Comments on: Organic Gardening 101: Learning to Love What You’ve Got (How to Stop Spraying and Start Seeing Beauty Everywhere) http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2009/07/organic-gardening-learning-to-love-what-youve-got/ Helping you take joy in creating and maintaining the garden of your dreams... in the Pacific Northwest Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:22:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: lois kimbrell http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2009/07/organic-gardening-learning-to-love-what-youve-got/#comment-9356 lois kimbrell Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:50:55 +0000 http://www.northcoastgardening.com/?p=1304#comment-9356 I have really enjoyed visiting your site. Your Post (Learning to Love What You’ve Got) is great. I am of like mind, if something just does not work out go for something else. I like to check out how things grow in the wild you can some times get an idea as to how and where to plant some of the domesticated cousins to the cousin in the wild. Along road sides that are you may see certain plants thriving is sunny areas and that same plant in shady areas just surviving. You may learn that you can use a "Weed" that does not require alot of care and attention and actually has a pretty flower or can add some interest to a location in your yard that is other wise barren and neglected. Also some bushes do better in front of a wood area than displayed singuraly. I also like the looks of your site which is simple yet elegant. Thanks. I have really enjoyed visiting your site. Your Post (Learning to Love What You’ve Got) is great. I am of like mind, if something just does not work out go for something else.
I like to check out how things grow in the wild you can some times get an idea as to how and where to plant some of the domesticated cousins to the cousin in the wild. Along road sides that are you may see certain plants thriving is sunny areas and that same plant in shady areas just surviving. You may learn that you can use a “Weed” that does not require alot of care and attention and actually has a pretty flower or can add some interest to a location in your yard that is other wise barren and neglected. Also some bushes do better in front of a wood area than displayed singuraly.
I also like the looks of your site which is simple yet elegant.

Thanks.

]]> By: Genevieve http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2009/07/organic-gardening-learning-to-love-what-youve-got/#comment-1687 Genevieve Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:24:06 +0000 http://www.northcoastgardening.com/?p=1304#comment-1687 Nice, Nancy!! Thanks so much for the link to your cabbage worm post. Organics rule, man. And Town Mouse, every time I see a well-used native I think of you.... That's high praise indeed! Nice, Nancy!! Thanks so much for the link to your cabbage worm post. Organics rule, man.
And Town Mouse, every time I see a well-used native I think of you…. That’s high praise indeed!

]]> By: Nancy @PlantAvenue http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2009/07/organic-gardening-learning-to-love-what-youve-got/#comment-1663 Nancy @PlantAvenue Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:26:21 +0000 http://www.northcoastgardening.com/?p=1304#comment-1663 Great post - and so true! I planted some ornamental cabbage that was devoured by cabbage worms. I'm very much against using chemical pesticides so I researched some other options (which I outlined in my post here: http://plantavenue.blogspot.com/2009/08/cabbage-worm.html) but in the end decided to simply not plant them again next year. Maybe instead I'll plant some more bee-friendly florals instead :) .-= Nancy @PlantAvenue´s last blog ..<a href="http://plantavenue.blogspot.com/2009/09/can-you-root-rosemary-cutting.html" rel="nofollow">Can You Root A Rosemary Cutting?</a> =-. Great post – and so true! I planted some ornamental cabbage that was devoured by cabbage worms. I’m very much against using chemical pesticides so I researched some other options (which I outlined in my post here: http://plantavenue.blogspot.com/2009/08/cabbage-worm.html) but in the end decided to simply not plant them again next year. Maybe instead I’ll plant some more bee-friendly florals instead :)
.-= Nancy @PlantAvenue´s last blog ..Can You Root A Rosemary Cutting? =-.

]]> By: Are You Suffering From Garden Envy? http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2009/07/organic-gardening-learning-to-love-what-youve-got/#comment-1493 Are You Suffering From Garden Envy? Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:33:10 +0000 http://www.northcoastgardening.com/?p=1304#comment-1493 [...] was reading a post on Genevieve Schmidt’s blog, North Coast Gardening about organic gardening and learning to love what you have growing in your garden (think natives or regionally appropriate [...] [...] was reading a post on Genevieve Schmidt’s blog, North Coast Gardening about organic gardening and learning to love what you have growing in your garden (think natives or regionally appropriate [...]

]]> By: Are You Suffering From Garden Envy? « A Garden of Possibilities http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2009/07/organic-gardening-learning-to-love-what-youve-got/#comment-1491 Are You Suffering From Garden Envy? « A Garden of Possibilities Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:47:27 +0000 http://www.northcoastgardening.com/?p=1304#comment-1491 [...] was reading a post on Genevieve Schmidt’s blog, North Coast Gardening about organic gardening and learning to love what you have growing in your garden (think natives or regionally appropriate [...] [...] was reading a post on Genevieve Schmidt’s blog, North Coast Gardening about organic gardening and learning to love what you have growing in your garden (think natives or regionally appropriate [...]

