Play: Go to Hell

by Andrew Keys on January 26, 2012

(No, not you. For you, this is a little inspiration on a Thursday. Pinky swear.)

 
Go To Hell
Raphael Saadiq
Stone Rollin'

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Garden Designers Roundtable: Reality Check

by Andrew Keys on January 24, 2012

You know how usually with GDRT posts, I have loads of gorgeous photos for you? Yeah, well, with this one, I’m stumped, so I’m giving you audio. The first thing that came to mind when I thought of instances in which I needed a garden design reality check was one word: lawn. But not like you’re thinking!

Ever since I started doing sustainable gardening, I’ve been more in the business of taking out lawn, and much like Ivette Soler, a fellow roundtabler I interviewed for Horticulture’s RadioGarden podcast* last year, I always bite off more than I bargain for. *Now Garden Confidential at Fine Gardening.

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Play: Ring of Fire

January 19, 2012

  Ring Of Fire Johnny Cash Johnny Cash – 16 Biggest Hits It doesn’t matter what kind of mood I’m in–a little Cash always makes me happy.

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Purple Poker

January 17, 2012
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Come January, I’m always curious to find what plants I miss, and I’m perplexed to find that I miss this plant this year.

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Play: Fa Fa

December 1, 2011

  Fa Fa Guster Lost And Gone Forever I wore this album out in the early aughts. I hate to sound like a music geezer, but Guster was WAY better in those days. Then again, I guess I’ve changed too, since my time as a real Guster fan, so it’s only fair. Now, if you’ll [...]

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Listen: Garden Confidential #2: A to Z

November 30, 2011

In case you missed it, my podcast is back, only with a different name at a different mag. I’m thrilled to be working with the folks at Fine Gardening, and we’re having a so much fun. (As you can tell in the first segment of this episode–ever wanted to go behind the scenes? I did!) [...]

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Garden Designers Roundtable: Horticulture/Design Idols

November 22, 2011
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I’m quite certain I won’t be the only designer on GDRT to talk about Piet Oudolf. Nor should I, in my opinion–I’m incredibly thankful to be working in a world where Oudolf is still in vogue, and yes, I think he is, because even though Oudolf-type gardens aren’t uncommon now, I see his design style [...]

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Play: Matador

November 21, 2011

Hello there. How are you? Well, you’re looking good. Very good, in fact. Me–I’m okay, just been a little busy. But guess what? I am BACK. And I’m obsessed with Mariachi El Bronx. It’s a win-win, no? Tomorrow: Garden Designers Roundtable.   Matador Mariachi El Bronx Mariachi El Bronx (II)

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Garden Designers Roundtable: Shade

June 28, 2011
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As I’ve mulled over what to say about this month’s post on shade, I’ve been at a bit of a loss. If there’s one topic I think gets covered really, really often in gardening how-to, it’s shade. So… Shade: I have it. Beyond that, what could I add?

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Field Trip: A Garden by P. Allen Smith

June 16, 2011
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Waaaaaaay back in April, right around the time I turned into a whirling dervish of work on the book and every other project under the sun, I put everything down for two days to travel to Little Rock for an event at P. Allen Smith’s garden home retreat.

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