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Winter 2012 (click here to open)
How Master Gardeners Do It—1
Gardeners and Frogs: Natural Friends and Allies—7
Gardening Books at the Public Library—9
Grow It and Eat It: Winter Greens—10
Doing Your Part to Prevent the Introduction of Invasive Pests and Diseases,
Part 3—12
Frost Protection for Citrus and Other Subtropicals—13
Book Reviews—16
Does Square Foot Gardening Really Work?—18
Fall 2011
Recognizing Light Brown Apple Moth—1
IPM for Codling Moth—4
IPM and Beneficial Insects—6
How to Manage Pests: Codling Moth—7
How Master Gardeners Do It—8
Plant, Harvest, Eat: Zucchini—12
Rabbit Rap Sheet—13
Confessions of a Reluctant Gardener—14
Book Reviews—15
Summer 2011
Exquisite Tenacity—1
Loving Rosemary—3
MGs: Doing Your Part to Prevent the Introduction of Invasive Pests and Diseases Is Easier Than You Think—4
Keep it in the Garden: Protect California’s Natural Habitats—4
More on Spotted Wing Drosophila—6
MBMGs Doing Good Work—7
Book Review—9
Inspiring Gardens Tour—10
Relevant Internet Miscellany—14
2011 Smart Gardening Fair in Pictures—14
Spring 2011 (click here to open)
Moon Gardens—1
Smart Gardening Fair—2
Native Plants No Panacea—3
New Invasive Pest Causes Distorted Growth on Myoporum Species—6
Dry Farming Tomatoes—7
How Master Gardeners Do It—9
IPM for Voles—10
Book Review—12
Oxalis pes-caprae—13
Taking Comfort in Potatoes—14
News from the Winter Issue of the UC MG Coordinator Newsletter—15
MBMGs Doing Good Work—16
Winter 2011 (click here to open)
Gifts from the Garden—1
Poisonous Holiday Plants—5
Soil Organism and IPM—6
Growing Wheat California Style—8
Kale for the Fearless—8
Book Review—9
Green Initiatives at the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula—10
Dogs in the Garden—11
Monterey Bay Master Gardeners Doing Good Work—13
New Water-Smart Website—14
Benefits of Worm Compost—14
Fall 2010 (click here to open)
Garden Tour—Behind the Scenes—1
Rodenticides: Overview and Online Resources, Sue Tarjan —4
Organic Foods Need a Good Scrubbing, Leora Worthington —6
What’s Hot/What’s Not in IPM, Patty Nicely —7
How Master Gardeners Do It, Sharon Ettinger —9
The Apple Is a Rose, Kathleen Sonntag —12
Relevant Internet Miscellany, Christina Kriedt —13
It’s a Jungle Out There, Paul McCollum —14
Summer 2010 (click here to open)
Getting Along with Gophers, Sue Tarjan —1
Welcome 2010 Master Gardener Graduates, Simon Stapleton —4
2010 Masters Garden Tour, Cynthia Jordan —5
Vegetable Gardening in Containers, Glenn Lattig —9
IPM and Late Blight, Patty Nicely —12
Carrots—Cooked or Raw, They Do a Body Good, Kathleen Sonntag —13
How Master Gardeners Do It, Sharon Ettinger —15
More Herbs in Containers, Chrsitina Kriedt —17
Dahlias, Cynthia Jordan —18
Book Review: Landscape Plants for California Gardens, Sue Tarjan —21
Relevant Internet Miscellany, Christina Kriedt —23
Confessions of a Reluctant Gardener, Chrsitina Kriedt —23
Spring 2010 (click here to open)
Making Friends in Your Garden, Patty Nicely —1
Growing Woody Herbs in Containers, Christina Kriedt —3
Asparagus—a Spring Delicacy, Kathleen Sonntag —5
How to Plant and Care for Tree Dahlias, Paul McCollum —6
Composting for the Rest of Us, Kathleen Sonntag —8
Book Review: The Trail of the Wild Rose, Kathleen Sonntag —8
How Master Gardeners Do It, Sharon Ettinger —9
Summer at Annie’s, Christina Kriedt —11
Confessions of a Reluctant Gardene, Christina Kriedtr—14
