tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post5533383863700202746..comments2024-03-14T02:18:13.285-05:00Comments on T h e | D e e p | M i d d l e: Happy Birthday to Me & The Garden, 2011Benjamin Vogthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-8607992778589462072011-07-28T07:56:27.500-05:002011-07-28T07:56:27.500-05:00James--You aren't overgeneralizing. If I move ...James--You aren't overgeneralizing. If I move for a teaching job, and I do want to teach again, I want it to be the last move, to a place I can root in for a long time. I have many friends who job hop because they have to, I've been fortunate in that, so far, I haven't had to.Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-24792982819967809232011-07-27T23:14:57.493-05:002011-07-27T23:14:57.493-05:00Benjamin, so sorry about the job thing, but I see ...Benjamin, so sorry about the job thing, but I see you're taking it as an opportunity. I can't you imagine you leaving the Deep Middle for a teaching job in a climate so totally unlike yours. I'm probably overgeneralizing but itinerant job-hopping academia seems to foster ways of living that don't value place. Your garden looks stunning this time of year--what a great excuse to tryJameshttp://soenyun.com/Blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-89055988011255688402011-07-18T14:26:52.300-05:002011-07-18T14:26:52.300-05:00Joe--Thank you!! The first two years I was outside...Joe--Thank you!! The first two years I was outside 6-8 hours a day. Not so anymore, I just like to lean back and enjoy! If you want to see more prairie for cheap, link to my series of blog posts about my trip to Oklahoma for research on a book I'm writing: http://deepmiddle.blogspot.com/2011/06/oklahoma-part-3-corn-custer-cheyenne.html At the end are links to the other posts in the series. Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-87247647337236444712011-07-18T14:18:58.869-05:002011-07-18T14:18:58.869-05:00Your garden is beautiful! I love all the prairie p...Your garden is beautiful! I love all the prairie plants. I will definitely have to visit the prairies one of these days. Thanks for the inspiration. :)Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09047529917032883386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-27861530453952875612011-07-18T13:59:08.722-05:002011-07-18T13:59:08.722-05:00Laurrie--I like to touch and smell my plants as I ...Laurrie--I like to touch and smell my plants as I walk by them, and so the narrow paths. The bad thing about that is I have to do some path staking and get the occasional sting from a nectaring insect. It always seems a miracle when after that March perennial cutdown, the garden leaps two, three, six feet in May and June (and on to 12 feet, in the case of one ironweed). God, I'm so in love Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-66413240199017340802011-07-18T13:26:04.118-05:002011-07-18T13:26:04.118-05:00I love seeing the evolution of this new garden. W...I love seeing the evolution of this new garden. What a transformation in just a few years! Just when you think it's always going to be puny and stunted, you turn around and it it beautifully lush and pleasingly designed (I like the narrow paths, the creek bed, the way you can wander in it even though it's a small space.) I am going to steal some ideas here.Laurriehttp://laurries.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-82128362728432599952011-07-17T20:50:54.722-05:002011-07-17T20:50:54.722-05:00Sue--Hope you find the ebook tolerable, and by tha...Sue--Hope you find the ebook tolerable, and by that I mean first the format (not thrilled) and then the content (ok with that). If the mood strikes you, and you feel it worthwhile, I wouldn't mind a plug. I'll have a paperback out soon (much nicer looking and with better / more pics), if the cover proof goes ok this week.Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-86323552922628642882011-07-17T18:33:56.411-05:002011-07-17T18:33:56.411-05:00I always enjoy visits to your garden. Larry has t...I always enjoy visits to your garden. Larry has the Kindle app on his ipad, and he bought your book a few minutes ago. I enjoyed the first few pages, but need to do some other things before getting back to it. I hope you get some new gardens to create for your business soon.<br /><br />It sounds like you had a good birthday and anniversary.Corner Gardener Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10631500918579405664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-49307326816092189872011-07-16T15:07:25.856-05:002011-07-16T15:07:25.856-05:00Phillip--You must mean the Tiger Eyes sumac. It...Phillip--You must mean the Tiger Eyes sumac. It's a cutleaf sumac. Gets very orange and red in fall, provided the summer humidity hasn't defoliated it by then (I'm nervous again this year with dewpoints in the 70s for weeks straight--happened last year and it lost most of its leaves in July / August and made me cry rivers).Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-14316604878643836192011-07-16T14:38:23.749-05:002011-07-16T14:38:23.749-05:00Your garden is beautiful. I love the urn fountain....Your garden is beautiful. I love the urn fountain. What is the little tree (or shrub) with the light yellow colored leaves right above the urn?Phillip Oliverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01546160918395373740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-14934332460389750972011-07-16T10:48:36.540-05:002011-07-16T10:48:36.540-05:00Kim--Hey, my blog is pretty much 4 years old, too....Kim--Hey, my blog is pretty much 4 years old, too. Occasionally, cool people like yourself stop by and honor me. You know.<br />Scott--Yes, that indian grass is the straight species. I first tried miscanthus there, but it died (too dry in summer?). Then switchgrass. Slowly died. Then indian grass. The stuff just exploded the year after I planted it. And I LOVE the seed heads. And I don't haveBenjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-26796708459967055622011-07-16T10:03:56.449-05:002011-07-16T10:03:56.449-05:00Happy B-Day! Your garden still looks great to me! ...Happy B-Day! Your garden still looks great to me! I agree about the Senna...wish I had room for one...they are lovely. Is the Indian Grass you mentioned Sorghastrum? I've been trying to find some, but to no avail...looks like I'll have to buy some online (there are a few varieties to choose from now). Funny how I moved away from the prairie, and am now longing for those grasses again :-)scottweberpdxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08740930947767329183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-91782772644618290012011-07-16T00:50:23.811-05:002011-07-16T00:50:23.811-05:00(I meant garden, not blog. Darn it. 2am typing is ...(I meant garden, not blog. Darn it. 2am typing is probably never good... even for an insomniac like me.)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14395380166485303934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-59561562892075007882011-07-16T00:49:45.838-05:002011-07-16T00:49:45.838-05:00Happy birthday to both you and your blog! :)Happy birthday to both you and your blog! :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14395380166485303934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-78821864186129468612011-07-15T21:11:46.785-05:002011-07-15T21:11:46.785-05:00D--Placing some ads next month, so hope to get som...D--Placing some ads next month, so hope to get some business. Scary, exciting, whoa. <br />Jim--You couldn't sit in it today. 100 degrees, 115 heat index, 77 dewpoint, and buckets of skeeters.<br />Les--Hmmm, I think I need all of them. Why settle? Shoot for the stars so you at least make it to the moon, I say.<br />Anon--Thank you!! I'm not very pleased with the format on Kindle, but I Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-65756861566962817692011-07-15T20:08:21.206-05:002011-07-15T20:08:21.206-05:00Just bought the book on the kindle app on my ipad,...Just bought the book on the kindle app on my ipad, looks great!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-59917714399408079832011-07-15T18:27:27.175-05:002011-07-15T18:27:27.175-05:00May all your birthday wishes come true, or at leas...May all your birthday wishes come true, or at least the one you need the most.Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18281256160705697856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-89099820697914949042011-07-15T16:07:11.982-05:002011-07-15T16:07:11.982-05:00Happy Birthday. Your garden is beyond cool. I coul...Happy Birthday. Your garden is beyond cool. I could sit in it all day. jimJim Groblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18027723131261970051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-29098510639346300322011-07-15T15:14:08.733-05:002011-07-15T15:14:08.733-05:00Happy anniversary, happy birthday! And judging by ...Happy anniversary, happy birthday! And judging by your own garden - I hope and wish LOTS of clients for your garden designs.Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-90609109028481025932011-07-15T09:38:49.558-05:002011-07-15T09:38:49.558-05:00GB--It's zone 4-9, like moist soil, and mine i...GB--It's zone 4-9, like moist soil, and mine is currently 6-7' tall. It should work! I have a video of it coming up in the next few days here, as part of a book trailer for my gardening memoir.Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-52884514818252784722011-07-15T09:26:43.818-05:002011-07-15T09:26:43.818-05:00I'm dying over the Rudebeckia coneflower!! SO ...I'm dying over the Rudebeckia coneflower!! SO cool. Wonder if that will grow in California. Garden looks great. Happy birthday!Green Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133847111288382381noreply@blogger.com