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My indoor plant license should be revoked19 comments

The Inadvertent Gardener wrote 1 year ago: When I gave up the opportunity to plant a garden (even the balcony variety) at my own apartment, I d … more →

Tags: exasperation, Herbs

The tomato bed6 comments

The Inadvertent Gardener wrote 1 year ago: Tomatoes in the Victory Garden Bed 10A. That’s the location, on the official Victory Garden Map, of … more →

Tags: Other People's Gardens, Vegetables, Victory Garden

Victory! Or, I found a garden (for the time being)9 comments

The Inadvertent Gardener wrote 1 year ago: When I looked for apartments near my work in Oakland, I wasn’t sure what I’d find. I knew I had some … more →

Tags: Do unto others, Other People's Gardens

A gardening season potentially washed away4 comments

The Inadvertent Gardener wrote 1 year ago: One of the things that has been most strange to me about the Flood of 2008 coverage is that I actual … more →

Tags: News, Vegetables, Other People's Gardens

Very slightly delayed gratification6 comments

The Inadvertent Gardener wrote 1 year ago: Right as I was leaving work yesterday, I started getting increasingly urgent messages from my friend … more →

Tags: Friends, Life Before Iowa

Dirty Day: June 1, 2008

ryansantosgetsdirty wrote 1 year ago: … more →

Tags: gardening, heirloom, organic, ryan santos

Garden, then save the planet12 comments

The Inadvertent Gardener wrote 1 year ago: Yesterday afternoon, I clicked on the link to Michael Pollan’s excellent New York Times Magazine pie … more →

Tags: News

They could have saved the aloe7 comments

The Inadvertent Gardener wrote 1 year ago: I’m going to admit a weakness for Twitter, an online microblogging service I once discounted as tota … more →

Tags: News, Plants

Growing a Valentine strawberry11 comments

The Inadvertent Gardener wrote 1 year ago: Although Valentine’s Day has come and gone, it seems appropriate to tell you about a little indoor p … more →

Tags: Friends, Life Before Iowa, Fruit, Seeds

Today's seasonal shift13 comments

The Inadvertent Gardener wrote 2 years ago: What I’m about to say may make me the biggest hypocrite in Iowa, but I’m going to say it anyway: I’m … more →

Tags: Weather, Herbs

The obtuse gardener26 comments

The Inadvertent Gardener wrote 2 years ago: Although I went to a science and tech magnet high school, there was a time when I thought I would ne … more →

Tags: Friends, Comments, exasperation

Getting it backward8 comments

The Inadvertent Gardener wrote 2 years ago: So. There I was, with my Thor Orange Mum and my Blue Haze Evolvulus, Jimi Hendrix stuck in my mind a … more →

Tags: Flowers, exasperation

I am, apparently, cruel and unusual17 comments

The Inadvertent Gardener wrote 2 years ago: I will admit, there was a point this summer when it occurred to me I should actually get up on the s … more →

Tags: Status check, Fruit

Dirty Day 60!2 comments

ryansantosgetsdirty wrote 2 years ago: a quick update on a slow saturday… as always, click to see full sized uncropped! corn ears for … more →

Tags: gardening, heirloom, organic, ryan santos

Lucky 13 (or 15, or 34, depending on what you're counting)14 comments

The Inadvertent Gardener wrote 2 years ago: I’ve been tagged for a blog meme once before, and now, recently, I’ve been tagged twice. Once, by Ke … more →

Tags: Comments, Genie, Iowa City, Life Before Iowa

Volunteering suspense24 comments

The Inadvertent Gardener wrote 2 years ago: About two weeks ago, I noticed that I had a ginormous volunteer. By something, I mean this was the p … more →

Tags: Flowers

Dirty Day 462 comments

ryansantosgetsdirty wrote 2 years ago: yo! so yesterday we had our first vegetable!  an organic zucchini. we sautéed it with some local org … more →

Tags: gardening, heirloom, organic, ryan santos

Dirty Day 351 comment

ryansantosgetsdirty wrote 2 years ago: hugening update! click the photos to see the whole thing, i hate that this blog cutz em offz. garden … more →

Tags: gardening, organic, ryan santos

Homeless rabbit18 comments

The Inadvertent Gardener wrote 2 years ago: On Friday evening, when I got home from work, I took advantage of a break in the heavy storms we’d b … more →

Tags: Pests, exasperation


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