Garden Girl

If I had your blog on my blogroll at my Garden Girl site, the links should all be updated at Punk Gardener (please email me if you need to be added or updated or such). If Garden Girl was on your blogroll, please update my link with Punk Gardener at http://www.punkgardener.com

Please have the link point to punkgardener.com & not to this site.

Thanks everyone & let the rain keep on coming to us CenTex gardeners!

long live Garden Girl… er something.

Sooooo… I’ve been made aware that A) There are a lot of Garden Girl domains & some of them are getting pretty big (like the awesome GardenGirlTV) and B) hardly anyone can remember my .name domain designation as it’s just too weird :p

With this in mind, I’ve moved this blog to a new domain & I hope those of you who have been visiting me here will keep on visiting there (or update your bookmarked feeds or email subscriptions to my new pad).

I really do appreciate all you who read & take the time to comment and I don’t want to lose any of you, so I’ll leave this blog up here for a while with this notice on it.

My new blog is already up & ready for action at:

http://www.punkgardener.com

& I’ll do my best to bring the the punk ethic of DIY, and being mad creative while having more fun than the law allows to my garden.

See ya on the other side- GardenGirl/ Punk Gardener

would you?

*shakes fist at sky*

with local peaches from the farmers market this week– oh my!
It’s from the Happy Vegan Baker and if you haven’t had her goodies yet, then go get some as soon as possible!
The woman who is the Happy Vegan Baker does amazingly moist , sweet, flavorful delights of pure goodness & is a total sweetie as well.
I cannot rave about her stuff long or loud enough.
Rockin’ desserts!

Even here

from Austin techgeek hipstas 100% complete.
Two years ago Mr. Garden Girl & I were the kind of people who impatiently complained about the next SideKick from T-Mo not coming out ALREADY because the browsers on our handheld communications devices were just SOOO SLOOOW *grump*.
Now?
Now we have one cheapie cell for emergencies with a paid minutes card between us, but we have a somewhat expensive German engineered bike trailer capable of hauling big bags of soil for our hanging tomato plants.

Oh &… 3 drops of rain in far N.E. Austin so far– whoot!

Pam, over at Red, White and Grew has started a fun meme to encourage us to share our victory garden inspirations and information.
Anyone who would like to participate can contact her or, if you want to pass the meme along,  just link to the meme page from your blog.

Here’s the page:

www.redwhiteandgrew.com/replicate

and my answers:

* What are your favorite local garden resources (ex. nurseries, blogs, reliable regional “celebrity” gardeners,county/parish extension office)?

When I lived in South Austin, I loved the Natural Gardener:
http://www.naturalgardeneraustin.com/

The staff is very knowledgeable and helpful and the nursery and store beat any other gardening supply place I’ve ever been to. Even just spending a few hours wandering around the nursery is a sure fired way to make your day.

My favorite local gardening celebrity is Howard Garrett (The Dirt Doctor) and his site , forums & newsletter have really helped me trouble shoot some garden problems.

http://www.dirtdoctor.com/

I also love the *You Grow Girl* Forums.

http://www.yougrowgirl.com/forums/

* What are your favorite books and magazines?

Organic Gardening Magazine

http://www.organicgardening.com/

& a book I keep coming back to is *Gaia’s Garden*

http://www.amazon.com/Gaias-Garden-Guide-Home-Scale-Permaculture/dp/1890132527

The best introductory book on gardening I know is *You Grow Girl*

http://www.amazon.com/You-Grow-Girl-Groundbreaking-Gardening/dp/0743270142/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1218560134&sr=1-1

* What is your favorite gardening tip?

Water less often, but deeply & always first thing in the morning.
Feed your garden: compost tea & compost are your garden’s friends.
Focus on amending til you have good soil & the rest will come.

* Why do you call your garden a _________ (Victory Garden, Peace Garden, Freedom Garden, vegetable garden…etc.)?

I like the way “victory garden” is catching on but mostly I just call it a kitchen garden

frittata.JPG, originally uploaded by TheHerbGirl.

Don’t look at my poor, hanging in there only because I love on it, yellow, leaves dropping garden.
No.
(mutters many bad words at drought)

Instead look at this yummy frittata I made for breakfast with all local ingredients! It certainly made me feel better about the weather.

As we wait indoors for Edouard (hoping that he won’t come in looking for a fight) , here’s a little online shopping to feel good about:

Hand made *Worm Inns* make vermicomposting fun for the fashion conscious gardener.

I’m seriously digging on my worms & I recommend them , even for folks who aren’t gardeners. Why fill the landfill when you can feed some green growing things, even if it’s only your houseplants?
They are nuisance free, quiet and the only odor so far is a faint smell of good rich soil.

“The Austin and San Antonio areas join forces to give residents a user-friendly, one-stop commuting information site. The River Cities Rideshare program is designed to help commuters reduce automobile dependency by providing carpool and vanpool matches, biking and pedestrian information and public transportation options.”

http://www.rivercitiesrideshare.com/en-US/