Column in the 35 years of gardening in a changing world

Column in the 35 years of gardening in a changing world

If I do my math correctly, this week's column, 35th anniversary show. I don't think that when typing in the 

old first-badly and Olivetti-the Attorney General's Office, and then more will open for lunch from 1819, during the break to hand delivery.

Bell's nursery, 18,826 Specking ABG winter seed workshop, showing even at 2: 30 pm-4 pm Saturday. Pat Ryan and Bill winter hardy perennial how Yeagle seeds to plant outdoors. Non-members $ 20, $ 25 for ABG. Registration is required in the 770-3692.

Judith: in order to write this column, so the day 35 years from you so that you can take the time to thank you for. I love you.

On November 13, 1976, a lot of gardening in the world has changed since. Who does not use a computer that is only one column in the country? And, dare say none of the garden columnist is concerned, paper copy drive insofar. We are the Internet now, Kay fanning and even could not imagine getting Christmas Cacti bloom poinsettias went my advice when we have the technology.

Some never changes. Poinsettias, and still is, literally, a perennial holiday Cactus garden writers all entries for the. There is a different topic every year; Have cropped up and bougainvillea Amaryllis care comes to mind. Tuberous begonias in Alaska, magenta, and save the dahlia is "must charge" pelargoniums each year.

Other topics have changed. The Internet is a part of the cause. Garden catalog list contains no more snail mail address. In fact, I think they're Web-o-log phones. Literally hundreds of thousands of gardening blog-even if you are not sure why, I can read in a magazine article-garden instead. And if the plant you want to know how to do something or what it looks like a few words to type all you need to do if your answer is revealed. You don't have to wait until Thursday morning.

The annual poppy on the grass around here anymore. They use a much prettier than the dandelion taken place. (Why do I get in the way they are our grass and even in our garden went wonder.) Standard hanging basket Begonia, Fuchsia Alaska tuberous or we "geranium" is properly used to invoke a full of pelargonium-, and that having a bit of lobelia--.

Now that we have used 35 years ago, we never even knew existed, and some did not probably hanging plants. In fact, it's hard to believe, there are indeed today Begonias have one single magenta or tuberous Ah Southcentral homes. You can imagine that would have been heresy-gardening-35 years ago.

Also, we, as a group have become much more sophisticated in no doubt that what you love. We use the lobelia ligularia basket perennial planting bed evolution. There is a very sophisticated palette of plants to choose from, and has become an annual showcase of color faster than our gardens. We are the first in our first haedong until the eyes the flowers in the yard.

I think we also change our practices, and most of us are now dare say organic or that direction heavily trends? (Yes!) It is next to impossible to rent a rototiller. used to be before the Memorial Day weekend Now I have to use them, and sure enough they do the rental shop. And outdoor garden starts with the oldest traditional date for the Memorial Day weekend of speaking. Even in the last 35 years and older because of the changes have been made to the warm springs.

This column is in the old days were happy to bare yards horizontally. Today, the landscape includes a home-and otherwise, no one admitted to a new owner, things on the ground seems required. Even our local governments come to recognize the need for landscape plants and not even an afterthought added later will be included when you build.

However, one of the things that I will be completed, has not changed the nature of the gardeners and Alaska to point out that the last frontier, where we can capacity. our push you more than anyone realized the envelope with the remnants of the last bit of the unexplored. They connect us to our land and our gas line in the community., amend the title 21 for Wall Street and oil taxes could argue that the occupation, but we don't argue about gardening. We all share in it, we do it and we all know that it's related to one another because in a positive way. Am pretty sure, never changes.

I could go on but space is limited, and thanks for all your me 35 years to be a part of the garden. It is the highest honour of my life. Thank you. Thank you.

Jeff Lowenfels is a member of the Garden Writers Hall of Fame. Teamingwithmicrobes.com and reach him at or call 274-3,735 "garden party" radio show Saturday at noon during the 10-700 am KBYR.