to Believe in Tomorrow."</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">* Mississippi blogger Gail at <a href="http://yardflower.com/?p=2665">Yardflower</a> celebrates her late narcissi.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">* Frances from </span></span><span style="color:#663399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://fairegarden.wordpress.com/2011/03/11/how-to-divide-daffodils/">Fairegarden</a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> in Tennessee offers a controversial technique for dividing daffodils.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">* The Canadian sister act: Helen and Sarah of </span></span><span style="color:#663399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://torontogardens.blogspot.com/2011/03/canada-blooms-daffodils-heard-around.html">Toronto Gardens</a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> report on the daffodil's role as a symbol for the Canadian Cancer Society.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">* Tyla reveals the true story of 'King Alfred' at <a href="http://www.blog.allaboutdaffodils.com/2009/10/king-alfred-trumpet-daffodilthe-true.html">All About Daffodils</a> in Alabama.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">* Trailblazing garden blogger, Kathy Purdy of <a href="http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2006/05/24/heirloom-narcissus/">Cold Climate Gardening</a> in upstate New York, has stories about her heirloom narcissus.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">*Kathy Jentz, editor and publisher of Washington Gardener magazine, showcases early daffodils (including 'Katie Heath') at <a href="http://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2011/03/first-daffodils-of-season.html">Washington Gardener</a>.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">* Maryland flower photographer Patty Hankins at </span></span><span style="color:#663399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://hankinslawrenceimages.wordpress.com/2010/05/16/tazetta-narcissus/">Beautiful Flower Pictures</a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> shows a group of tazetta narcissus photos.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">* Janet is </span></span><span style="color:#663399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://thequeenofseaford.blogspot.com/2011/03/spring-is-in-south-carolina.html">The Queen of Seaford</a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> in South Carolina, where she's planting a new garden with daffodils.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">* Mary "Moosey" is in a category all her own. A pioneer in garden blogging, she was sharing online stories from </span></span><span style="color:#663399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.mooseyscountrygarden.com/flower-bulbs/daffodil-again-planting.html">Moosey's Country Garden</a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> in New Zealand before the word </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">blog</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> was invented. She posts about recycling unwanted daffodils from other gardens. Will she be able to resist buying bulbs? Find out.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Thanks to all the bloggers for sharing their work!</span></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></i></b></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Ready to experience your first daffodil show?</span></b></i></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">There are <a href="http://www.daffodilusa.org/events/show.html">shows going on</a> all over the country this spring.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Plan to visit Baltimore for the 2012 national show. Daffodil questions? Check the </span></span><span style="color:#663399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.daffodilusa.org/">American Daffodil Society website</a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> for answers. For the ultimate in daffodil fun and information, join the American Daffodil Society and </span></span><span style="color:#663399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.daffodilusa.org/soc.html">a daffodil society near you</a>.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="color:#663399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="color:#663399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "></span></span></span></span></p><span style="color:#663399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">To leave a comment, click on the word COMMENTS below</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">For a free email subscription to this blog go to the upper-right section of the sidebar</span></span></span></div></span></span></span><p></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#663399;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p></span></span></span></span></div></div>"Daffodil Planter" Charlotte Germanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892686231029047130noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043852825601326628.post-11653470410236892912010-12-09T22:00:00.000-08:002010-12-09T23:07:11.961-08:00What if John Grisham were a garden writer?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQrp-MU-5sd2npEwgICNDgR6Y6gCH-mBJKOgLO9hBEDo-FL9SU4QMpgaKPu6UKgVObWe78cVFnzOoluxjvAB5S8LO-9dQYryfMF-u44xZzs9qOo6oAU7sd0QpmvipXiRaqoxmBN3h3fqM/s1600/800px-Elizabeth_Park%252C_Hartford%252C_CT_-_greenhouses_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQrp-MU-5sd2npEwgICNDgR6Y6gCH-mBJKOgLO9hBEDo-FL9SU4QMpgaKPu6UKgVObWe78cVFnzOoluxjvAB5S8LO-9dQYryfMF-u44xZzs9qOo6oAU7sd0QpmvipXiRaqoxmBN3h3fqM/s400/800px-Elizabeth_Park%252C_Hartford%252C_CT_-_greenhouses_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544877255347162130" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I just finished one of John Grisham's legal thrillers, The Appeal. Gripping, and a change from my steady diet of garden literature. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I wondered why Grisham so often called his novels "The </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">noun</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">" (The Firm, The Client, The Chamber)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> -- and I also wondered, would he ever set one of his books in the world of horticulture?</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">If he did, it might sound something like this: </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Greenhouse</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Chapter 16</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sam ran down the dirt road, finding his way by the light of the half moon, clutching the seed tray to his chest. The sprouts were all that remained of his years of botanical research on corn. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Was it only two months since George Luger had first visited Sam's University of Mississippi greenhouse lab?</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">As his feet thudded along the packed dirt, Sam's thoughts went back to the day when he accepted the research grant Luger offered. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">What he had not realized until this evening was that Luger was the central actor in a corporate conspiracy that reached from Wall Street to the corn fields of the Midwest. A conspiracy that sought to destroy the hybrid corn Sam had developed.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The sprouts Sam carried were the last survivors of his hybrid corn -- corn that could grow easily without pesticides. This robust hybrid would dramatically increase corn crops all over the world, alleviating mass hunger. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And the pesticide companies wanted his hybrid wiped off the map.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sam ran on, hoping he was heading for the highway, where he would hitchike into Jackson and find the one man who could help him. He knew the senior Senator from Mississippi, Taylor Thomas, was in Jackson tonight, and as head of the Senate Agriculture Committee he had the power to crush the pesticide companies.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Suddenly Sam was blinded by headlights.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Stop, Sam</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, boomed a man's voice, </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Come over here and get in the car</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sam ran into a ditch at the side of the road, trying to see past the lights and find out who was talking.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sam</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, said the voice again, </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It's Senator Thomas. I've been looking for you. We have to get into town fast.</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sam walked slowly to the car, peering into the darkness</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Hurry Sam, we don't have much time.</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">As Sam reached the car someone pulled the seed tray away from him. Sam tried to hold on and several seed plugs came away in his hands. Then he felt a sudden pain in the back of his head, and as he fell to the ground he heard the car drive off.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">*****</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And so, dear reader, what is your Grishamesque conclusion to this story?