http://blog.douggreensgarden.com (you just never know what's going on in the garden) Sat, 10 May 2008 11:29:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you write or want to make money writing, (and it doesn't have to be about gardening) you might want to check out these two -suddenly free - ebooks on copywriting. I paid about $25 bucks for one of them 5 or 6 years ago. ... http://blog.douggreensgarden.com/2008/05/10/free-ebooks-for-writers/ Over the years, I've written (fairly clearly I think) about not allowing certain kinds of plants into your garden. There are the outright garden thugs. And these include plants such as Crown Vetch, Goutweed (variegated and green leaf) and Artemesia 'Silver King'. This would certainly include grasses such ... http://blog.douggreensgarden.com/2008/05/09/karma/ OK - you're bored and not doing what you want to do. Read this. My moment was when my kid brother died. I decided then and there that if I had to die young, I didn't want to leave anything on the table. My only problem is that I keep adding things ... http://blog.douggreensgarden.com/2008/05/07/the-secret-to-life/ I never thought I'd say this but good for Home Depot. (I haven't heard any thunder and the roof is still up where it belongs). Home Depot announced that it will voluntarily stop selling traditional pesticides and herbicides in its stores across Canada by the end of 2008 and ... http://blog.douggreensgarden.com/2008/05/06/home-depot-phases-out-garden-chemicals-in-canada/ I laid out the first designs. I lugged and sweated the 6x6 beams into place. I carried all the cardboard. I laid all the cardboard. I loaded all the bark chips. I unloaded all the bark chips. I took the pictures. Mayo spread the mulch with a rake. I lugged the peat moss. I spread the peat moss. I set ... http://blog.douggreensgarden.com/2008/05/06/so-who-gets-the-credit/ One of the things I'm really excited about right now is the new way I'm looking at setting up online gardening seminars. A few brave souls stuck around for a few hours of webinars, gave me some great feedback and pushed my thinking into the 21st century. ... http://blog.douggreensgarden.com/2008/05/04/are-blogs-the-new-garden-magazine/ If your significant other is a guy who doesn't "get" flowers and how much they mean to you. Try dropping a hint - like "check out this url sweetie". It may not do much good, and if that's the case you may simply have to go to the ... http://blog.douggreensgarden.com/2008/05/01/your-sig-other-and-flowers/ http://blog.douggreensgarden.com/2008/05/01/red-hellebore/ You're still in time to sign in and take the webinar tomorrow (Thursday May 1, at 8pm EST) night. No registration necessary (just show up) and I'll be answering questions from folks who are there and asking. To take the webinar go to this url tomorrow ... http://blog.douggreensgarden.com/2008/04/30/webinar-thursday-night/ Those who went gaga over the shoes Crocs might want to rush out and pick up a pair just about any day now. Apparently the company has fallen on tough times, the stock price has fallen and a factory has been closed. I've never been able to even force myself ... http://blog.douggreensgarden.com/2008/04/30/get-your-crocs-now/