Posts under ‘Other People's Gardens’

Though I realize it’s probably a bit disingenuous, at this point, to act like I know absolutely nothing about gardening.
But five things? That means I’ve learned more than one thing per year. Or something like that.
Regardless, today I’d like to invite you to step over to Heather Mak’s Five Takeaways blog, where I am featured [...]

[Editor's Note: This post is from Ysa, the step-daughter of one of my co-workers. She's making her first foray into gardening this years, and I invited her to make an appearance here. Please give her a warm welcome!]
Hi. I am doing a guest post. I am 7 years old and I have a garden. I [...]

Let’s face it. Gardening? Might seem like a harmless activity, but it’s hell on the body. All that bending? Kills the back. All that crawling around in the dirt? Might seem like fun to some people, but the knees! The knees!
I know. I sound like I’m Methuselah or something. But I swear to you, this [...]

One of the last gardens my friend Michelle and I visited on last weekend’s Bay-Friendly Garden Tour was one of my very favorites. You, good readers, know my preference for all things edible, so this shall come as no surprise: It was a kitchen garden, but one designed, beautifully, by Leslie Bennett and Garden Fare [...]

I must admit that I really did not roll in a particularly punk rock fashion on Official Garden Tour Day. I might as well just be upfront and honest about that. I forewent the combat boots for perfectly Berkeley-esque sandals, and left the bourbon at home.
I had a beer at lunch, though, people. Don’t think [...]

I’ve been quiet ‘round these parts about my latest blog project: 5×52. This project, inspired by a Flickr group that focuses on a similar concept, struck me as an interesting way to both take a new look at my back catalog of photographs and shoot in a slightly different way this year.
Each weekly post features [...]

This is just a taste from today’s Bay-Friendly Gardens tour. More to come!
Gardeners, plant and nature lovers can join in Green Thumb Sunday every week. Visit As the Garden Grows for more information.

My weekends usually involve fun in at least six variations. I cannot help myself with the overscheduling and the racing from one Thing That I Like To Do to another to another and, well, it’s all very exhausting. Often these activities are the kind that leave my more staid and settled [...]

Remember those wine half-barrels I picked up in February? I happen to know that my source has them available again at the low, low price of $20 per half-barrel and $40 per full barrel. Interested? Send me an email to genie <at> theinadvertentgardener <dot> com and I’ll pass along your information to the barrel dealer.

At the risk of allowing this site to become an echo chamber, I want to point you in the direction of Trey Pitsenberger’s blog, and Trey’s take on the issue of the unscented Home Depot tomatoes I highlighted last week. Trey’s post mostly points back at me (echo…echo….echo…), but I think he provides a really [...]