The Pruner’s Corner, Paul McCollum —15
Winter 2010 (Click here to open)
The Art of Composting, Paul McCollum - 1
Firesafe Demonstration Garden, Leora Worthington - 5
The Edible Garden: Apples, Tammy Tahara - 6
IPM: Horticultural Oils, Patricia Nicely - 7
New Zealand Flora, Denise Weatherwax - 9
How Master Gardeners Do It, Sharon Ettinger - 12
Book Review: Simply Quince, Sue Tarjan - 14
Confessions of a Reluctant Gardener, Christina Kriedt - 15
Fall 2009 (Click here to open)
Turning Over a Greener Leaf, Tanja Roos - 1
IPM: Gophers and Moles, and Why We Garden, Patricia Nicely - 4
Garden Tour 2009, Barbara Schilling and Maryann McCormack - 6
The Pruner’s Corner, Paul McCollum - 8
MBMG Pursues Federal Environmental Objectives, Tom Karwin - 8
Book Review, Sue Tarjan - 9
Try It, You’ll Like It: Plectranthus, Christina Kriedt - 10
In Defense of Dandelions, Sue Tarjan - 11
Rose Garden at the Santa Cruz Fairgrounds, Paul McCollum - 12
The Edible Garden: Lemons, Tammy Tahara - 14
How Master Gardeners Do It, compiled by Sharon Ettinger - 15
Confessions of a Reluctant Gardener, Christina Kriedt - 19
Summer 2009 (Click here to open)
Landmark Environmental Education Center, Tanja Roos--1
IPM: Managing Aphids, Patricia Nicely--4
The 12th Annual Masters Garden Tour, Barbara Schilling and Maryann McCormick--6
The Pruner’s Corner, Paul McCollum--11
California Monkey Flowers, SueTarjan--12
Book Reviews, Sharon Tyler and Patricia Nicely--15
On the Future of Food, Part 2, Tom Karwin--16
Try It You’ll Like It: Vancouveria, Christina Kriedt--17
Benefits of Gardening: Nature Deficit Disorder, Kathleen Sonntag--18
The Edible Garden: Peppers, Tammy Tahara--19
How Master Gardeners Do It, compiled by Sharon Ettinger--20
Tree Walks--22
Confessions of a Reluctant Gardener, Christina Kriedt--23
Spring 2009 (Click here to open)
Seed Banks —1 Denise Weatherwax
IPM: Living with Ants—3 Patricia Nicely
The Pruning Corner—6 Paul McCollum
Three Book Reviews—6 sue Tarjan
Confessions of a Reluctant Gardener—8 Christina Kriedt
How Master Gardeners Do It—10 compiled by Sharon Ettinger
Gardening by Native Plant Communities of the Monterey Bay Region—12 Kari Olsen and Sue Tarjan
Benefits of Gardening—Universal Effect—17 Kathleen Sonntag
Salvia Summit at Cabrillo College—19 Barbara Gordon
Significant Seed Banks Around the World—21 Denise Weatherwax
On the Future of Food, Part 1—23 Tom Karwin
Composting Pet Waste—24 Sharon Ettinger
Winter 2009 (Click here to open)
Make Your Own Succulent Wreath—1 Amy Savage, MG06
Cleome hasslerana, Spider Flower—3 Cynthia Lloyd, MG08
Deer, Oh Deer!—5 Christine Wood
The Benefits of Gardening—7 Kathleen Sonntag, MG06
The Edible Garden: Potatoes—8 Tammy Tahara, MG06
Integrated Pest Management-Yes We Can—9 Patricia Nicely, MG03
The Pruning Corner—11 Paul McCollum, MG04
Gardening Health Tip—12 Bonnie Pond, MG00
Searching for Book Bargains—13 Denise Weatherwax, MG08
Book Review: Strawberries—15
Sharon Tyler, MG04
Epolls—16 compiled by Sharon Ettinger, MG00
Monarch Butterflies and GM Seeds—18 Kathleen Sonntag, MG06
The Drought Tolerant Garden: Maintenance Overview—19 Kari Olsen and Sue Tarjan, MGs06
More on Sanvitalia—22 Claudia Boulton, MG99
Photo Contest—23
Letter From the Editor—24 Christina Kriedt, MG06
October/November 2008 (click here to open)
The Drought Tolerant Garden, Part Two: Selection and Planting
Conference Report
What Makes a Plant Drought Resistant?