]]> By: Town Mouse http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2009/07/organic-gardening-learning-to-love-what-youve-got/#comment-1462 Town Mouse Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:17:26 +0000 http://www.northcoastgardening.com/?p=1304#comment-1462 I couldn't agree more! Living in drought-stricken CA, it's painful to watch so many pine after moisture-loving beauties. But it's encouraging so see the tide is turning, there's more and more interest in sustainable gardens (and that means no pesticides and not so much water). .-= Town Mouse´s last blog ..<a href="http://tmousecmouse.blogspot.com/2009/08/dead-or-alive.html" rel="nofollow">Dead or Alive?</a> =-. I couldn’t agree more! Living in drought-stricken CA, it’s painful to watch so many pine after moisture-loving beauties. But it’s encouraging so see the tide is turning, there’s more and more interest in sustainable gardens (and that means no pesticides and not so much water).
.-= Town Mouse´s last blog ..Dead or Alive? =-.

]]> By: Iconic Plants: Agave parryi (Parry’s Agave) - Invisible Bees http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2009/07/organic-gardening-learning-to-love-what-youve-got/#comment-1451 Iconic Plants: Agave parryi (Parry’s Agave) - Invisible Bees Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:54:31 +0000 http://www.northcoastgardening.com/?p=1304#comment-1451 [...] East, so I feel kind of proud and rather awestruck that I’ve turned this page. I’m sure Genevieve Schmidt has had something to do with [...] [...] East, so I feel kind of proud and rather awestruck that I’ve turned this page. I’m sure Genevieve Schmidt has had something to do with [...]

]]> By: Genevieve http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2009/07/organic-gardening-learning-to-love-what-youve-got/#comment-1446 Genevieve Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:50:13 +0000 http://www.northcoastgardening.com/?p=1304#comment-1446 Debbie, that would completely delight me! Thanks for thinking of it! Debbie, that would completely delight me! Thanks for thinking of it!

]]> By: Debbie http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2009/07/organic-gardening-learning-to-love-what-youve-got/#comment-1445 Debbie Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:31:54 +0000 http://www.northcoastgardening.com/?p=1304#comment-1445 Genevieve, Thanks for the links, I had so much fun looking through them all. Would you mind if I used a few on my blog and linked back to your post? .-= Debbie´s last blog ..<a href="http://gardenofpossibilities.com/2009/07/29/purple-beautyberry-the-cinderella-shrub/" rel="nofollow">Purple Beautyberry…The Cinderella Shrub</a> =-. Genevieve,

Thanks for the links, I had so much fun looking through them all. Would you mind if I used a few on my blog and linked back to your post?
.-= Debbie´s last blog ..Purple Beautyberry…The Cinderella Shrub =-.

]]> By: Genevieve http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2009/07/organic-gardening-learning-to-love-what-youve-got/#comment-1442 Genevieve Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:51:44 +0000 http://www.northcoastgardening.com/?p=1304#comment-1442 Debbie, thanks for asking - yes, check these articles out. Saxon's my favorite garden photographer easily (see the Grasses book in the first post on garden rant - Best.Garden.Porn. EVER!!) and it's so reassuring to me that he gives away some of the secrets of the magazine gardens. His advice has definitely helped me take better plant pictures, just by having the courage to "stage" a scene. Amy Stewart on Garden Rant calls him out: http://www.gardenrant.com/my_weblog/2007/10/you-go-saxon-ho.html He responds with some good dish!: http://www.gardeninggonewild.com/?p=338 And a favorite post of his that helped me "see" some better photos in my own gardens: http://www.gardeninggonewild.com/?p=2622 Debbie, thanks for asking – yes, check these articles out. Saxon’s my favorite garden photographer easily (see the Grasses book in the first post on garden rant – Best.Garden.Porn. EVER!!) and it’s so reassuring to me that he gives away some of the secrets of the magazine gardens. His advice has definitely helped me take better plant pictures, just by having the courage to “stage” a scene.

Amy Stewart on Garden Rant calls him out:
http://www.gardenrant.com/my_weblog/2007/10/you-go-saxon-ho.html

He responds with some good dish!:
http://www.gardeninggonewild.com/?p=338

And a favorite post of his that helped me “see” some better photos in my own gardens:
http://www.gardeninggonewild.com/?p=2622

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