Garden ’siteseeing’ in Australia, Alaska, Florida, and New York
By Judy Lowe | 06.03.09
What’s “garden siteseeing”? It’s stepping aboard the Web’s magic carpet to wing our way around the world visiting interesting gardens and the gardeners who plan, plant, and care for them. It’s been a regular feature of Diggin’ It since the beginning, but lately, a visitor recently pointed out, we’d neglected our trips. So, starting today, they’ll return as a weekly feature.
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The six plants I can’t live without
By Judy Lowe | 04.20.09
“That’s impossible” was my first thought when Steve Bender (Southern Living magazine’s Grumpy Gardener and coauthor of the wonderful book, “Passalong Plants“) e-mailed to suggest a “blogathon” in which 10 garden bloggers would talk about six plants they can’t live without. Only six? There are more groups of plants than that — annuals, perennials, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, herbs, vegetables, fruits, and roses, plus ornamental grasses, wildflowers, and water garden plants (although, if you’re being picky, those are annuals and perennials). …
And I try dozens of new plants every year. How can I limit myself to six? But, you know, I probably could — if I really had to. I’ve moved around a lot in my adult life, which has greatly enriched my gardening experience, and there are some common threads in all the gardens I’ve created in various places — among them Tennessee, West Virginia, Germany, Massachusetts.
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Garden ’siteseeing’ in Texas and Britain
By Judy Lowe | 03.06.09
Why are we visiting gardeners in such disparate areas? Think of it as serendipity. It just happened as I was mousing about the Web that these were the garden sites and people who appealed to me on a Friday morning.
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Garden ’siteseeng’ around the Web
By Judy Lowe | 02.20.09
For those of you who are new to our weekly siteseeing trips, they’re all about seeing the sights at garden websites. (A little play on words there; not a misspelling of “sightseeing.”) We visit gardens and gardeners in other parts of the US and the world to see what’s happening — and growing — in various places.
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Twitterers in the garden
By Judy Lowe | 02.19.09
If you think I’m writing about birds again, you’re mistaken. This one’s actually about technology.