2008 Water-Smart Gardening Tour
The Edible Garden: Tomatoes
Epolls
Featured Plant: Matilija Poppy
Redefining a Garden—and Gardener
Book Review: Hardy Californians
Thriving Shrubs on Ben Lomond Mountain
Letter to the Editor
Advanced Training & Volunteer Opps
Try It, You’ll Like It
August/September 2008 (click here to open)
The Drought Tolerant Garden—Part One: Design by Kari Olsen
Fire-safe Landscapes by Sue Tarjan
Wildfire Prevention Publications by Steve Tjosvold
The Edible Garden by Tammy Tahara
3rd Annual Smart Gardening Faire by Tom Karwin
Featured Plant: Melianthus by Bonnie Pond
Epolls compiled by Sharon Ettinger
The Sussex Trug by Cindy Lloyd
Confessions: Ultimate Drought Tolerance by Christina Kriedt
Event Review: Sculpture Within 2008 by Denise Weatherwax
2008 Class Gift by Denise Weatherwax
10 Best Natives by Claudia Boulton
Try It, You’ll Like It by Tammy Tahara
Relevant Internet Miscellany by Christina Kriedt
Advanced Training & Volunteer Opps compiled by Christina Kriedt
June/July 2008 (click here to open)
For the Love of Roses
Congratulations to the Class of 2008
Making Cut Flowers Last Longer with Proper Handling and Vase Solutions
Playing With Cut Flowers
Epolls
Roses in Water
Rose Beauties
MBMGs Support School Gardens
My Little Adventure with a Bee Swarm in Spring
Updates
Featured Plant: Alstroemeria
Book Review: Gardening Without Firearms
Confessions: They’re Only Words
Advanced Training & Volunteer Opps
Relevant Internet Miscellany
April/May 2008 (click here to open)
Beneficial Insects: Ladybird Beetles
A Master Gardener Remembered: Linda Caruthers
Epolls
Read It and Weed
Perking Up Your Garden
Bud Burst
The Propane Weed Torch
Updates
The Sole of a Gardener
Book Review: Garden Insects of North America
Photo Essay, San Francisco Flower Show 2008
Favorite Succulents
Advanced Training & Volunteer Opps
Relevant Internet Miscellany
February/March 2008 (click here to open)
The Hotline: the Master Gardener ‘SWAT Team’
Giant White Squill
Smart Gardening Faire: Early Progress
Epolls
CA Statewide Conference Update
Al’s Corner: A Fond Farewell
The Era of Al
CA Natives for Fall and Winter
Recovery Pruning on Trees After Wind Damage
Quail Hollow Ranch Project
Book Review: Plants and Landscapes for
Summer-Dry Climates of the S. F. Bay Region
Winter Tool Maintenance
Advanced Training Opps
Relevant Internet Miscellany
Confessions of a Reluctant Gardener: Slick!
What’s Blooming in Your Garden?
December 2006/January 2007 (click here to open)
Making Connections...Keeping Connections
Epoll: What Do You Like Most About Being a Master Gardener?
Book Review: Omnivore’s Dilemma
Eating Food in Season and Other Thoughts
Confessions: Excuses and Resolutions
MBMGs to Host 2008 Statewide Conference
It’s That Time Again—Almost, At Least! (pruning roses)
What’s Blooming in Your Garden
Al’s Corner: Successful Grafts Require Live Scions
Etcetera: Relevant Internet Miscellany
October/November 2007 (click here to open)
Natives Ask Little, Give a Lot—Christina Kriedt
Epoll - Waterwise Gardening—complied by Sharon Ettinger
What's Blooming in Your Garden?
