Month: January 2004

The Adequate Gardener is Pooped

Guest post by Jane Eaton Hamilton “Winter is the malady, while flowers, blessed flowers, are the antidote.” I am suffering from late-season gardening. It’s a disease that I’m sure must be listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) next to bipolar illness. It starts every year in mid-July and builds until by September I …

The Adequate Gardener Praises the Status Quo

Guest post by Jane Eaton Hamilton “Hang on tight. Because it appears that foliage is the new flower.” It’s winter, and I’m hibernating like a big old bear in my cave (which, thankfully, comes equipped with a fireplace and a martini glass), but I’ve still been keeping one ear twitchng towards fads, and let me …