tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54608267612817380702009-02-21T09:42:17.558-05:00Temporary home of TangledBranches:CultivatedEntangledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07261805004615133289noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460826761281738070.post-76201566261956050832007-04-02T13:48:00.000-04:002007-04-02T13:52:10.236-04:00

We now return you to your regularly scheduled blog.I think I'll keep this blog around just in case.

Entangledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07261805004615133289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460826761281738070.post-43637077805817712652007-03-31T11:01:00.000-04:002008-12-09T15:23:42.638-05:00

Is there such a thing as too many little blue flowers? One spring, I saw a bed of mixed blue bulbs at Brookside Gardens and thought I could duplicate it.The 50 million Muscari are descendants of the dozen or so bulbs I planted 20 years ago.The 70 million Scilla sibirica are descendants of the 100 or so bulbs I planted. I knew I wanted a lot of Scillas. The hillside by the Knoll at Iowa State

Entangledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07261805004615133289noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460826761281738070.post-19487825694002162582007-03-29T17:43:00.001-04:002008-12-09T15:23:43.516-05:00

The spring bulbs flowered all in a hurry from the warm weather we had early this week (81 degrees on Tuesday). I ran out today to take some pictures while they still look good. The guys at CapitalWeather.com think we'll have colder than average weather by the end of next week, however.Anyhow, this is how some of my mid-season narcissus look today. It sure seems like they're early. Yes, I have

Entangledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07261805004615133289noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460826761281738070.post-83694183185610666552007-03-28T06:55:00.000-04:002008-12-09T15:23:45.470-05:00

Executive SummaryThis is my very favorite gardening book of all time. I am hopelessly prejudiced.This is not a how-to book. If that's what you want, put it down right now. If instead, you like books about the human element in gardening, prepare to be delighted at recognizing yourself in Čapek's garden musings.The Longer VersionIt's all here - winter restlessness, fretting about the weather, the

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The domain name transfer problems have been resolved, and to be fair, some of it was my fault (but not all!). However, the policy at the current registrar is to wait for the grace period (5 days) to expire after receiving a valid request for a transfer. So tangledbranches.com could be back up and running as soon as this weekend, but more probably early next week.

Entangledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07261805004615133289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460826761281738070.post-88067115209893719182007-03-26T18:13:00.000-04:002008-12-09T15:23:45.829-05:00

I think it always happens when you're not looking.DH and I finally got around to pulling up the silt barrier around our little stream, when I looked down and saw some tiny pale blue flowers - bluets! First wildflower of the spring at our country house! I wanted to stop all work and get the camera, but I stayed at the task and took these pictures the next day. These were right down in the

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First of the Season, seen and heard yesterday in northern Virginia:first dandelion flower in my yardfirst butterfly - a cabbage white, naturallyfirst song of the Eastern Phoebe

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Did you ever look at an empty spot in your garden and think "I have no idea what I want to do here"? I think this must be something like writer's block. Our house has been under renovation, inside and out, for what seems like a very long time now. The garden was all but neglected last summer as I tried to stay out of the way. Last week our deck was finally completed, and now I'm looking at a

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Still no progress on the transfer of tangledbranches.com. I think I know what the problem is, but it would be nice to have the current registrar tell me instead of leaving my inquiry unanswered. If I'm correct, it will be the end of next week before tangledbranches.com is up and running again. Or worst case, maybe another 2 months.

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I've been meaning to add an image to my profile. No way am I putting up a real picture of me, but I looked something like this about 30 years ago (minus the laptop). Image created by Portrait Illustration Maker.

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Last Wednesday (March 14), I finally got fed up with Yahoo Web Hosting bouncing legitimate emails to me, while managing to deliver 30-50 spam emails every day. Soooo, I signed up with another web hosting provider and began to transfer the domain name. Today, Day 8 of the process, tangledbranches.com is homeless and I don't have a blog.But it's spring - I need a blog! This is the temporary

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