Blogs about: Other Peoples Gardens

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A gardening season potentially washed away4 comments

inadvertentgardener wrote 1 week ago: One of the things that has been most strange to me about the Flood of 2008 coverage is that I actual … more »

Tags: Gettin' Dirty, News, Vegetables

How you can help Midwestern farmers5 comments

inadvertentgardener wrote 2 weeks ago: Back in the 1980s, when the farm crisis was breaking America’s heartland, my Uncle Charlie got inv … more »

Tags: Do unto others, Iowa, News

The secret garden, part 19 comments

inadvertentgardener wrote 6 months ago: As we approached the Cloisters from further down the hill, I pointed up to a tree peeking over the t … more »

Tags: Friends

Southern drought: no end in sight11 comments

inadvertentgardener wrote 7 months ago: The South is running out of water. I discovered this after I asked some fellow members of the 9rules … more »

Tags: News, Friends, Weather

The precocious tomato entrepreneur16 comments

inadvertentgardener wrote 8 months ago: Every time I visit my parents, there’s a little pile of things to read on my bed when I arrive—a … more »

Tags: Family, Fruit

An answer from across town14 comments

inadvertentgardener wrote 9 months ago: For two years, plants with dark green leaves and small blue flowers have wound their way around the … more »

Tags: Flowers

My tiniest tomatoes18 comments

inadvertentgardener wrote 10 months ago: I don’t think I managed to beat Chigiy and her Red Currant Tomatoes, and I’m late to the Ritual … more »

Tags: Fruit

The Great Pumpkin, revealed14 comments

inadvertentgardener wrote 10 months ago: I’d like to tell you that I have a very simple philosophy for living, but in truth, I am a woman o … more »

Tags: Books, Fruit

Down on the farm7 comments

inadvertentgardener wrote 1 year ago: Yesterday, The Mint Killer and her family and I headed out together to Acoustic Farms, the home of … more »

Tags: Friends, Gettin' Dirty, Iowa

Winston Churchill's artichokes, other flora and a statue1 comment

Lilian wrote 1 year ago: Last weekend, we went to Chartwell, Winston Churchill’s country house. As you would expect, it … more »

Tags: photos

Seeds of memory15 comments

inadvertentgardener wrote 1 year ago: Back when I lived in Virginia, back before Iowa was even a consideration, back even before I was mar … more »

Tags: Herbs, Life Before Iowa

Green explosion8 comments

inadvertentgardener wrote 1 year ago: There was a point earlier in the season when I thought I would never end up with anything resembling … more »

Tags: Vegetables, Gettin' Dirty

The garden center, done right8 comments

inadvertentgardener wrote 1 year ago: Every turn on Route 193 outside Placerville, Calif. seemed steeper and tighter the further up the mo … more »

Tags: Friends

Resurrection of the lavender17 comments

inadvertentgardener wrote 1 year ago: Last summer, I made a new friend by way of her garden in Des Moines. As we wound through the lush pl … more »

Tags: Flowers, Herbs

In Zelda-land, the grasses have to go12 comments

inadvertentgardener wrote 1 year ago: I spent a few days recently in Grand Junction, Colorado visiting my cousin and her two sons. One of … more »

Tags: Family

One dot in Iowa4 comments

inadvertentgardener wrote 1 year ago: Now, I know for a fact that I am not the only gardening blog in Iowa. Heck, I’m not even the only … more »

Tags: Iowa

Flowers for a Friday night8 comments

inadvertentgardener wrote 1 year ago: The other day, I stopped in Prairie Lights Books, which is an Iowa City landmark, to check their cal … more »

Tags: Books, Flowers, Iowa City

Guest Post (Part two): The incredible efficiency of African watering techniques (and a few words about palm trees)6 comments

inadvertentgardener wrote 1 year ago: by Steve McNutt [Editor's Note: This is Part Two of Steve's post about African watering techniques, … more »

Tags: Steve

Race to the bottom26 comments

inadvertentgardener wrote 1 year ago: On Saturday morning, I attended a conference in Fairfield, Iowa for food entrepreneurs—less becaus … more »

Tags: Friends, Iowa


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