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The Slipshod Gardener 9: A Tale of Two Roses
There are delicate roses and hardy roses. Here are the stories of two hardy roses, one extremely cheap and one free. Both have done well with almost no special attention.
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The Slipshod Gardener 8: The Case of the Flopping Crab
A crapapple tree that mysteriously would flop over in windy weather leaves a legacy.
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The Slipshod Gardener 7: The Ill-fated Butterfly Bushes
My trials trying to get butterfly bush, a common plant in the South, to grow in my yard. Includes links for finding your own online and for raising butterflies.
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Establishing Good Credit with Small Personal Loans
Taking out small personal loans with a local bank or credit union is the best way to establish a good credit rating. It's possible even without a co-signer but it takes some planning. Do it before you actually need money so that when you're in a pinch, you've got a lending institution on your side.
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Establishing Good Credit with a Credit Card
Getting a first credit card should be a planned and strategic move rather than something done on an impulse or in desperate times.
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The Slipshod Gardener 6: Glory and Passion
My adventures covering a six foot fence with greenery, with photos.
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The Slipshod Gardener 5: Pond Development and Defeat
It takes two, the inside and the outside, to make a successful garden pond.
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The Slipshod Gardener 4: Of Ponds and Pumpkins
Summer of the pumpkin dynasty and the walking water lily water lily.
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The Slipshod Gardener 3: The Devil's 1/3 Acre
When gardening, small mistakes often result in big labor. This hub is about attempting to ameliorate problems with the land itself.
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The Slipshod Gardener 2: Killing the Lawn
The first step in transforming a lawn to a garden is killing the lawn. In my case, my success backfired in a couple of different ways.
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The Slipshod Gardener 1: Principled Beginnings
A personal essay about hating lawns and conceiving a vision of great things for my yard. Part 1 of a Slipshod Gardener series of tales about wrestling with my yard as I transform it from lawn to, well, something else.
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The Hunger Games: the movie
A critical review of the movie that resulted from the book.
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The Physics of Cats
Scientifically silly explanations for some of the inexplicable things cats do.
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Internet Image Consciousness for Job Hunters
About the necessity of creating a positive online image for the career-minded. Two steps to beginning the process. Start now. Don't wait until you're unemployed!
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Foraging
A personal essay about the place of foraging and discovery in my life generally and in family bonding.
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Who me? A teacher?
Yes, introvert, you may some day be asked to share what you know. Here are some tips for preparing for and surviving the experience.
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Uterine Fibroids: Treatment Options
An overview of current (2011) medical options for fibroids intended to save others the trials of searching for alternatives doctors often won't tell you about.
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To Go Gray or to Dye
Whether to become streaked or not to streak? To allow the natural frosting or keep a uniform color? I lean toward letting it snow.
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Coloring: a simple stress buster
Coloring isn't just for children! Here's your encouragement to return to this soothing, rewarding activity. It's a great way to give your inner artist a little stroking when life is either too harried or too bland.
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The Beauty of the 365 Project
365project.org provides glimpses into the lives of people all over the world.
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Prevent Colds with Nasal Rinses
Nasal rinses work great for nipping colds in the bud and they're not as gross or uncomfortable as you might think.
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Great Old Poetry Anthologies
Don't automatically turn your back on old poetry anthologies assuming they'll either be full of poetry you've already seen or that poetry that hasn't stood the test of time can't be any good.
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Good Reads Under 150 Pages
Take a look and my list of brief,engaging reads and leave your own suggestions.
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The Contradictions of Howard Weeden's Art and Poetry
A look at Howard Weeden, a woman poet and painter who tried to capture the voices and faces of the African Americans around her in the later half of the 19th Century--and yet sentimentalized the pre-Civil War relationship between master nad slave.