Digging In - Latest Comments

Re: There’s a gardening app for that

Cherry — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:29:59 -0000

I think it's a nice and useful application for everyone. Thanks for the information.

Re: Thinking about next season yet? You will…

Susan Clotfelter — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:48:43 -0000

Hi Amy! Last year things got too busy/crazy, but I'd love to try again. All I remember from the blur of 2008 was that it sounded really cool. Explain to me and Digging In readers what it is again, if you would?

Re: Thinking about next season yet? You will…

Amy — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:26:03 -0000

Susan! Are you going to do NaBloWriMo with us again?

http://nablowrimo.blogspot.com/2009/09/this-yea...

Amy :)

Re: Gardening, ah, naturel

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Re: Dirt Date: A can’t miss garden tour

Stephanie Werskey — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:59:17 -0000

Susan, just wanted to let people know that the private gardens you mentioned, among others, are open to the general public as part of The Garden Conservancy's Open Days Program on Sept. 12. There is also a Preview Event on Sept. 11 at Denver Botanic Gardens, featuring lectures of some of the garden owners and designers. See www.opendaysprogram.org for more details.

Re: Southern exposure

Susan Clotfelter — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:30:56 -0000

Hi Nancy -- we're just NOW starting to get tomatoes; check out the latest post under "Attack of the killer (prize-winning) tomatoes. But strawberries are coming on -- I just spent about 3 hours processing about $40 worth of marvelous berries. The giant ones don't do well here, but we get these little sweet ones with "necks" from an everbearing variety, and I just hull them, halve them and freeze them in pint jars with a tablespoon of sugar and the scantiest pinch of finely ground black pepper. Yes, black pepper.

Re: Attack of the (prize-winning) killer tomatoes!

Tony Baumann — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:44:51 -0000

Susan
Very nice article...I especially like the section about the Chef...lol. Thank you for the nice mention. I'm glad you liked our cooking.
I've book-marked your blog and intend to continue reading.
Thanks again.

Re: Southern exposure

Nanci Nowlen — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:09:51 -0000

Hi Susan,
I loved reading your blog on gardening. Here is the url for your home harvests. they have become emensly popular here. Here in Oregon we are into canning also. June found me making lots of Strawberry freezer jam. I am presently trying to stay ahead of my tomatoes for canning. I also am freezing green and purple beans. I like to cut them french bean style and use them in place of pasta for "spagetti" very tasty.

Re: Sexiest seed packet ever.

Anne — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:50:21 -0000

I definately agree with you about the illustrations! An art form I hope that will stay around, it enchances your garden dreams mid- winter that a photo just can't compete with. A photo falls flat where an artist's rendering can make even something like lettuce have a romantic lure to diehard dirt diggers and weekend weeders alike.

Thanks for the wonderful article and links. Happy seeding!

~ Anne

Re: Gardens go on

Kitt — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:27:38 -0000

That's one reason I like gardening; I can be lazy as hell most of the time, but if I can manage to plant a perennial now and again, they just keep coming back and looking like I worked my a** off.

Re: Grow lights made by monkeys on crack

Deb — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:39:58 -0000

Mondo entertaining, at your expense I'm afraid...I was however left in suspense, did you ever get 'em to work? While I am one of those harlots who had my man help with the grow light system, I do feel you pain, as I am addicted to sprouting my own seeds.

Re: The Mow Down is still a hoedown

Kitt — Sat, 02 May 2009 03:13:04 -0000

I'll stop by!

Re: Grow lights made by monkeys on crack

S.B.R. Loveland — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:32:15 -0000

I am so sorry to hear your story.

Ballast, not baffle. The little giddy at the end is the ballast, it stores up a jolt of charge to get the thing started.

That's insulation most likely.

I am betting it was put together poorly. Can you take it back?

Re: This just in: They’re the Gardeners in Chief!