</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 22px; font-size:14px;"></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">To leave a comment, click on the word COMMENTS below</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">For a free email subscription to this blog go to the upper-right section of the sidebar</span></span></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><b><br /></b></span></p>"Daffodil Planter" Charlotte Germanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892686231029047130noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043852825601326628.post-79100619463512491652010-10-03T12:00:00.000-07:002010-11-05T10:36:13.790-07:00Adventures in canning: Plum jam and pink grape juice<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAp98j246GaH8_X7n0J9Dwjhqqft8QRETnyTX5KoIdDeT0hQfSG8YdKKTiIVRepWL3ralLTGqlLxB5CT_vEAUG3CVPloCT4OGA2pvt9JkY-gSO1CfUqHeow4YNnPZ6hLRRDmRZhXTJEDA/s1600/47267_446412864584_633794584_5084219_1694003_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAp98j246GaH8_X7n0J9Dwjhqqft8QRETnyTX5KoIdDeT0hQfSG8YdKKTiIVRepWL3ralLTGqlLxB5CT_vEAUG3CVPloCT4OGA2pvt9JkY-gSO1CfUqHeow4YNnPZ6hLRRDmRZhXTJEDA/s400/47267_446412864584_633794584_5084219_1694003_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523244330113802722" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 12px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Yellow plum, blue plum, zinfandel jam...</span></b></span></div></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> guest post from award-winning poet, essayist, and radio presenter, </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><a href="http://www.mollyfisk.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Molly Fisk</span></span></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. Molly gardens in Nevada City, California. Her beguiling radio essays are broadcast on KVMR-FM and collected on two CDs, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Using Your Turn Signal Promotes World Peace</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Blow-Drying a Chicken</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. Read her new poetry collection, <b><a href="http://www.hippocketpress.org/more-difficult-beauty.php">The More Difficult Beauty</a></b>, and see Molly on her West Coast <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=633794584&v=wall&ref=ts">book tour</a>. </span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">For the seventh year in a row, I did not enter my plum jam in the County Fair. I watched the deadline approach and then waved when it went past.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Partly this comes from being caught up in the usual hustle and bustle — who has time to fill out one more form? And partly it’s because not much was ready to pick in early August, when the Fair entries are due. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Everything ripened late this year because of a cold wet May, and now, of course, it seems to all be happening at once. There are still peaches in the farmer's markets, next to the pumpkins, and </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">strawberries,</span></span></b><span style="font-weight:normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> of all things — even a few plums are still on the trees. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A friend of mine who runs a restaurant went picking at a secret location with some of her staff and brought me back her overflow of an amazing pink seedless grape, to the tune of twenty pounds or so.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">My kitchen, which was spotless for two days due to my procrastinating about something else, is now full of big plastic storage containers of grapes, colanders separating pulp from juice, the Cuisinart with which I pulverized the plum skins to an edible size, water baths on the stove boiling jars and lids, and some open bottles of zinfandel, which I add to everything. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">My four now-teenaged kittens have learned to play soccer with strawberries bobbing in the sink as well as grapes that have leapt onto the floor, and there are sticky pawprints on every conceivable surface.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I can't tell you how happy this makes me. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">One of the things I miss from my upbringing is the chaos we could get up to in my parent's kitchen cooking together. My friend Peggy and I would pick blackberries all over town and then make jam and pies, or we'd go after plums in our and our neighbors' yards and my mother would make Chinese plum sauce. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Just the idea of people doing huge messy kitchen projects that will result in something, whether it's temporary, like dinner, or lasting, like 30 jars of jam to give away for Xmas, makes me feel as though everything's right with the world.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Everything, of course, isn't really right with the world. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">What might become of us is up in the air and I think that understanding permeates almost everyones' thoughts in some way, together with confusion about what to do about it. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A friend just wrote a poem about the BP Oil Spill and included a line referencing the day it started, April 10, 2010: “If it was the end of the world as we knew it, we didn't know it.” Maybe the end of the world has already started. I, for one, can't tell. And maybe my jam-making frenzy is a futile effort to try to be safe when there's no way to be safe. I might put up enough jam this week for two years worth of peanut butter sandwiches, but knowing how to preserve fruit isn't going to do me any good when we're out of water, much less jars, lids, sugar and Sure-Jell.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">What's going to do me the most good regarding an uncertain future is curiosity, love of living, and a respect for my own capacity to change. Which is why I'm boiling an insane number of grapes on the stove this morning.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I've never made grape juice before. Have you?</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 22px; font-family:Georgia, serif;"></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">To leave a comment, click on the word COMMENTS below</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">For a free email subscription to this blog go to the upper-right section of the sidebar</span></span></span></div></span><p></p> <!--EndFragment-->"Daffodil Planter" Charlotte Germanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892686231029047130noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043852825601326628.post-81982774060697867012010-09-22T00:05:00.000-07:002010-09-22T00:05:00.262-07:00Autumnal Equinox 2010<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdjjZsy4YH2Jeyw1A36mULdDYTO-k5iVSEMrofKO9h3mha_uHffvrDZ1tuGUz_h75liSL1h8pt_8rawQIEIyL4_xWY-JPeIpvubWii3JK-ZZTZL53ItjhNSqS8kDKWeuTljz4wH3BpG_I/s1600/800px-The_Harvest_Moon_-_E._A._Waterlow.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdjjZsy4YH2Jeyw1A36mULdDYTO-k5iVSEMrofKO9h3mha_uHffvrDZ1tuGUz_h75liSL1h8pt_8rawQIEIyL4_xWY-JPeIpvubWii3JK-ZZTZL53ItjhNSqS8kDKWeuTljz4wH3BpG_I/s400/800px-The_Harvest_Moon_-_E._A._Waterlow.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519532518629234002" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 21px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Harvest Moon</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, c. 1914</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 21px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Sir Ernest Albert Waterlow (1850-1919)*</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 21px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;font-size:14px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This year in North America the first full day of the Autumnal Equinox coincides with the Full Moon. September's Full Moon is traditionally called the Harvest Moon. Sending hope that it shines on a fruitful time for you and yours.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">*Sir Waterlow was an English landscape painter and academician at the Royal Academy. He worked in oil and was also President of the Royal Society of Water-Colour Artists.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 22px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">To leave a comment, click on the word COMMENTS below</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">For a free email subscription to this blog go to the upper-right section of the sidebar</span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></div>"Daffodil Planter" Charlotte Germanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892686231029047130noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043852825601326628.post-71555828596727754742010-09-07T16:00:00.000-07:002010-12-30T19:02:34.225-08:00Sigmund Freud asked, "What do garden writers want?"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb2pNm3tlYf1YlRI1ATYiuJpjqhHUhmVFAZ6LVAYybHtLMibtLUxo2wj4P5neKGilH9bGIzBhJh9oq1gFb9ejWHbl3T3de5dvro8wf0u70IzjziK6UHUgg_zYP8v2eK2bt0ou1rcyvZNM/s1600/445px-Sigmund_en_Anna.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 297px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb2pNm3tlYf1YlRI1ATYiuJpjqhHUhmVFAZ6LVAYybHtLMibtLUxo2wj4P5neKGilH9bGIzBhJh9oq1gFb9ejWHbl3T3de5dvro8wf0u70IzjziK6UHUgg_zYP8v2eK2bt0ou1rcyvZNM/s400/445px-Sigmund_en_Anna.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514317095278359778" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Sigmund Freud in the garden, with his daughter Anna.</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Or am I getting my quotations mixed up? That's the hot topic tossed out by the new group, </span></span><a href="http://www.gardenwriterstoday.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Garden Writers Today</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Dr. Freud had clients lie on a couch and free asssociate. As a garden writer I'll lie on a hammock and go through the same mental process.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Readers who want to charge $150 an hour to analyze my responses had better stop here.