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St. Patrick’s Day Is For Potatoes
Planning Potatoes for the Long Haul There’s a bit of old gardening wisdom that floats around every spring, and like most good advice, it’s stuck around because it works: Plant your potatoes on St. Patrick’s Day. With March 17 just around the corner, it’s the perfect time to talk potatoes before the day slips by…
Read MoreLimping into Spring | Late Winter Plant Survival Guide to help your plants crawl into Spring
Last week, something happened that made me laugh and also sent me scrambling for the watering can. My sweetie put on shorts. That might not sound like a gardening milestone, but it should be. Because that same day, I realized nearly all of my houseplants were fainting dramatically, leaves drooping like they were auditioning for…
Read MoreA God Moment in Sin City | True Grit: Why the West Still Matters
I was driving to Las Vegas to host an art show at the Sands Expo Convention Center. The year was around 1996. The drive was long and monotonous, leaving civilization behind and passing through desert towns whose names I no longer remember. Eventually, there was only dry, lonesome desert, mile after mile of nothing, sometimes…
Read MoreLimping into Spring | Late Winter Plant Survival Guide to help your plants crawl into Spring
February always feels like an interesting month to be a gardener. Stores are filled with roses and heart-shaped chocolates. Greeting cards talk about grand romantic gestures. Meanwhile, many of us are crouched over seed trays beneath fluorescent glow, whispering encouragement to sprouts that are barely tall enough to notice us. Around here, Valentine’s season does…
Read MoreHearts, Roots, and Second Chances | Finding love in patience, preparation, and plants that refuse to quit
February always feels like an interesting month to be a gardener. Stores are filled with roses and heart-shaped chocolates. Greeting cards talk about grand romantic gestures. Meanwhile, many of us are crouched over seed trays beneath fluorescent glow, whispering encouragement to sprouts that are barely tall enough to notice us. Around here, Valentine’s season does…
Read MoreBig Dreams Still Come True
I didn’t know God growing up in my family… But God knew me and my life was far from perfect. LOOKING back, now I realize that God gave me “great favor.” He protected me even as a youth. I had purpose and was able to see beyond my home life to greater things. One thing…
Read MoreA Valentine That Keeps Growing | The Green Thumb Chronicles
String of hearts, winter windowsills, and lessons in loving without overwatering Delicate vines dotted with tiny, heart-shaped leaves trail and twist as they grow, making string of hearts just as charming spilling from a basket as it is trained into shape. It is a plant that seems content to follow gravity, until it does not.…
Read MoreA Woman of Great Faith | True Grit: Why the West Still Matters
It is with great pleasure today that I share with you the friends I have known. When I was 5 years old watching Roy Rogers on TV, I told myself I wanted to be just like Roy, saving people and have a “Trigger” of my own. I have been very blessed to personally know Roy…
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