tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post5748802435794564515..comments2024-03-28T13:54:16.110-07:00Comments on danger garden: BeBop Garden, a new book…and a give away!danger gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-6972114266539214042011-09-23T11:13:38.109-07:002011-09-23T11:13:38.109-07:00I'm about halfway through the book, Loree and ...I'm about halfway through the book, Loree and I'm enjoying every word of it. Ricki is quite an accomplished writer and I love how she weaves her prose in a poetic yet highly-readable style. As a cat lover I was definitely bemused by her delightful garden-cat tales. Stay tuned for my review in a future post. <br /><br />The first plant I grew? I don't know if my brain can go back that far. LOL Hmmm... well my first attempts at gardening were of the vegetable sort. What sticks out most is the black aphid-laden green bean patch. Live and learn. Veggies are too labor intensive for my taste. Because I already own a copy of Ricki's book, please don't include me in the drawing.GRACE PETERSONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04520343332670354262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-35118787264777037562011-09-23T08:58:27.335-07:002011-09-23T08:58:27.335-07:00sarasanger, I especially like that you don't j...sarasanger, I especially like that you don't just chop them down you do it "all mean like"...!<br /><br />Bruce, but you see if I do, and you win, I have no way to get in touch with you to find out where to ship the book...<br /><br />ricki, I especially enjoyed a look back at your pre-blogging gardening world...especially the parts where you talk about a move to a place with more land, since that's the only garden I've "known" you with.<br /><br />Ann, great story! Thank you.<br /><br />MulchMaid, maybe you'll be a quicker thinker than I and have Ricki autograph yours! I'm sure you'll enjoy it.<br /><br />Wyatt's mom, rain? God I'm afraid you're right.<br /><br />Linda, how's the harvest?danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-48821235381090893702011-09-23T07:48:25.607-07:002011-09-23T07:48:25.607-07:00The first thing I planted in the garden is my Cox&...The first thing I planted in the garden is my Cox's apple tree , as a reminder of my time in the UK.lindahttp://whatsitgarden.posterous.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-77124199217811286422011-09-22T19:44:01.108-07:002011-09-22T19:44:01.108-07:00That looks like some fine rainy day reading materi...That looks like some fine rainy day reading material! We may have a few rainy days coming soon :)<br /><br />The first plant we planted, in our first home, 25 years or so ago, was a 'Mozart' Rose that we purchased from 'Pickering Rose Catalog'. The name of our favorite composer and our favorite cat, we will have that rose in every home!<br /><br />Wyatt's MomWyatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10624811697604304580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-18332576613939018002011-09-22T17:30:58.318-07:002011-09-22T17:30:58.318-07:00Now I'm even more excited about reading Ricki&...Now I'm even more excited about reading Ricki's book. No need to enter me in the drawing, as I've already ordered my copy from the publisher, but what a great giveaway someone will get!<br /><br />My first plant in my new garden was a Trachycarpus fortunei, as a standard-bearer for my slightly disorganized, Mediterranean and plant-happy mixup.MulchMaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13848950758103138175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-6616182596092286752011-09-22T17:19:37.556-07:002011-09-22T17:19:37.556-07:00My first real garden was an old dumpy rental in in...My first real garden was an old dumpy rental in inner SE Portland where many of Portland's early Italian & Sicilian immigrants lived. It was down the street from my great-grandparents house and it was the neighborhood where my dad grew up. We were near the railroad tracks and I loved to hear the windows shake whenever a train went by. My husband and I loved to walk the neighborhood looking at the gardens and weeds to see and feel the past we weren't part of, but I knew that didn't matter because I weighed heavily on the minds of my family since family meant the world to them. <br /><br />To wrap this up, we inherited a house with two fig trees with more grafts than I had ever seen before and we never lacked for them, but what I wanted back then were roses. I know that roses get old in this mildewy town, but the roses grew like crazy in that horrible concrete garden. My great-grandmother was from Sicily and she loved roses and I did it for her because he name was Rosaria.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08720485909592974251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-79677046433489781622011-09-22T11:31:15.547-07:002011-09-22T11:31:15.547-07:00I wrote the book before blogging, but you were jus...I wrote the book before blogging, but you were just the type of reader I envisioned chatting up. Thanks for writing a swell review that picks up on many of the salient points. Bop on!ricki 'sprig to twig'http://bannersbyricki.com/index.phpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-19079155536664991972011-09-22T11:08:35.658-07:002011-09-22T11:08:35.658-07:00Please Enter me in to win!Please Enter me in to win!Bruce Bennett in SF, CAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-76562444132677103212011-09-22T09:57:30.860-07:002011-09-22T09:57:30.860-07:00I planted some artichokes. I appreciate how they g...I planted some artichokes. I appreciate how they get tall and give me food, look a bit evil, and then in my winter garden clean out, I just chop the plant down all mean like, and they come back up the next year. Great plant.sarasangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01016360579255842380noreply@blogger.com