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I want more of the same great support that I'm getting from my online and local community of garden writers:</span></span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Debra Lee Baldwin sent me the rule for when to capitalize and italicize the name of a genus. I printed that out and taped it to the wall in my office. I know--I'm supposed to have it pinned with an adorable trowel tack to a charming cork board. Feel free to send either one.</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Writers who shall remain anonymous have shared information on current rates for writing gigs.</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Dee Nash took a dazzling photo of </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Chionodoxa</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">forbesii</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> 'Pink Giant' and let me use it as the illustration for a newspaper story.</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Rebecca Sweet threw a party for garden bloggers and tweeters who were going to the 2010 San Francisco Flower & Garden Show, and Laura Livengood Schaub made sure we had an "alternative media" press room at the Show.</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Retired Sacramento Bee garden writer Dick Tracy is my neighbor in Nevada County. He reached out as an encouraging mentor and introduced me to his circle of friends.</span></span></li></ul></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Let's keep the camaraderie and information flowing!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 22px; font-size:medium;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">To leave a comment, click on the word COMMENTS below</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">For a free email subscription to this blog go to the upper-right section of the sidebar</span></span></span></span></div></span></span></div><div><br /></div>"Daffodil Planter" Charlotte Germanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892686231029047130noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043852825601326628.post-39630681859280904242010-06-21T06:30:00.000-07:002014-10-15T19:34:55.357-07:00Invasive plants on the lam<div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Butterfly bush (</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Buddleia davidii</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">) is a </span><a href="http://www.nwcb.wa.gov/weed_list/Class_B_weeds.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Class B Noxious Weed</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> in the State of Washington. </span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Don't you love the prison-break-movie sound of that? Some invasives even have prison-style nicknames: </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Albizia julibrissin</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> goes by "Silk Tree", </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Pueraria labata</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> "Kudzu", and </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Perilla frutescens</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> is leader of the chain gang as "Beefsteak". </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">These invasives deserve their own film about breaking out of a perennial border. Here's a preview of some plant-action-movie sequences:</span></span></div>
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"Daffodil Planter" Charlotte Germanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892686231029047130noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043852825601326628.post-89650822607172011302010-05-29T11:00:00.000-07:002010-07-16T17:46:42.967-07:00Garden boots of the rich (?) and famous<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">So, you've been gardening for a while. You've got your favorite shovel, found a dandy garden center, and settled the glove-or-not-to glove issue. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Had it with your soggy sneakers?</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Time to get some real garden shoes. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Here's the scoop from garden writers who are famous for their garden boots. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Their signature footwear. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">As the saying goes, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">by their boots ye shall know them.</span></span></span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">*First up is </span></span><a href="http://web.mac.com/bgdc/bgdc_website/Welcome.html"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Billy Goodnick</span></span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, landscape architect, contributor to </span></span><b><a href="http://www.finegardening.com/blog/sustainable-landscaping"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Fine Gardening</span></span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> magazine, author of the </span></span><a href="http://gardenwiseguy.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Garden Wise Guy</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> blog, and former landscape architect for the City of Santa Barbara. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuNmXn4y6tRmIAVDsdiFaaO8PJnlaSNDFPDAvYBXdFYegt8UEXjIARgk45NkCP5FuhdS5V2hvmRGeaNbpXfRPA2c1I97uD2OIBlnbKAuyvJ3QEDc72D83aM7jCMQcTvJrIchgtvrlcNkM/s1600/Daffodil-Planter-bg-crocs.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 355px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuNmXn4y6tRmIAVDsdiFaaO8PJnlaSNDFPDAvYBXdFYegt8UEXjIARgk45NkCP5FuhdS5V2hvmRGeaNbpXfRPA2c1I97uD2OIBlnbKAuyvJ3QEDc72D83aM7jCMQcTvJrIchgtvrlcNkM/s400/Daffodil-Planter-bg-crocs.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475404938872407762" /></a><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"Since I left the 8-5 sludge behind a year ago, I pretty much live in my Crocs. They really CAN go anywhere: Got the solid black for state dinners, khaki when I disappear from the paparazzi, 6” heel-snake-print-platform-sandal-Jimmy-Choo knock-offs for garden openings, and my steel-toed orange Doc Martins for manly activities. My shoes love me as much as I love them. Look how they flock around when daddy comes home!"</span></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">*Angela Davis</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> has flowers, vegetables and Silkie chickens in her garden near Seattle. She's so obsessed with garden footwear that she named her blog </span></span><a href="http://myrubberboots.wordpress.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Gardening in My Rubber Boots</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. Angela likes classic Wellington boots (a.k.a. Wellies) and her favorites are the Hunter brand worn by Queen Elizabeth.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTBbgo2EP1W76_nAa-0FT6Ad0__uYIAXBOA3OzwrPfhxybdEpp8pdv9oK7VYwdEDkz6LrQqayITgeU9t7OEMHV06abCIRg1_WQbHxz7vz_lrk_3-F-Frh8DoF1_Vt74rTp_VeA-YCIdOA/s1600/smCIMG4301.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 325px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTBbgo2EP1W76_nAa-0FT6Ad0__uYIAXBOA3OzwrPfhxybdEpp8pdv9oK7VYwdEDkz6LrQqayITgeU9t7OEMHV06abCIRg1_WQbHxz7vz_lrk_3-F-Frh8DoF1_Vt74rTp_VeA-YCIdOA/s400/smCIMG4301.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475404780647494914" /></a><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"I have two pairs of black rubber boots. I wear my Hunter boots to plant sales, garden shows, Little League games, the grocery store, etc. Then I have my "stunt double" basic black rubber boots that get all the hard jobs around the house. When my Hunters are no longer new, I'm sure I'll start using them for the harder jobs too.”</span></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">*Shawna Coronado</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> is all about getting green and getting happy. Author of the hit book </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Gardening Nude</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, she's everywhere, communicating her message of how to heal yourself and heal the world. Find out more about this dynamo at her site </span></span><a href="http://www.thecasualgardener.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Casual Gardener</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBEIxYcspv59Id_JzjCu55Gxs6NbXHrwWT78_dLsWJpbxi9jBypUh0HhapsFKyppC0iRYmnDcow9E_NE8HY3O1eHXvtJ_bxTsfcC0SEAGWT2LpM2WDaxbaW0zMLdsXW7s5nm6tb93Bf-s/s1600/sm2010+Digging+Front+Garden.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 248px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBEIxYcspv59Id_JzjCu55Gxs6NbXHrwWT78_dLsWJpbxi9jBypUh0HhapsFKyppC0iRYmnDcow9E_NE8HY3O1eHXvtJ_bxTsfcC0SEAGWT2LpM2WDaxbaW0zMLdsXW7s5nm6tb93Bf-s/s400/sm2010+Digging+Front+Garden.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475404585482558322" /></a><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“Due to a tight budget, I was unable to buy garden boots. I used my old tennis shoes when working in the mucky areas of my gardens and promised myself if I ever saw a pair of taller boots that were priced right I would get them. Happily, I found a pair for under $25 this season at Target and they look great. Turns out they are a stylish and inexpensive solution to keeping your ankles and pants clean when gardening and I love them with a passion!”</span></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">*Dianne Benson</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> is the style maven of the gardening world. A former fashion designer and retailer, she famously turned to gardening and wrote the classic book </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Dirt: The Lowdown on Growing a Garden with Style</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. Dianne has created stunning gardens in the Hamptons and recently opened an online store offering her top picks of garden tools and accessories. Find them all at </span></span><a href="http://www.diannebbest.com/home.php"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Best@DianneB.