The President
No, not of the United States, but, rather of our Rockbridge County Master Gardener Association. HEADLINE: “MG Nominating Committee fails...
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Rockbridge Area
Master Gardeners Association
Jim Davis
- Jul 14, 2021
- 3 min
OFF RECORD
(AKA “Rocket 88”) My introduction to recorded music was really a non experience. My family moved to a rental house in Augusta, Georgia...
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Jim Davis
- Apr 11, 2021
- 3 min
Birds
If your shy and self-effacing blog writer may be allowed to say it, I was once a fairly competent birder. Royster Lyle, my best friend,...
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Jim Davis
- Jan 25, 2021
- 3 min
Two Reviews
By chance I have discovered a book and also an article very interesting to me as a gardener and a lover of nature. The book, a...
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Jim Davis
- Dec 16, 2020
- 3 min
A Christmas Carol
My family, what is left of it, is scattered across the country, from Alabama to Texas to Hawaii, so it seemed only natural early on that...
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Jim Davis
- Nov 24, 2020
- 2 min
Let There Not be Light
Well, not too much, anyway. Many years ago, a local organization (I believe it was Rockbridge Historical Foundation) convinced many...
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Jim Davis
- Oct 11, 2020
- 3 min
Books on Trees
I’m aware that books don’t grow on trees, although one of my regular readers wishes they did. I don’t know about the other two readers....
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Jim Davis
- Aug 4, 2020
- 3 min
THE WEDDING WITH KUDZU
In the 1940s, my father in law, an avid fisher, built a fine house on Burwells Bay, near the mouth of the James River. When my son was...
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Jim Davis
- Jun 29, 2020
- 3 min
Weeds
There’s a belief going around that talking to one’s plants will cause them to flourish. Well, there might be some validity here. A person...
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Jim Davis
- May 19, 2020
- 4 min
Photographing Your Garden
I have owned a camera since I was twelve years old, and in the dark bathroom even learned to develop and print my film. Later I wanted to...
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Jim Davis
- Apr 22, 2020
- 3 min
LANDSCAPING
The word landscaping always conveyed to me something far too elaborate that one would find on an eighteenth-century French or Italian...
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Jim Davis
- Mar 15, 2020
- 2 min
March
To me, March is an untrustworthy month. The winds and the ides of March are both notorious, but the month holds much that is unexpected....
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Jim Davis
- Feb 18, 2020
- 2 min
Winter Garden
My title may sound like the name of a ski resort, but I mean only to suggest what might go on in a garden during winter. What? Nothing?...
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Jim Davis
- Oct 10, 2019
- 3 min
Concerning Houseplants
My first house plant was a pineapple. I must have read some place that it was possible to root the top of the plant, below the leaves,...
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karen lyons
- May 31, 2019
- 1 min
The Seedy Gardener: May musings
OK, so my cut flower garden doesn't quite resemble that of Lisa Ziegler. Maybe it's because I didn't have Grandpa conditioning my soil...
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karen lyons
- May 1, 2019
- 1 min
The Seedy Gardener: April Thanksgiving
As April draws to a close, I just wanted to share my appreciation for the seeds shared at our January Seed Swap and my excitement over...
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Jim Davis
- Apr 14, 2019
- 3 min
WORDS CELEBRATING ARBOR DAY, APRIL 24th
by Jim Davis The poet Wordsworth was probably right. The way we look at nature changes as we grow up. Our early innocence is full of...
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Jim Davis
- Mar 29, 2019
- 3 min
WAIT—DON’T THROW IT AWAY!
I was only a child during the Second World War, but for various reasons the conflict seemed a presence in my life, even without the...
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Jim Davis
- Mar 7, 2019
- 2 min
A Rich Imagination
By Jim Davis In my years as a Master Gardener I’ve taken on a few jobs, all of which were not only satisfying but also a real pleasure....
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Jim Davis
- Jan 30, 2019
- 2 min
Who do we think we are, anyway?
by Jim Davis My mother was a great gardener, and I inherited her love of nature and plants. Routine things such as establishing a career...
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