HeyJaredPlant People
Meet quirky people who find solace and connection in plant passions. With a few essays, photos and video of unusual plants & the ethos of gardens, landscapes, and farms. Post include stories about plant people and usually include some garden lesson.
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I did it in front of her. She still didn't believe me. (opens the original)
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She said accusingly, “It’s not really that easy.”“What?” I replied with total indignation. “I’m telling you, just take a piece of this plant, any piece, scatter it on some dirt, and it will grow.” As I said that, I did it.<div class="image2-in
Positive Illusion. Gardening into Old Age. (opens the original)
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Before a presentation to a Georgia plant group this week, I had senior supper at 4 pm, at the OK Cafe with my friends Lisa Bartlett and Ozzie Johnson.“I need for you to critique my talk,” I said. “I think, given the age of the crowd, I should do more stories and less hands-on how-to stuff.”Ozzie and Lisa had done a talk for the same group called “Planting for Retirement: How to Stop Working So Hard in Your Garden.” They do things elegantly in their Asian-inspired Atlanta garden. Our funky little
A Herd of My Own (opens the original)
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Last week, I stood on a stage in Nashville, presenting my gardens to a room of strangers at the Mid-Tennessee Perennial Plant Society. As I waited for an introduction, my mind went back — forty-six years — to the last time I stood nervous on another stage in that city.A shy young teenager looked down at the sand and asphalt. He pulled his cap lower and clutched his book, Ancient Mayan Alien Secrets. A chartered Greyhound idled as the driver chucked bags into the hot bins. His nervous stomach rum
Daddy Tractor (opens the original)
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Just this past week, after a year of heart-wrenching debate about what to do with Daddy’s John Deere, we let it go to a collector who has the time and resources to refurbish it. I let him run hot.In searing, record-breaking September heat, I was anxious to finish limb cleanup from last October’s hurricane. Too anxious. Just like Daddy, his old tractor needed a slow and steady hand. I’d run him all day. Just before noon, I smelled the wet, rubbery, melting zinc first. Then I saw the fumes. I knew
Streamlining Your Winter Veggie Garden (opens the original)
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Recent, expected changes on our little farm have led to changes in my planting for our cool-season garden.Hot as it is, it’s time to plan. This year, we have to limit things and reduce the work that goes into the garden.Fresh veggies year-round are a high priority for us. This sounds like a big operation, but I’m talking about two ten-by-ten spaces. Use these same streamlining techniques to make any garden, no matter the size, a more manageable endeavor. Streamlining Your Fall/Winter Veggie Gard
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