</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and read her blog </span></span><a href="http://diannebbest.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Dirtier</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. She's wearing some boots from her shop:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb-ImH7rhyPhUH2sJMuhfYic1wdEUfK2yBurYPnnNrjWjpjx1Tv26ECxRpc10d0CbDYiuhOa229AwP8fzidry-dPZ-K55TS-325ORKUNe-7a6wT6h4_Ib1UyIf3VszFss0yP9dyxAhpb0/s1600/IMG_4219nms.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 305px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb-ImH7rhyPhUH2sJMuhfYic1wdEUfK2yBurYPnnNrjWjpjx1Tv26ECxRpc10d0CbDYiuhOa229AwP8fzidry-dPZ-K55TS-325ORKUNe-7a6wT6h4_Ib1UyIf3VszFss0yP9dyxAhpb0/s400/IMG_4219nms.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475404418538064914" /></a><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“These boots are as good in town as they are in the garden...they are not heavy...they are not ugly and they have that fabulous see-through heel that is not too flat. I, personally, cannot make mad dashes around the garden in Wellies -- they make me trip over my own feet."</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"A tasty and young garden writer from The Wall Street Journal, Anne Marie Chaker, recently introduced me to the Chasseur boot from Le Chameau -- they are as sturdy as but much sleeker than Wellies...it could be because they're French or it could be because they're $400...either way they are very chic in a more rugged way; but still not as quirky as the Panther Boots from Dianne B. via Sarazienne in France.”</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A close-up of those Dianne B. boots:</span></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKfxFxMY73Q5QY9IkIR30azlFSPFf9zmStqyLiaNEyeMZat7izsauywkckmPsT1BAX__hKerAt9NO-G7c4H-cjQjnuH6YZ6xW-mU8qov3_upuKrAqfQrqbk5OyXoUO0JZzz5Ycwb4MlOc/s1600/bootimage002.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKfxFxMY73Q5QY9IkIR30azlFSPFf9zmStqyLiaNEyeMZat7izsauywkckmPsT1BAX__hKerAt9NO-G7c4H-cjQjnuH6YZ6xW-mU8qov3_upuKrAqfQrqbk5OyXoUO0JZzz5Ycwb4MlOc/s400/bootimage002.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475404185490583778" /></a><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Which brings us to our First Gardener. Hmm. Those Converse sneakers are not good for more than one hour in the garden.</span></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBa0tDy9br0vxqXvojHyjqlqTbuELz5wc_IUHRWouuOv_l0PrvZ4zkL7x0JprW_d7VqQB0Z-JxcE5TXEpiFQP2w1FqeDyFm9YgTcVdbt16uycvSonpHDcdyZ5Xmlxj1V-yWry63lUzpk0/s1600/LP033110LJ-0251.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 313px; height: 312px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBa0tDy9br0vxqXvojHyjqlqTbuELz5wc_IUHRWouuOv_l0PrvZ4zkL7x0JprW_d7VqQB0Z-JxcE5TXEpiFQP2w1FqeDyFm9YgTcVdbt16uycvSonpHDcdyZ5Xmlxj1V-yWry63lUzpk0/s400/LP033110LJ-0251.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475403985427353554" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ma'am, with the greatest respect--don't you think, as a role model for gardeners all over the world, you need to kick it up a notch in the footwear department? </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Lots of great choices for you here. I look forward to seeing some serious garden boots in the White House garden soon!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">To leave a comment, click on the word COMMENTS below</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">For a free email subscription to this blog go to the upper-right section of the sidebar</span></span></span></div></span></span></div>"Daffodil Planter" Charlotte Germanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892686231029047130noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043852825601326628.post-78469420564065423002010-05-22T16:20:00.000-07:002010-05-23T05:11:43.781-07:00The future of upside-down gardening<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggcl102xC-8Ofk7HXA6XgGaGHAhv-2qr3yM9IFHWv_rhLL0b0GP1dpawkBJ-fcNkGwNgjPO2o-kPzZC8fNAKoA7LCj_13uLY-Kn4FyJsowpvfqkXDfBlGEzPkUBlvu9yLZGAa7Qw7UcTY/s1600/82176788_731e42eaf9.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggcl102xC-8Ofk7HXA6XgGaGHAhv-2qr3yM9IFHWv_rhLL0b0GP1dpawkBJ-fcNkGwNgjPO2o-kPzZC8fNAKoA7LCj_13uLY-Kn4FyJsowpvfqkXDfBlGEzPkUBlvu9yLZGAa7Qw7UcTY/s400/82176788_731e42eaf9.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474241720447073138" /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Topsy Turvy in action.</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Photo: Topsy Turvy.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">As <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/20/garden/20tomato.html">The </a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/20/garden/20tomato.html">New York Times</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> points out, the Topsy Turvy tomato planter is a hot ticket in the big-box stores. Thousands of American houses will be festooned with dirt-filled plastic cylinders and dangling tomatoes this summer.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Tomatoes are the number one crop in U.S. gardens, and more power to anyone who makes them easier to grow.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">But as I always say, "The best way to earn money in the garden is to invent a gadget for growing tomatoes."</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I'm not convinced by this upside-downing yet. For one thing, that fast-draining soil would need to be watered twice a day in my hot climate.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The upside-down gardening fans are full of zeal. What if they decide other plants could benefit from this growing technique? I fear for American gardens.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Come spring we could see:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5dZP17W__n04PuvDu_VwrHUXbBTesZD6kLi8iW9Qi_XnjSDIwcmLhzJJNAEnmKGuH5sSITzulr8pTE60tNqxu_sYuiP4gUDa-cWucZcN4LjUay6w6bAXfvpAxYsb0wEEEwBqXfUAikBI/s1600/iStock_000012001575XSmallU.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5dZP17W__n04PuvDu_VwrHUXbBTesZD6kLi8iW9Qi_XnjSDIwcmLhzJJNAEnmKGuH5sSITzulr8pTE60tNqxu_sYuiP4gUDa-cWucZcN4LjUay6w6bAXfvpAxYsb0wEEEwBqXfUAikBI/s400/iStock_000012001575XSmallU.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474241195540019170" /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><b><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And who knows if dedicated fans will seek their own health benefits with:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div></b></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYKGfJe5I74MhSfueh4WskVps3RPK-MbGFYNGUyWXWYk9GqYp8nooznTbUbu_NdtZUckc_Z1coAKJn3Amqis1WJ-Qw4cP6sHbIXKMuwQPbsPGu3ksF3scQCiMSktwEOkq_Kq8yfIO1HHw/s1600/iStock_000004971080XSmallu.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 341px; height: 352px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYKGfJe5I74MhSfueh4WskVps3RPK-MbGFYNGUyWXWYk9GqYp8nooznTbUbu_NdtZUckc_Z1coAKJn3Amqis1WJ-Qw4cP6sHbIXKMuwQPbsPGu3ksF3scQCiMSktwEOkq_Kq8yfIO1HHw/s400/iStock_000004971080XSmallu.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474240804302325698" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">How about you? Will your tomatoes be doing a headstand this summer?</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">To leave a comment, click on the word COMMENTS below</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">For a free email subscription to this blog go to the upper-right section of the sidebar</span></span></span></div>"Daffodil Planter" Charlotte Germanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892686231029047130noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043852825601326628.post-47321173908644718812010-04-27T13:30:00.000-07:002012-01-28T15:14:06.327-08:00Episode 2: Love blooms in Asheville, North Carolina<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTGFploCKnnH0hm-L-QDbvpG4OCWCR0815bd4hc6gTqcwbVGjz-rK-EsC9V8l6jMNNDU5GcpD18pKT7lRk4qwLzKslTPkSFBzh0ZtY0w20Nc_fqzVifkXRvvKSsFQOJYmjYVjWUHv00TY/s1600/800px-S_%2526_W_Cafeteria_-_exterior.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTGFploCKnnH0hm-L-QDbvpG4OCWCR0815bd4hc6gTqcwbVGjz-rK-EsC9V8l6jMNNDU5GcpD18pKT7lRk4qwLzKslTPkSFBzh0ZtY0w20Nc_fqzVifkXRvvKSsFQOJYmjYVjWUHv00TY/s400/800px-S_%2526_W_Cafeteria_-_exterior.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702724991266021362" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">One of many fine 1920s buildings in downtown Asheville; </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">note the green tile roof.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Last time on </span></span><b><a href="http://daffodilplanter.blogspot.com/2009/03/love-blooms-in-asheville-north-carolina.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Love Blooms in Asheville</span></span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> we eavesdropped on the love-struck gardeners, George and Alice, who had just met and were discovering all they had in common. Let's catch up on their conversation that afternoon in a downtown Asheville bistro:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">And George, I grow a lot of shade plants--</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I do too, Alice!</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Especially rhododendrons.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Native rhododendrons?</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Oh, all kinds. You know George, there are so many pretty hybrids and I--</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">This won't work Alice.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">What?! What do you mean?