You Grow Girl: The Dirt

Pawpaw [Flickr]

yougrowgirl — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:13:16 PST

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Pawpaw

Gayla — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:53:19 +0000

Until very recently, pawpaws have been one of those mythical fruits that I’ve known about for ages, but have never seen in person. Until just a few years ago I was under the mistaken impression that they are native to the Southeastern United States, but not available here. Chalk it up to geographical [...]

hooray [Flickr]

yougrowgirl — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:02:57 PST

yougrowgirl posted a photo:

shitty rainy day and my hat is wet but yay obligatory pose with book picture. Been carrying it around all day and my only copy of book is already getting dinged up.

This is when I received advance copies of the first book.

first sighting of book [Flickr]

yougrowgirl — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:32:36 PST

yougrowgirl posted a photo:

I got an advance copy today. Kind of crazy since I didn't expect to have one in my hand until January.

Launch date is still Feb 2, 2010. Sorry I can't show more for a while yet.

lotus notecards [Flickr]

yougrowgirl — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:29:00 PST

yougrowgirl posted a photo:

Unfortunately a tad last minute as I am closing up the shop at the end of next week until the new year. Going away for a month.

Dried Hydrangea

Gayla — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:01:14 +0000

Black Horehound ‘Archer’s Variegated’

Gayla — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:35:19 +0000

I bought this plant, black horehound (Ballota nigra) ‘Archer’s Variegated’, about a month ago and just recently planted it in the ground (still in the pot) at my community plot where it will live through the winter until I can figure out what in the heck to do with it when the ground thaws [...]

Lotus in Bloom [Flickr]

yougrowgirl — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:47:31 PST

yougrowgirl posted a photo:

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Lotus in Bloom

Gayla — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:04:24 +0000

I made my first visit to the Montreal Botanical Gardens about nine years ago. It was early August and the lotus flowers in both the Japanese Garden and the Chinese Garden were in bloom. Two close friends had died the year before, just days after my birthday. We went to Montreal to get as [...]

Lotus Flower

Gayla — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:21:03 +0000

Random Junk Found in the Street Garden Cleanup (2009)

Gayla — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:26:13 +0000

This isn’t all of it, just some of the stranger items. Interestingly enough, the year I decide to give up on the garden is the year Operation Garden Terrorism seems to have come to a halt. Or maybe I just didn’t notice the damage because the garden looked so haggard! Past Interesting Items Found: Mystery Tree Cigarettes and Spinach Poop, [...]

Cyclamen Hedrafolium

Gayla — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:30:51 +0000

Fall Blooming Crocus

Gayla — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:30:07 +0000

Fall Blooming Crocus

Gayla — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:30:07 +0000

Soft and Orange

Gayla — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:41:24 +0000

pennsylvania_newspaper [Flickr]

yougrowgirl — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:47:56 PST

yougrowgirl posted a photo:

Oh boy I forget the name of this paper but this feature was done in conjunction with my workshops at Terrain at Styer's in April 2009

Mystery Rooster at LaGuardia Corner Gardens [Flickr]

yougrowgirl — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:39:02 PDT

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purpleflower2 [Flickr]

yougrowgirl — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:49:14 PDT

yougrowgirl posted a photo:

purple flower [Flickr]

yougrowgirl — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:39:35 PDT

yougrowgirl posted a photo:

Anyone know what this is?

Random House Lobby [Flickr]

yougrowgirl — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:09:05 PDT

yougrowgirl posted a photo:

I like what they've done here. I tried to photograph the front desk but was stopped by security and told not to photograph the logo.