School Garden Reports—Maryanne McCormick and Chris Carrier
A Fresh Vision of California Native Plants—Tom Karwin
Successful Tour!—Gloria Thomas
Confessions of a Reluctant Gardener: The D Word (Drought)—Christina Kriedt
Al’s Corner: Rural Waterworks—Al Derrick
Etcetera: Relevant Internet Miscellany—Christina Kriedt
Welcome New Board Members
August/September 2007 (click here to open)
Report of the 2007 Smart Gardening Faire—Tom Karwin
2007 Masters Garden Tour—Advance Ticket Sales
Tour Eats and Treats—Sharon Ettinger
A Hillside Garden in Rio Del Mar—Claudia Boulton
Petit Garden: A Manageable Oasis—Pat Davis
Rooms—Barbara Gordon
A Hobby Farm—Bonnie Pond
Evolution of a Westside Garden—Candice McLaren
Natural Bridges Farm—Darrie Ganzhorn
Confessions of a Reluctant Gardener: Floral Fulfillment—Christina Kriedt
Al’s Corner: Birdbaths, Self-Tending—Al Derrick
Update: Topsy Turvey Tomato Plant—Pat Davis
What’s Blooming in Your Garden in August and September
Etcetera: Relevant Internet Miscellany—Christina Kriedt
June/July 2007 (click here to open)
Mark Your Calendar! (2006 Smart Gardening Faire)—Tom Karwin and Betsy Shea
Dust Mulching—Paul McCollum
Growing Tomatoes Upside Down—Pat Davis
Make Your Own Upside-Down Planter—Christina Kriedt
Confessions of a Reluctant Gardener:
The Tomato That Ate The Driveway—Christina Kriedt
There's Still Time to Propagate for the Tour Plant Sale!—Bonnie Pond
Thinking Outside the Ring ("Japanese" Tomato Ring) —Christina Kriedt
Flower Confidential: A Book Review—Sue Tarjan
Monterey Bay Master Gardeners and School Gardens Bradley and Anzar Schools) —Kathleen Sonntag
Two Must-Have Resource Books—Tom Karwin
Second Quarter Meeting of the MBMG announcement
Summer Veggies in the Youth Garden—Kathleen Sonntag
Water Conservation Tips for the Home Lawn and Garden
Excerpted from Publication 8036, University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources
—Pamela M. Geisel and Carolyn L. Unruh
What’s Blooming in Your Garden in June and July?
Etcetera: Relevant Internet Miscellany—Christina Kriedt
April/May 2007 (click here to open)
Lily White (Easter Lilies)—Christina Kriedt
Confessions of a Reluctant Gardener:
Spring Back—Christina Kriedt
A Morning at the Arboretum—Christina Kriedt
Book Review: Sunset Garden Book,
Updated Resource for Gardeners—Thomas Karwin
Arbor Day—Christina Kriedt
San Francisco Flower Show—Kari Olsen
The Beach Garden Project—Kathleen Sonntag
La Mirada Project—Kathleen Sonntag
Al’s Corner: Container Soils and Water Movement—Al Derrick
What’s Blooming in Your Garden in April and May?
Etcetera: Relevant Internet Miscellany—Christina Kriedt
February/March 2007 (click here to open)
Getting Your Amaryllis to Bloom Again—Kathleen Sonntag
What’s Blooming in Your Garden—Kathleen Sonntag
January Freeze Damage in the Landscape—Steve Tjosvold, Environmental Horticulture Farm Advisor
Confessions of a Reluctant Gardener:
If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Eat ‘Em (Garden Snails)—Christina Kriedt
Smart Gardening Faire:
Getting Started—Thomas Karwin & Sheryl McEwan
Roses in Containers—Paul McCollum
Al’s Corner: Building the Primrose Path—Al Derrick
Potatoes: Preparation and Planting—CASFS, UCSC
Tales from the Hotline—Kathleen Sonntag
Board Meeting Report—Kathleen Sonntag
Etcetera: Relevant Internet Miscellany—Christina Kriedt
December Quarterly Meeting—Kathleen Sonntag
Training, Volunteering and Events—Kathleen Sonntag
December/January 2006/2007 (click here to open)
‘Forest Pansy’—Stuart Walzer
Gourds—Jan Olafsson
Points!—Kari Olson
Confessions of a Reluctant Gardener:
Inside Outside (moving houseplants out for the summer) —Christina Kriedt
An Exciting New Shop In Town (Chairish the Thought)—Cynthia Jordan
New Statewide Vision for MGs—Tom Karwin
Board Meeting Report—Martye Lumpkin
Newsletter and Website Status—Christina Kriedt
Al’s Corner: The Soil Food Web—Al Derrick
Book Review: Grasses—Kathleen Sonntag
Over The Garden Fence—Sharon Ettinger
Hummers in the Winter Garden—Christina Kriedt
Garden Tour Follow-Up—Bonnie Pond
Advanced Training, Volunteer Opportunities and Other Events—Kathleen Sonntag
October/November 2006 (click here to open)
Paulownia tomentosa—Bonnie Pond
Hotline What’s It All About?—Paul McCollum
Smart Gardening Faire Report—Tom Karwin and Sheryl McEwan