</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I can't possibly have a relationship with someone who grows non-native plants.</span></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">George rises abruptly, knocking over his glass of organic red wine.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Alice gasps as the wine splashes on her white Patagonia Synchilla fleece vest</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">.</span></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Oh no!</span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Alice, what have I done?</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Never mind George. Just go.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Alice, are you crying?</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Well George, you didn't let me finish my sentence. I was about to tell you--the rhododendron hybrids were already in the garden when I bought the house. But that probably doesn't matter to you. You probably think I should have dug them all up. Now please, leave me alone. </span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">George sits down.</span></span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Alice, I'm sorry. I was just so surprised. It seemed like we were on the same wavelength in every way, and then, when you said you grew hybrids--well, it made me wonder if I really knew you.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">But George, we've only been talking for an hour. You said you thought I was your soul mate but you don't know me yet. You probably don't even know that you ruined my vest</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Alice, give me a little credit. I understand about red wine stains. And I even know your vest is made from recycled plastic bottles. It's one of the things that drew me to you.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Really?</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Yes. I thought, "There's a woman who cares about the environment." Won't you give me another chance Alice? At least let me buy you a new vest?</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Oh, you don't have to do that.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Well, could I buy you a plant then?</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Oh George, you're sweet. You know, I actually do need some organic vegetable starts for the sunny spot in my garden. You could get me some of those?</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sounds good. Let me take you to my favorite nursery. </span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">They stand and walk to the door.</span></span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This will be fun, George. I wonder if we have the same favorite nursery? I'm really looking forward to growing my own vegetables in the front yard this year.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Vegetables in the FRONT yard, Alice? </span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">They stop and stare at each other. Alice sighs.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">George, haven't you heard of edible landscaping?</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Well, no.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Did your mother tell you it was tacky to grow vegetables in the front yard?</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Well, yes.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Alice heads out the door.</span></span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Come on, George. Before your nursery, let's go around the corner to </span></span><a href="http://www.malaprops.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Malaprop's</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">. I want to show you some books by </span></span><a href="http://www.rosalindcreasy.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Rosalind Creasy</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">....</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">To leave a comment, click on the word COMMENTS below</span></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i></i><br /></span></span></p><p color="#444444" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">For a free email subscription to this blog go to the upper-right section of the sidebar</span></span></i></p></span></i></div><div><br /></div>"Daffodil Planter" Charlotte Germanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892686231029047130noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043852825601326628.post-58119933385684715232010-03-30T16:00:00.000-07:002010-03-31T00:15:36.121-07:00In the zone<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7mMP92pbW4F1zkenv73_5xe4ofk_Ki40LcQzCU2NLzI1kpxFGlChltLrmubKcImD4nBQeQ-UlGhIxuF7InwMXG7EwwI8anz_bwGYwSdbdDWf6WwfP3VaX82AGKoPnr8iaHM-e_p-t78I/s1600/USDA_Hardiness_zone_map.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 399px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7mMP92pbW4F1zkenv73_5xe4ofk_Ki40LcQzCU2NLzI1kpxFGlChltLrmubKcImD4nBQeQ-UlGhIxuF7InwMXG7EwwI8anz_bwGYwSdbdDWf6WwfP3VaX82AGKoPnr8iaHM-e_p-t78I/s400/USDA_Hardiness_zone_map.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454566166403251042" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">USDA Hardiness Zone Map</span></b></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>The U.S. Department of Agriculture [USDA] is about to release a new version of the </span></span><a href="http://www.usna.usda.gov/Hardzone/ushzmap.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">weather map</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> that divides the country into climate zones. </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Just as a pick-up artist identifies himself, </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I'm an Aries, </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">a gardener shares the salient information, </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I'm Zone 7b</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">At least I do--don't you?</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Are we in for a mass identity crisis? In an </span></span><a href="http://transatlanticplantsman.typepad.com/transatlantic_plantsman/2010/03/new-hardiness-zone-map-launches-soon.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">interview</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> with the USDA, blogger Graham Rice was told the zones would not be changed but instead shown in more detail.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">That's as may be. The USDA is, after all, a federal agency, and political pressure could be brought to bear on its good workers.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The temptations are great. Think of the massive population shift if Michigan were suddenly reclassified as warm Zone 9. Droves of naive gardeners yearning to grow tender plants could be fooled into buying Detroit real estate.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">What if a Senator wanted to contradict global warming theory by giving his state a colder zone number?</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Perhaps it's time to take this zoning power out of the hands of the federal government and give it to an expert, apolitical body. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Yes, I mean the garden editors at </span></span><b><a href="http://www.sunset.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Sunset</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">in Menlo Park, California. They developed their own Western states zones with detailed gradations, and expanded that system to cover the </span></span><a href="http://www.sunset.com/garden/climate-zones/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">whole country</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I'd be fine with introducing myself as </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Sunset Zone 7</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Sunset staff would have to watch their backs though. Lobbyists would be lurking in the Sunset </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><a href="http://www.sunset.com/garden/landscaping-design/sunset-garden-tour-00400000015024/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">test garden</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, leaping out from behind buddleias to harass editors. </span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">To leave a comment, click on the word COMMENTS below</span></span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i></i><br /></span></span></p><p color="#444444" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">For a free email subscription to this blog go to the upper-right section of the sidebar</span></span></i></p></span></div>"Daffodil Planter" Charlotte Germanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892686231029047130noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043852825601326628.post-20662909322480334402010-03-17T21:50:00.000-07:002014-11-21T17:18:18.190-08:00Narcissus 'Misty Glen' takes home the Wister Award<div>
