Jan-June, 2007
January
Reviewing Flower Confidential does just that - with GardenRanter Amy Stewart's best-selling new book.
We (Heart) Gardens Illustrated reviews the recent edition of this BBC publication.
How Bad Gardening Contributes to Terrorism discloses gardening-related criticisms of America by a 9/11 plotter.
Girl Fight! is my defense of paint in the garden.
The Challenger of Orthodoxy highlights Harvard's Peter Del Tredici
From Blog Post to Glossy National Mag announces the reprinting of a GardenRant post in Landscape Architecture Magazine.
What Surfers have to say about Gardening is, admittedly, a stretch. But hey, it's winter.
Blogging with the Washington Post reports on a big blogger meet-up at the newspaper's offices.
Interview with Brent Heath - that's Brent of Brent and Becky's Bulbs.
Let's hear it for good design - in gardens and in websites surveys sites garden designers.
The Gardens of the Blue Ridge Mountains raves about a Blue Ridge blog.
Global Warming's Losers in the Garden reveals one unseen consequence - plants that can't take the heat.
About.com gets it Half Right is my review of gardening and landscaping coverage on that site.
Help in the Garden, Legal or Otherwise covers the ways that immigrant workers help in my garden.
My guest this month was:
- Marion Owen, Alaskan gardener writer, with her Picking Greens at 7 Degrees above Zero
February
The Gardens of the Getty Center, in Los Angeles
Landscape by Jude Law, about the movie "Breaking and Entering"
"I avoid my back yard because it just looks like work to me" links to some unhappy research findings.
Master Gardener Magazineis Here to TeEach reviews this new magazine.
"What's on your wish list for garden centers?" asked readers to suggest ideas for my guest post to the retail gardener industry.
The 10 Top Gardening Blunders are from the Renegade Gardener.
Meet Rob Cardillo introduces a gardening photographer, writer and GWA officer.
Dogs and their Gardens explores the challenges of landscaping with dogs.
What Blogging Mistakes are YOU Making? reveals the top 10 mistakes, according to someone or other.
Tracy diSabato-Aust, the Sexiest Woman in Gardening. I think the title says it all.
And my guest this month was:
- Jane Perrone, who contributed "What's all this about allotments?"
March
A Total Celebration of Nature is my sarcastic title for the trend in expensive furnishings.
Those Crazy Gardeners have their own Awards introduces the Mouse&Trowel Awards, and more.
Music in the Garden - a Year Later updates my experiments in music acquisition and delivery systems.
News from Other Blogs, because our stories aren't always exclusive.
Guns&Gardens Magazine - No Joke! is lots of fun, unless you're Guns&Gardens.
Promoting Artificial Turf - Say it Ain't So yielded some great comments about the unexpected benefits of artificial grass.
Earth Liberation Front, Please Don't Liberate Us! covers ecoterrorism.
The Birth of DC Urban Gardeners and the Battle of the Blog is an update from DC's volunteer gardener organization.
George Ball - Greedy? reports on some news in the hort world.
Here's a post about the Real Gardens of Brentwood, California.
The Boomer Boys of Gardening features lots of guys of a certain age.
My guests during the month were:
- Ed Bruske and his School Garden Story
- Mary Bauer's charming piece about children's books with gardens as main characters
- Pam Penick's rousing endorsement of cactus.
April
Garden&Gun - We Done You Wrong is my favorable review of the magazine with the bizarre name.
Great Stories about Organic and Local Food links to New York Times and Washington Post stories.
More on Local Food, because it's an important issue.
How much DOES it cost to buy a blogger nowadays? generated lots of comments about bloggers who take free stuff.
The Old Farmer's Almanac is Curiously New is my review of this American institution.
A Big Thumbs-Up for Safelawns.org covers their opening event on the Capitol grounds and their important message.
Sundance, THE GREEN, and DC-Style Glamour is my report on the opening of the Sundance Channel's new enviro-show.
Team Garden-Blogging Comes to the Twin Cities welcome the new GardenGirls.
Sloggers and Clogs - You May Have Already Won! announces a product giveaway to our most frequent commenters.
"Plants are alive in their own right" links to a disturbing story in the Times.
Green Weddings - are they past the tipping point?
Organic Lawns - more tipping point news? passes along some organic gardening news.
Behind the Scenes at Martha Stewart's Garden sings the praises of Martha's garden writer.
TV Jumps on the Green Bandwagon reports on new eco-programming from Sundance and elsewhere.
Washington Gardener Magazine reports on the citywide gardening program of editor Kathy Jentz.
My guest this month was:
- Shep Ogden, with his Safe Lawns Responds to the New York Times.
May
On-Line Gardening Videos is a survey of gardening videos on general-interest websites.
In the News links to eco-celebrity and food news.
My review of Burpee's Complete Flower Gardener.
This post GardenRant thanks readers for our lovely Mouse and Trowel Awards, and this one suggests that next year the 2007 winners not be eligible.
When it's Man Against Caterpillar covers tactics used by ecogardeners in combating tent caterpillars.
One Gardener's Quest to be Mower-Free is the story of trying to create a meadow, without knowing anything about them.
More on HGTV's Campaign to Alienate Gardeners, and Thoughts on the Co-opting of Master Gardeners.
The Dueling Dogwoods and Other Skirmishes over the Origin of Plants.
The Soul of Gardening Sites about Austin's Tom Spencer and his award-winning site Soul of the Garden, and about the souls of garden sites generally.
My guests during the month were:
- Ed Bruske, with The Making of an Urban Farmer
- William Hughes's pre-Chelsea Flower Show article
- Graham Rice's post-Chelsea report
June
Gardening Experts - Wanna be a Video Star? received an enthusiastic reaction from across North America - videos to come!
Shoe Update: Crocs are Multi-Colored but Red at Heart reveals the politics behind the ugly plastic shoe that's so damn comfortable.
Meet Billy Goodnick: Drummer, Landscape Architect, Sustainable Gardening Teacher introduces a cool new voice from California to the blogging world.
The New Homo Sapien? points to findings that kids aren't spending much time outdoors anymore and contemplates the state of our species.
Tree Art for the People by Jim Calder reports on a major plant art project and the town that embraced it.
Tools for Urban Greening shines some light on the great things going on in American cities.
Our readers seemed fascinated by Buyer's Remorse, the sad fate of outdoor electronics and other extravagances most of can't afford, anyway.
In You're All Invited: GardenRant's First Anniversary Party, we wish it could happen.
Garden Writers: Could we Take a Pass on those Sound Bytes? laments those what's-new articles we're not wild about.
Spray Now! prompted a terrific discussion of pesticides among our commenters.
In Defense of Gardening celebrates the positive environmental contributions that our gardens make, nonnative plants and all.
To Make a Meadow relates the trials and tribulations of the 5-acre meadow at the American Hort Society headquarters, rolling down to the Potomac.
My guest this month was:
- Christa Carignan, who brought us The Confessions of a Community Gardener.