Growing a Website—Tom Karwin and Christina Kriedt
Favorite Gardening Websites EPoll—Natalie Chambliss
Al’s Corner: Potting Soil What Is It?—Al Derrick
Quarterly Meeting—Tammy Tahara and Alicia Molina
Book Review: Bay Area Gardening: 64
Practical Essays by Master Gardeners—Kari Olsen
Advanced Training, Volunteer Opportunities and Other Events—Kathleen Sonntag
August/September 2006 (click here to open)
First Annual Smart Gardening Faire!—
photos by Tom Karwin and Leora Worthington
Robin Hazard's Windows on the Bay—Claudia Sammis
Phyllis Hilton’s Natural Setting in Monterey
The McCormick Garden—John Goolsby and Leora Worthington
Time Out - Food Stops—Kathleen Sonntag
Tickets, Tickets, Tickets…
Location, Location, Location...—maps by Leora Worthington
Peaceful Retreat in Carmel Valley—Kat Dedontney
The Waltzer Garden—John Goolsby and Leora Worthington
Advanced Training, Volunteer Opportunities and Other Events—Sharon Ettinger and Sharon Tyler
June/July 2006 (click here to open)
Rose Care in the Summer Garden—Paul McCollum
Rice Flower—Bonnie Pond
A Pond for All Reasons—Jan Olafsson
Pond Plant Possibilities—Christina Kriedt
MBMG Class of 2006 in Action—Christina Kriedt
Container Watering Tips—Christina Kriedt
Pruning Japanese Maples—Kari Olsen
Garden Faire UpdateL Countdown to the Faire—Tom Karwin and Sheryl McEwan
Al’s Corner: Garden Masonry Without Mortar—Al Derrick
Book Review: California Native Plants for the Garden—Kathleen Sonntag
Advanced Training, Volunteer Opportunities and Other Events —Sharon Ettinger and Sharon Tyler
May 2006 (click here to open)
Heath and Heather—Stuart Walzer
Garden Faire Update: The Financial Model—Tom Karwin and Sheryl McEwan
Garden Society Meetings Offer Advanced Training Opportunities—Mary Koch
SF Flower and Garden Show Photo Collage, March 15-19, 2006—Kari Olsen
A Fountain for Your Garden
Al’s Corner: Pass Along Gardening Solutions—Al Derrick
April 2006 (click here to open)
1995 – 2005…UCCE Monterey Bay Master
Gardeners…The First Ten Years—Cynthia Jordan
Prickly Pursuit (pruning Youth Garden roses) —Christina Kriedt
The Gardener’s Most Disagreeable Job (pruning roses)—Al Derrick
Psoralea pinnata - The Grape Kool-Aid Plant—Stuart Walzer
Gardening Faire Update—Sheryl McEwanand Tom Karwin
What MGs Are Reading - A Book Review (Natural Enemies Handbook– The Illustrated Guide to Biological Pest Control)—Natalie Chambliss
Advanced Training Opportunities—Sharon Ettinger and Sharon Tyler
March 2006 (click here to open)
Maplethorpe Orchids - A Hobby Into A Business—Jan Olafsson
Gardening Faire Update—Tom Karwin and Sheryl McEwan
Fruit Tree Bare Root and Grafting Season—Al Derrick
Interview with Sherry Howe, Owner of The Bird Feeder—Nancy Ruiz
Hydrangeas—Stuart Walzer
A Rose Worth Considering…Climbing White
Maman Cochet—Paul McCollum
Photos From MBMG
Quarterly Meeting, January
Advanced Training Opportunities—Sharon Ettinger and Sharon Tyler
February 2006 (click here to open)
Middlebrook Gardens—Cynthia Jordan
Book Review: The Edible Flower Garden—Mary Koch
Twenty First Century Viticulture—Al Derrick
Rose Pruning Workshop—Leora Worthington
Propagation, Then and Now—Robin Hazard
Gardening Faire Update—Tom Karwin and Sheryl McEwan
Euphorbia – A Variety for Every Garden—Bonnie Pond
Advanced Training Opportunities—Sharon Ettinger and Sharon Tyler
March 2005 (click here to open)
Aloes in the Coastal Mediterranean Landscape--Ellen Wright
Al's Corner: The Electric Compost Sifter--Al Derrick
Seed Party--Jan Olafsson
Garden Gloves EPoll--Bonnie Pond
The Pogonip Garden--Tom Karwin
A Fast Tour Through the Gernaium Family--Nancy Ruiz
February 2005 (click here to open)
History of the Hidden Gardens of Monterey--Dianne Yost, MG04
Continuing Greenhouse Modifications to Improve Cost and Efficiency--Al Derrick, MG95
Over the Garden Fence--Sharon Ettinger
Spotlight - Our Growers--Stuart Watzer, MG96
Fasciation in Plants--Bonnie Pond, MG00
Bood Review: The Garden REsource Guide for Northern California's Mediterranean Climate--Bonnie Pond, MG00
American Garden Museum - A Website to Explore--Sharon Tyler, MG04
Plant of the Month, Montana grandiflora
Quotes
Summer 2010
Last night we had three small zucchini for dinner
that were grown within fifty feet of our back door.