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"Daffodil Planter" Charlotte Germanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892686231029047130noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043852825601326628.post-54118924669044308952010-03-08T00:01:00.000-08:002012-12-07T00:17:19.767-08:00Daffodil Blogorama 2010<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Narcissus Nirvana is here with a </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Daffodil Blogorama (</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">a round-up of blog posts about daffodils) and the annual meeting of the American Daffodil Society.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Drive to the Northern California Gold Country this week<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Trebuchet MS', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">end for the FREE show at the </span></span><span style="color:#663399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.daffodil.org/2010adsconvention/">National Convention</a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> of the </span></span><span style="color:#663399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.daffodilusa.org/">American Daffodil Societ</a>y</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. The National Show will be at </span></span><span style="color:#663399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.ironstonevineyards.com/index.cfm?method=pages.showPage&pageid=29f4b5a0-97f3-4e79-192d-ab98d76414f7">Ironstone Vineyards</a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> where the gardens boast 300,000 daffodils. </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Click on a photo to enlarge it.</span></span></i></span></span></span></p></span><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJCMv9RExT60OSSzRLpj2iCHgbToJnip6s-BTaqeT3IQ7REVESBe34sf1Ec8-TQyhyphenhyphenwTWYPsWU0Ao58KyVmWCc48DHnFfmMZ_ofPJCros4ahAm2vUYWmMVQdKKeeQN9YgKoNJ9HAhzmzQ/s1600-h/tonsofdaffodilalongthroad.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJCMv9RExT60OSSzRLpj2iCHgbToJnip6s-BTaqeT3IQ7REVESBe34sf1Ec8-TQyhyphenhyphenwTWYPsWU0Ao58KyVmWCc48DHnFfmMZ_ofPJCros4ahAm2vUYWmMVQdKKeeQN9YgKoNJ9HAhzmzQ/s400/tonsofdaffodilalongthroad.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446299792513058242" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhORk5_pQQsOQxG0Mgena-Ky2cOK99q3fpm6s-vRQU3p8naM41N03Qz-IYNZ7Xo-FvuSxfxba-NlLSKvSyS10rcv3HcqN6FZIfimE0ojsbNWO0V5isSRE3kWtyxBsySHOTKdAXWKNhgqzI/s1600-h/daffodilsalongvines.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhORk5_pQQsOQxG0Mgena-Ky2cOK99q3fpm6s-vRQU3p8naM41N03Qz-IYNZ7Xo-FvuSxfxba-NlLSKvSyS10rcv3HcqN6FZIfimE0ojsbNWO0V5isSRE3kWtyxBsySHOTKdAXWKNhgqzI/s400/daffodilsalongvines.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446299673206572994" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Naturalized daffodils edge the vineyards.</span></span></b></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ3PAwwoJP7VgDfRJxJAJlIxehOmGu_307JRu-e9dvEMtEo647N2rWaaOSpbTOOxnw4NKYTjrdqT6gqtheyPAlALMUrBC60ESIzCp07gNwm-UxLw7MmMW03Jg6sZiHPFa9Nq4rWNKcfEg/s1600-h/daffodilsintastingroomentrance.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ3PAwwoJP7VgDfRJxJAJlIxehOmGu_307JRu-e9dvEMtEo647N2rWaaOSpbTOOxnw4NKYTjrdqT6gqtheyPAlALMUrBC60ESIzCp07gNwm-UxLw7MmMW03Jg6sZiHPFa9Nq4rWNKcfEg/s400/daffodilsintastingroomentrance.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446299555420527154" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">Photos: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.daffodil.org/">Northern California Daffodil Society</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"> and Ben Blake.</span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Tubs of daffodils greet you at the entrance to the show.</span></span></b></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Palatino; min-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Palatino; min-height: 16.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Hundreds of flowers will be on display indoors, including the world's largest assemblage of miniature daffodils and a collection of green-hued daffodils. The National Show is open to the public March 12-14: Friday 1-5, Saturday 9-5, and Sunday 9-3. Click </span></span><span style="color:#663399;"><a href="http://www.ironstonevineyards.com/index.cfm?method=pages.showPage&pageid=eb27092a-a443-036a-5863-fe22c5e162f6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">here</span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> for directions to Ironstone Vineyards in Murphys.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS; min-height: 19.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Daffodil Blogorama</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> tour of the world begins now, starting in California and moving East around the globe. Click on the name of the blog to see a daffodil story:</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS; min-height: 19.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">* Saxon Holt, the eminent landscape photographer, gives tips on taking pictures of daffodils at </span></span><span style="color:#663399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.gardeninggonewild.com/?p=11378">Gardening Gone Wild</a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; 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font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">* Winner of Blotanical's Garden Blog of the Year for two years running, Frances from Tennessee posts at </span></span><span style="color:#663399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://fairegarden.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/daffodil-hit-parade-mid-season-blooms/">Fairegarden</a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> about mid-season daffodils.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS; min-height: 19.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">* The Canadian sister act: Helen and Sarah blog at </span></span><span style="color:#663399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://torontogardens.blogspot.com/2009/04/faves-narcissus-ice-follies.html">Toronto Gardens</a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> about 'Ice Follies'.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS; min-height: 19.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">* Jan of Northern Virginia at </span></span><span style="color:#663399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://thanksfor2day.blogspot.com/2010/03/garden-bloggers-muse-day-march-1-2010.html">Thanks For 2 Day</a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> brings Wordsworth to the daffodil party.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS; min-height: 19.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">* Maryland flower photographer Patty Hankins at </span></span><span style="color:#663399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://hankinslawrenceimages.wordpress.com/2008/03/20/happy-spring-time-for-daffodils/">Beautiful Flower Pictures</a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> posts a group of daffodil photos.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS; min-height: 19.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">* Janet is </span></span><span style="color:#663399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://thequeenofseaford.blogspot.com/2009/01/ive-been-tagged.html">The Queen of Seaford</a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> in Seaford, Virginia. She posts about a miniature daffodil.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS; min-height: 19.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">* Naomi Sachs in New York writes about the American Cancer Society's Daffodil Days program on her </span></span><span style="color:#663399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://tldb.blogspot.com/2010/03/daffodil-days-with-american-cancer.html">Therapeutic Landscapes Network Blog</a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS; min-height: 19.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">* Moosey is in a category all her own. A pioneer in garden blogging, she was sharing online stories from </span></span><span style="color:#663399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.mooseyscountrygarden.com/flower-bulbs/daffodil-time-planting.html">Moosey's Country Garden</a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> in New Zealand before the word </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">blog</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> was invented. She posts about the ultimate challenge with daffodils--deciding which varieties to buy.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS; min-height: 19.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Thanks to all the bloggers for sharing their work!</span></span></i></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS; min-height: 19.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Can't get enough?</span></span></i></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS; min-height: 19.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS"><span style="color:#663399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://daffodilfestivals.com/firstdaffodils/">First Daffodils 2010</a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> is a blog where people from all over the world send photos of the first sightings of daffodils in their towns. Order a daffodil note cube there too.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS; min-height: 19.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">If you can't attend the National Show this year, check out the </span></span><span style="color:#663399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.daffodilusa.org/">American Daffodil Society website</a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> for answers to all your daffodil questions. Join the American Daffodil Society and </span></span><span style="color:#663399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.daffodilusa.org/soc.html">a daffodil society near you</a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS; min-height: 19.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS; min-height: 19.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">To leave a comment, click on the word COMMENTS below</span></span></i></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS; min-height: 19.