Showing posts with label new. Show all posts
Showing posts with label new. Show all posts
Saturday, March 8, 2014
Best New Blog Black Walnut Dispatch
Black Walnut Dispatch, written by Virginia based gardener and garden designer Mary Gray, is one of the best new garden blogs I’ve come across in a long time. Full of heart and humor, Mary has already started an impressive number of high quality entries, from mocking oversized outdoor kitchens, to a satirical ode to L.L. Bean catalogues, to a moving manifesto about why we garden. The writing sizzles. It is like Garden Rant with a wry sense of humor. I recently subscribed by email so I wont miss a single post. Be sure to check out Black Walnut Dispatch. You will not be disappointed.
Friday, March 7, 2014
New for 2014 at A Guide to Northeastern Gardening!
Happy New Year everyone! I didnt want to wait to get started on my new years resolutions and one of them is a little reorganization. Heres whats new at A Guide to Northeastern Gardening! In an effort to categorize I have created two new navigation tabs: My Gardens and Botanical & Community Gardens. Simply go onto each individual link and check it out. As far as other plans...well more gardening of course and many more photography moments! Take a look. These are short cuts but you can also find them at the top of the page for easy access.
My Gardens
My Gardens takes you through the years in my own personal gardens and highlights each month and season like a diary. Now it will be easier to keep track of how each year compares.
Botanical & Community Gardens
Botanical & Community Gardens visits various gardens from around the world and highlights each one. I will keep adding as I visit new gardens on Long Island and elsewhere.
These pages will grow as I add new links so there should be frequently something new. Again Happy New Year 2014 and I look forward to all your posts!
As Always...Happy Gardening!
Author: Lee@A Guide To Northeastern Gardening, Copyright 2014. All rights reserved.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
The Native Debate Heats Up Doug Tallamy Takes on The New York Times OpEd
Tallamy addresses some of the backlash against native plant advocacy, addressing in particular the article in The New York Times OpEd "Mother Natures Melting Pot" that compares negative feelings towards exotic invasive plants to xenophobia. The Times article likens the native plant movement to the anti-immigration movement:
While the vanguard of the anti-immigrant crusand is found among the likes of the Minutemen and the Tea Party, the native species movement is led by environmentalists, conservationists and gardeners. Despite cultural and political differences, both are motivated--in Margaret Thatchers infamous phrase--by the fear of being swamped by aliens.
Ouch! The article is filled with quite a bit of incendiary statements, loose associations, and faulty analogies. Tallamy offers a great, reasoned, scientific perspective to counter much of the article. Here is a link to the Garden Rant post and another to the original interview.
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