I estimate they cost somewhere in the neighborhood
of $371.49 each.
~ Andy Rooney
Spring 2010
And Spring arose on the garden fair,
Like the Spirit of Love felt everywhere;
And each flower and herb on Earth's dark breast
rose from the dreams of its wintry rest.
~Percy Bysshe Shelley, "The Sensitive Plant"
Winter 2010
At Christmas I no more desire a rose
Than wish a snow in May's new-fangled mirth;
But like of each thing that in season grows.
~Love's Labour Lost,
William Shakespeare, 1564 -1616
Fall 2009
We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.
~Abraham Lincoln
Summer 2009
The best six doctors anywhere
And no one can deny it
Are sunshine, water, rest, and air
Exercise and diet.
These six will gladly you attend
If only you are willing
Your mind, they'll ease
Your will, they'll mend
And charge you not a shilling.
~Nursery rhyme by Wayne Fields,
What the River Knows, 1990
Spring 2009
Tending a garden shifts your viewpoint outwards and puts you in touch with the
rhythms of the earth. It's a tonic in a worrisome, time-pressured world.
~from Gardening, a way of life, by Mary Fran McQuade
Winter 2009
To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil
is to forget ourselves.
~ Mohandas K Gandhi
October-November 2008
Out of gardens grow fleeting flowers
but lasting friendships.
.~Beverly Rose Hopper~
Volunteering is the ultimate exercise in democracy. You vote in elections maybe once a year,
but when you volunteer, you vote every day about the kind of community you want to live in.
~Unknown~
August-September 2008
But now in September the garden has cooled, and with it my possessiveness.
The sun warms my back instead of beating on my head ...
The harvest has dwindled, and I have grown apart from the intense
midsummer relationship that brought it on.
~ Robert Finch, Poet~
I have a rock garden. Last week three of them died.
~Richard Diran~
June-July 2008
Sow good services;
Sweet remembrances will grow from them.
~Madame de Stael~
It is utterly forbidden to be half-hearted about gardening.
You've got to love your garden, whether you like it or not.
~W.C. Sellar & R.J. Yateman, Garden Rubbish, 1936~
April-May 2008
When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it.
If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant.
~Author Unknown~
February-March 2008
The flowers of late winter and early spring occupy places in our hearts well out of proportion to their size.
~Gertrude S. Wister~
December 2007-January 2008
Last night, there came a frost, which has done great damage to my garden....
It is sad that Nature will play such tricks on us poor mortals,
inviting us with sunny smiles to confide in her, and then, when we are entirely within her power,
striking us to the heart.
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The American Notebooks`
October-November 2007
Your first job is to prepare the soil. The best tool for this is your neighbor's garden tiller.
If your neighbor does not own a garden tiller, suggest that he buy one.
~Dave Barry~
August-September 2007
I appreciate the misunderstanding I have had with Nature over my perennial border.
I think it is a flower garden; she thinks it is a meadow lacking grass,
and tries to correct the error.
~Sara Stein, My Weeds, 1988~
June-July 2007
I used to visit and revisit it a dozen times a day, and stand in deep contemplation over my vegetable progeny with a love that nobody could
share or conceive of who had never taken part in the process of creation. It was one of the most bewitching sights in the world to observe
a hill of beans thrusting aside the soil, or a rose of early peas just peeping forth sufficiently to trace a line of delicate green.
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mosses from and Old Manse, 1854~
April-May 2007
In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.
~Margaret Atwood~
February-March 2007
Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.
~Douglas William Jerrold, A Land of Plenty~
April 2006
I love spring anywhere, but if I
could choose
I would always greet it in a garden.
~Ruth Stout~