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i></i><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS; color:#444444;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">For a free email subscription to this blog go to the upper-right corner of the page</span></span></i></p></span><div><div><div><div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>"Daffodil Planter" Charlotte Germanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892686231029047130noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043852825601326628.post-68052246859385951122010-03-05T12:15:00.000-08:002012-12-07T00:18:10.440-08:00A passion for Narcissus 'Passionale'<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIjVlqzZGWd_RM6Kf0y2bT6kPEZYUJ0MfJrt6VjFia32Y_7kGAn63Q4P9Prh5AFxLoeHRoduKF3Us-ZLEnTCJ8vHO0z7_lozanp8Y8-7fSU7AvIKbHfbhOamD3TZKRwmsWig85P71m-SA/s1600-h/passionale.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 310px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIjVlqzZGWd_RM6Kf0y2bT6kPEZYUJ0MfJrt6VjFia32Y_7kGAn63Q4P9Prh5AFxLoeHRoduKF3Us-ZLEnTCJ8vHO0z7_lozanp8Y8-7fSU7AvIKbHfbhOamD3TZKRwmsWig85P71m-SA/s400/passionale.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445245033435887970" /></a><i><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Narcissus</span></b></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> 'Passionale' </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(click photo to enlarge)</span></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Photo courtesy of </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><a href="http://daffseek.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">DaffSeek</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> and </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Carlos van der Veek</span></span></span></div></i><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">In his weekly </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Earthman</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> columns Henry Mitchell, famed writer for the </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Washington Post</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">, made gardens sound like magical places whose creation was within our grasp. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">He cast a spell over me, and all my gardening choices were ruled by his preferences. I love daffodils and soaked up his opinions on the subject.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Here's what he had to say about </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Narcissus</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> 'Passionale' in his column called </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Daffodil Time</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">:</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">There is a pink-crowned white flower, 'Passionale', which is, not to split hairs about it, supremely beautiful. ... I hope any gardener will try at least a few of the most beautiful sorts, like 'Passionale'. Even one bulb.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Ever the obedient reader, I bought 20 'Passionale' bulbs and planted them in front of my house. He was, of course, absolutely right. If I could have only one garden book it would be the collection of his columns, </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The Essential Earthman</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Henry Mitchell became ill and lingered painfully for many months. He died in 1993, planting daffodils with a neighbor. I'm sad Henry Mitchell is not here to attend the </span></span><a href="http://www.daffodil.org/2010adsconvention/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">National Convention</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> of the </span></span><a href="http://www.daffodilusa.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">American Daffodil Society</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> in Murphys, California next week. I'd love to know which daffodils he would find "supremely beautiful" these days.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#444444;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">To leave a comment, click on the word COMMMENTS below</span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>For a free email subscription to this blog go to the upper-right corner of the page</i></span></span></div>"Daffodil Planter" Charlotte Germanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892686231029047130noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043852825601326628.post-19556615742369494962010-02-27T19:00:00.000-08:002010-03-18T21:46:57.257-07:00A snowy moon for Katie<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBxbnqcCPgLg9uC5nUqCxQtS3YhWOmaRfdLG2aFm0GuQPW1C6M7Xu2xF6G-DFDPzDx7qd6EY80GHeQSoS47i6hxSGWcTHQ-DOJidMdpE1bVuqUDK7uZhWJwf6ASXnSEim0tsywyBQ_ZJQ/s1600-h/snowmoon_id454387_jpg_7d84f0671fcee36d34b966f8f38b16b9.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 273px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBxbnqcCPgLg9uC5nUqCxQtS3YhWOmaRfdLG2aFm0GuQPW1C6M7Xu2xF6G-DFDPzDx7qd6EY80GHeQSoS47i6hxSGWcTHQ-DOJidMdpE1bVuqUDK7uZhWJwf6ASXnSEim0tsywyBQ_ZJQ/s400/snowmoon_id454387_jpg_7d84f0671fcee36d34b966f8f38b16b9.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443124609600715218" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Katie, the much-loved blogger at <a href="http://www.gardenpunks.com">g</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.gardenpunks.com">ardenpunk</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, is very ill. Before she got sick she wrote about her new truck, the truck she had dreamed of:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(41, 46, 41); line-height: 19px; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A truck where I can drive out into a field, stand in the bed, and take pictures of the rising moon. A truck I can take to the snow.</span></span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#292E29;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#292E29;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I thought she'd like this picture. Adventures ahead, Katie! Come on back!</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#292E29;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#292E29;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">To leave a comment, click on the word COMMENTS below.</span></span></i></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>"Daffodil Planter" Charlotte Germanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892686231029047130noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043852825601326628.post-54060010354237582022010-02-24T22:00:00.000-08:002010-03-20T11:02:26.777-07:00I wrestled an Anaconda in my garden today<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaaF1HyjTOEdUbo314ToQCMnJyzAd5EIuJoyZH0hyRDForWR-1JEuzln8hYMeX0Cxg0d-2Bks3CngAXDCrdlSJOgUofe2iAZ_sjOWY4QFg7nirsqCWq6F8XOseOIQmw_VsHyp230GGi6I/s1600-h/Green_Anaconda_001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 316px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaaF1HyjTOEdUbo314ToQCMnJyzAd5EIuJoyZH0hyRDForWR-1JEuzln8hYMeX0Cxg0d-2Bks3CngAXDCrdlSJOgUofe2iAZ_sjOWY4QFg7nirsqCWq6F8XOseOIQmw_VsHyp230GGi6I/s400/Green_Anaconda_001.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442002391871687954" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Green Anaconda</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Photo: Ltshears</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It was 20 feet long--green, sinuous and slippery. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I was pulling it down from the lamp post at the end of my driveway when suddenly it wound around my ankles, and then coiled up to my waist. I tried to grip it to get some control, but it kept sliding through my hands. We struggled for what seemed like hours and I was panting, sweaty and wondering how much longer I could last. Luckily I had my pruners in my pocket and I was finally able to subdue it.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I'm not sure what the turning point was in the fight, but I think it caught sight of the label on the front of my tall rubber boots--</span></span><a href="http://myrubberboots.wordpress.com/2010/01/31/welcome-my-new-hunter-boots/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Hunter</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">--and that weakened its will.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">This 20 foot garden terror has the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Latin name of </span></span><i><a href="http://callusandchlorophyll.blogspot.com/2009/03/curse-of-hederahelix.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Hedera helix</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">.</span></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It's English ivy.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Once it gave up I crammed it in the yard waste container and slammed down the lid. We're due for a yard waste pick-up in a few days, but I wish it were sooner. I hear thumping from inside the container.</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">To leave a comment, click on the word COMMENTS below</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family:'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">For a free email subscription to this blog go to the upper-right corner of the page</span></span></i></span></div><div><br /></div>"Daffodil Planter" Charlotte Germanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892686231029047130noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043852825601326628.post-72618776914425541752010-02-09T21:30:00.000-08:002010-03-05T20:36:21.803-08:00Cupid's garden<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ZcRtfqqN5RWLH3zXuSk1rUZ1XFEbuLRoFoY7W33VY2GVHtstiGUKNLyux5XJbR37pMyrKInDdDFuSaVNzfffhHMT6NS7Wkxpm3MRHJ2MgdevapawEGxgJGfMc05Cv7aI4PyVOXtdbtQ/s1600-h/Psyche_Opening_the_Door_into_Cupid's_Garden.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 251px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ZcRtfqqN5RWLH3zXuSk1rUZ1XFEbuLRoFoY7W33VY2GVHtstiGUKNLyux5XJbR37pMyrKInDdDFuSaVNzfffhHMT6NS7Wkxpm3MRHJ2MgdevapawEGxgJGfMc05Cv7aI4PyVOXtdbtQ/s400/Psyche_Opening_the_Door_into_Cupid's_Garden.