BugBabe — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:13:50 -0000

Hey Susan - isn't this WONDERFUL? I love that they're doing this. In the NYT article they talk about controlling pests with ladybugs and praying mantids . Good idea, but how about creating a scarecrow that looks like the former VP - that should scare every critter in the area away. And don't you love the bit about White House compost? So THAT'S where all the manure is going!

Re: The letter came in a plain brown wrapper…

Bruce Flesher — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:57:23 -0000

I would say that I have been accused of having a potty mouth but this article is full of crap. To some extend it can cause anyone to have a movement toward natural fertilizers over chemicals. The next time you hear you door bell ring "Ding Dung" don't answer it. There may be a Brown bag with darker brown writing on it planted there with a surprise in it and you wouldn't want to step on it. Thank God there wasn't a picture of the hot topic of the day. That would really stink.

Great info. Good blog.

Re: The letter came in a plain brown wrapper…

BugBabe — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:55:23 -0000

...Naturally, manures float to the top of any discussion on amendments. In spring, when gardeners ask which dung to use, I find myself waxing poetic on manure age, crumble-ability, and animal source as if it were a fine wine. But answering the question “Which doo will do?” is not easily done... read more at gardeningafterfive.wordpress.com/

Re: Take that, wind!

Bugbabe — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:03:13 -0000

Hello tiny flowers with your delicate petals and throats held high. Let me introduce myself: I'm snow. Cold, wet, snow that's headed your way next week. Prepare to be buried, soaked, then frozen. Once I melt away, your ragged, tattered petals will be easy picking for my brother wind...

Re: Hug this book.

Susan — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 12:08:07 -0000

Oh, Kitt. Just wait. For some reason, this year is a "bumper crop of books" year. As far as the Plant Select book, if you see it somewhere, buy it, and if you're going to a class where it's being sold, get there early. I was at High Plains Landscape Workshop this Saturday and snagged "High and Dry: Gardening with Cold-Hardy Dryland Plants" and "The Intuitive Gardener: Finding Creative Freedom in the Garden." And I'll read them...maybe this fall, when things slow down for a minute or two.
-Susan

Re: Hug this book.

Kitt — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:35:42 -0000

Want.

Re: Attack of the killer tomatoes — already?

Tomato Head — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 14:44:16 -0000

I love brandywine tomato's. I have learned that oif you want to grow brandywine tomato's or any certain tomato it's best to start your own. Relying on the local greenhouse isn't always a guarantee even on popular varieties.

I always start fresh brandywine tomato seeds about 7 weeks before planting season.

Re: Livin’ la vida local

BugBabe — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:15:23 -0000

Susan, Susan, Susan...you can't possibly be asking us to add ANOTHER obsession into spring, can you? Now I'm all hungry.

Re: Attack of the killer tomatoes — already?

BugBabe — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 18:59:47 -0000

Oh, lady, I'm SO there with you. Ordered my seeds after reading Amy Goldman's book on heirloom tomatoes. You're right, it's veggie porn - once you see it you can't take your eyes from it. Am trying a couple of new types - Stump of the World, Gold Medal, and - get this - an italian sauce tomato I've lost my mind over and paid $38 bucks for the packet of seeds. Want to swap seedlings?

Re: Mow-dacious idea: Mow down pollution

Trevor Noel — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 10:58:19 -0000

Mr. Robert Perry,
I organize the Mow Down Pollution in Denver. Will you please contact me?
tnoel@raqc.org.

- Trevor

Re: Mow-dacious idea: Mow down pollution

Robert Perry — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:10:47 -0000

I am the Denver Lawn and Garden rep for Sears. We would like to participate if there is a 2009 Mow Down Pollution Event.

Re: I blame the rosebushes…

Lauren and Scott Ogden — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:28:22 -0000

Hi Susan. We want to thank you for the generous and complimentary review you wrote of our new book, Plant-Driven Design. In this bad economy, who knows if anyone will be buying gardening books, but hopefully they will at least think about spending more time in the garden. It makes for a gentler world when people get their hands dirty. Thanks again.