Miscellaneous Musings

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Texas Native Plant Week!

by Jenny Peterson on October 19, 2010

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Whoa! This one almost got past me! How did I not know that the 3rd week in October in Austin is Texas Native Plant Week? I was just informed of this fact yesterday, so my apologies for giving you all a late heads’ up! Eek. But no worries–I have many native plant goodies to share [...]

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Blog Action Day Roundup

by Jenny Peterson on October 18, 2010

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This past October 15 we celebrated another Blog Action Day–when the world’s bloggers unite around one topic to further communication and information. The topic this year? Water. Water conservation, water cleanliness, water for a healthy lifestyle, water as it relates to peace issues, you name it, people blogged on it! Since I’m a garden blogger, [...]

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Dirty Hands

by Jenny Peterson on September 19, 2010

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Crouchers move through a garden at a stoop: naming, gasping, horraying, admiring or coveting plants; Gapers saunter, smiling or sighing at what they find, succumbing to an intangible beatitude that takes them for a brief escape into another dimension.  Both sorts of gardener are besotted; both get their hands dirty; think and talk gardening; but [...]

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For the Beauty of the Earth

by Jenny Peterson on September 12, 2010

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For the beauty of the earth, For the beauty of the skies, For the love which from our birth Over and around us lies, Lord of all, to thee we raise This our grateful hymn of praise. For the beauty of each hour Of the day and of the night, Hill and vale, and tree [...]

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Garden Writers Get Help From Santa

by Jenny Peterson on September 7, 2010

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Dear Jenny: Greetings from the North Pole! We are really getting busy now because Christmas is right around the corner! The elves have been making lots of toys for good girls and boys–today they are working on skateboards. You have to get the action just right or the wheels don’t turn as well. But in [...]

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Nicaraguan Animal Parade

by Jenny Peterson on September 6, 2010

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I promise I’ll eventually get to a post about the botanical life from my trip to Nicaragua, but today I thought I’d cater to my animal-loving friends! We saw so many animals on our adventure–some were pets, some were future dinners for a family, and some were strolling around minding their own business. I’m amazed [...]

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Nicaragua ’10: Favorite Memories!

by Jenny Peterson on September 2, 2010

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So, many of you may know that I took off for 10 days at the end of July to trek down to Nicaragua. I’d been there before, back in ’07, so I was more prepared this trip to capture good times on camera! I have many posts planned to memorialize this vacation, but I want [...]

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Water with Laughter

by Jenny Peterson on August 29, 2010

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“I hope that you will go out and let stories happen to you and that you will work them, water them with blood and tears and your laughter till they bloom, till you yourself burst into bloom.” Clarissa Pinkola Estes You might also enjoy these articles:November Goes…I Love Fall…Autumnal Face….Every Leaf is a Flower….Summons

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I don’t always shop at Whole Foods–I go there about once every couple of months for some specialty foods or when a client sends me a big check. We’ve all heard the jokes about it really being named “Whole Paycheck” (same for HEB’s Central Market), but what I find is that when I want to [...]

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