Guest Poster

Guest Post: Getting More from Your Garden

February 29, 2012

Our guest poster today is Evelyn Hadden, author of the new book Beautiful No-Mow Yards. She discusses how to get the most from your garden and incorporating nature into your landscape. Visit her online at LessLawn.com.  What is the point of making a garden? Adding beauty to the world, surely, but a garden can do so [...]

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Guest Post: How to Do More With Less on a Balcony Garden

February 28, 2012

I’m excited to welcome Fern Richardson to the Timber blog today! Her new book, Small-Space Container Gardens, is available now–and we’re offering a chance to win a container garden kit and a copy of the book. Some people think it’s not really worth it to grow your own food if your only potential garden space is an [...]

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Guest Post: Why Do I Garden?

February 2, 2012

Gardeners come to love plants and the landscape in many different ways. And today, garden writer John Markowski is sharing why he gardens here on the Timber blog. John posts regularly on An Obsessive Neurotic Gardener.  So here’s the deal, I’m turning 40 within the next 6 months and like many before me, I’m in self-examination mode. [...]

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Guest Post: Twisted Logic Part Two

February 1, 2012

This week, we’re offering a chance to win a copy of Decoding Gardening Advice! Be sure to enter by Friday, February 3rd.  Co-author Meleah Maynard is guest posting on the blog today to discuss why some bad advice seems logical. Don’t miss yesterday’s post: “Twisted Logic: Part One”! Okay, it’s time for the second half of my extended post “Twisted Logic.” [...]

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Guest Post: Twisted Logic Part One

January 31, 2012

This week, we’re offering a chance to win a copy of Decoding Gardening Advice! Be sure to enter by Friday, February 3rd.  Co-author Meleah Maynard is guest posting on the blog today to discuss why some bad advice seems logical. Stay tuned for Part Two tomorrow! One of the weirdest things about advice of any kind is [...]

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Guest Post: Part Two of 10 Things I Hate About Your Yard

January 26, 2012

Today, we’re posting the second part of a two-part series from garden writer C.L. Fornari! She discusses the 10 biggest garden pet peeves that she sees in her neighbor’s landscapes. You can visit her on her blog, Whole Life Gardening. Don’t miss Part One from yesterday! 6. Bad Neighbors Some plants can’t live together. It’s not that [...]

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Guest Post: Part One of 10 Things I Hate About Your Yard

January 25, 2012

Today, we’re posting the first part of a two-part series from garden writer C.L. Fornari! She discusses the 10 biggest garden pet peeves that she sees in her neighbor’s landscapes. You can visit her on her blog, Whole Life Gardening. The Garden Lady talks about what not to do: 1. Winter Upholstery Yes, in northern areas [...]

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Guest Post: Rules, Schmules–It Needs to Be Easier to Tell Good Advice from Bad

January 23, 2012

Meleah Maynard, author of the new book Decoding Gardening Advice, is our guest poster today. She shares her thoughts about following gardening rules–do you follow them in your own garden? You can read more from Meleah on her blog, Everyday Gardener. Rules can really suck the fun and relaxation out of all things good. I’ve always thought [...]

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Guest Post: In Need of a Screen

January 9, 2012

Our guest poster today is Marty Wingate, author of the new book Landscaping for Privacy. In this post, she discusses how she needs a screen for an open spot in her yard. You can visit her online at In the Garden with Marty Wingate.  Now you don’t see it, now you do. It can happen [...]

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Guest Post: Test Your Seeds Before You Plant Them

January 6, 2012

Meleah Maynard, author of the new book Decoding Gardening Advice, is our guest poster today. She shares advice about testing seeds before you plant them. You can read more from Meleah on her blog, Everyday Gardener. Raise your hand if you’ve got a bunch of half-empty seed packets in your basement along with unlabeled seeds in jars, [...]

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