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436405826380267426" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Psyche Opening the Door into Cupid's Garden</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">, c. 1904, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">J.W. Waterhouse (1849-1917)*</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Who knew Cupid was a gardener? Of course he used a classical landscape design. And a whole lotta lawn. But Cupid's not to blame; the anti-lawn movement was centuries in the future. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We're in Cupid's favorite week with you-know-what in the air. These are my garden loves. Yours too?</span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><ol><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Striped flowers</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Nibbling the first leaves of agastache</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Wild violets</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Rangy rhododendrons</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Garden swings</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Afternoon sun shining through redbud leaves</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Crows yelling at each other while they roost for the night</span></span></li></ol></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I got an early Valentine when the inspiring blogger Deja Pseu at </span></span><a href="http://www.unefemme.net/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Une femme d'un certain age</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> tossed a </span></span><a href="http://www.unefemme.net/2010/02/cest-une-honneur.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Beautiful Blogger Award</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> my way. In return I had to list seven things about myself. If you are a </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">femme</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and hitting </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">un certain age</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, drop those seed catalogs and rush to her always fab blog.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">My Valentine to Deja Pseu--a candy heart that says TRÈS CHIC.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">P.S. Gardening chic is not an oxymoron if you follow Angela's advice at </span></span><a href="http://myrubberboots.wordpress.com/2010/01/31/welcome-my-new-hunter-boots/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Gardening in my Rubber Boots</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">: use </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Armor All to shine up your Hunter Wellington boots. What do you bet Psyche had Wellies on with that pink gown of hers? </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">*Mr. Waterhouse was an English painter. This painting is in the collection of the Harris Museum, Preston, Lancashire, England.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">To leave a comment, click on the word COMMENTS below</span></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; ">For a free email subscription to this blog go to the upper-right corner of the page</span></span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div></span></i></span></div></div>"Daffodil Planter" Charlotte Germanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892686231029047130noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043852825601326628.post-90943252374084129372010-02-02T03:30:00.001-08:002012-02-02T07:51:34.167-08:00The groundhog's song<div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLLc7rnzcEcglVUPFt0OmErvBRq2b_Qx1jvwV-hS-Dhfg5aTaUG_6vO1DA0sj2rYoFj9cRBekvlkKy4xXboMXsdgjHdPdi_O9CAaHm2lBVM4mgOLs_lXaCPP4K1By8zvQsUuL__9Uv50Q/s1600-h/Groundhog10.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLLc7rnzcEcglVUPFt0OmErvBRq2b_Qx1jvwV-hS-Dhfg5aTaUG_6vO1DA0sj2rYoFj9cRBekvlkKy4xXboMXsdgjHdPdi_O9CAaHm2lBVM4mgOLs_lXaCPP4K1By8zvQsUuL__9Uv50Q/s400/Groundhog10.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433503430230061314" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Photo: Supherman</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Oh, I'm Punxsutawney Phil</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">From the Keystone State.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Today I'll tell you all if</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Spring is going to be late.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">To all you eager gardeners</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Who hounded me from my bed.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Go back to your flower shows*</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And gardening books** instead!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">*Show time! Catch the <a href="http://www.gardenshow.com/">Northwest Flower & Garden Show</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> in Seattle. <a href="http://www.theflowershow.com/home/index.html">Philadelphia</a> hosts the world's largest indoor flower show. Garden experts from around the country will be flocking to the </span><a href="http://www.sfgardenshow.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">San Francisco Flower & Garden Show</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> in San Mateo. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">**I wrote</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> two book reviews for The Union newspaper. Click to read author interviews about </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.theunion.com/article/20100417/FEATURES/100419792&parentprofile=search">Fearless Color Gardens</a></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by Keeyla Meadows, and </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.theunion.com/article/20100322/FEATURES/100329979">Succulent Container Gardens</a></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by Debra Lee Baldwin</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">To leave a comment, click on the word COMMENTS below.</span></i></div></span>"Daffodil Planter" Charlotte Germanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892686231029047130noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043852825601326628.post-37722734428568800932010-01-19T15:00:00.000-08:002010-12-28T14:35:12.404-08:00Is it too late to ask Santa for a rain barrel?<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNaOVbTteEvsBBBxLav-gXZb6t9GHxYIViaVlB9kspEdpdz9PCV-urK1-2VkrdXIVr-CyaNuV-kNjW0OZlLPAng_4fgOmmuLUEtOq3Jd0wKJxFARjqh8crlQlTUQDzQZsuAvaaJWHSl2g/s1600-h/rainunderfoot.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 205px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNaOVbTteEvsBBBxLav-gXZb6t9GHxYIViaVlB9kspEdpdz9PCV-urK1-2VkrdXIVr-CyaNuV-kNjW0OZlLPAng_4fgOmmuLUEtOq3Jd0wKJxFARjqh8crlQlTUQDzQZsuAvaaJWHSl2g/s400/rainunderfoot.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428571633768158770" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We've had an inch of rain in just a few hours this morning. In a pathetic attempt to balance the wet and dry seasons I set my watering can out on the deck to catch some rain. That should do the trick. No more summer water needs at </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">this</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> house.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The downpour reminds me that I always wanted a water feature in my garden. Do overflowing gutters count? They make a lovely trickling sound on the front walk. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Looking out the window at the sheets of rain I ask, </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Why, oh why didn't I have the wit to buy a rain barrel? </span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It's not like nobody warned me. Wonderful David at </span><a href="http://montanawildlifegardener.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Montana Wildlife Gardener</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> gave me </span><a href="http://montanawildlifegardener.blogspot.com/2009/03/rain-barrels.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">chapter</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and </span><a href="http://montanawildlifegardener.blogspot.com/2009/03/how-to-build-rain-barrel-prequel.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">verse</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> on how to install a rain barrel. He's a genuine wildlife biologist. But did I listen? </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And only yesterday that sound fellow, John Black at </span><a href="http://verdancedesign.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A Verdant Life</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, offered a thorough analysis of </span><a href="http://verdancedesign.blogspot.com/2010/01/its-raining-now-what.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">the ways and means of saving rainwater</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It could be worse; our driveway is gravel so the rain soaks on in, helping the roots of the Incense cedars, oaks and Ponderosa pines.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">But inside the house I grieve over my short-sightedness. The children's song keeps ringing in my mind:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">You can't holler down our rain barrel,</span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">You can't climb our apple tree,</span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I don't want to play in your yard,</span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">If you won't be good to me.*</span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Here's a two-part question for you:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Do you have a rain barrel? 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