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Welcome to The Back Bench!

Every gardener has a place for odds-and-ends that don't fit into their plant collection. It's a disease. No matter the specialty, most of us just can't resist this or that plant, get it home, and have no where to go with it. It goes on...the back bench.

The world of the web is no different. Despite my best efforts, there are just some things I want to share with you that don't fit in other areas of BotanicalGardening.com. When I feel the need to rant, rave, opine, or be just a little bit goofy--this is where you'll see it.

These bits would be perfect for that "other" informal communication vehicle, but the blog-jam that already exists in the garden world convinced me to keep them here for your enjoyment and edification. All of BotanicalGardening.com is blogged (a "site-blog")at BGBlog. Subscribe to the RSS feed (see the buttons bottom left...) and you'll be notified every time an update is made to the site. Stay tuned to the Back Bench where your favorite posts will stay permanently.

I hope you'll be by on a regular basis. Check in here often...I'll be adding things regularly--and this is where I typically respond if someone has comments that call for some followup. Now, grab a cup of coffee and enjoy...The Back Bench!


The quick and the dead...fall color in the garden 11.13.07
Ice the mice... 11.06.07
Danger! Danger! When plants attack... 11.06.07
Exercise for body, mind, and spirit... 09.25.07
A secret language for plants...
Broccoli Spears steams fans at MTV’s Video Music Awards 09.12.07
Oily Plants: Jatropha as Biofuel 09.11.07
On the horns of a dilemma...what's a gardener to do? 08.30.07
Pedantry run amok (amuck)? 07.31.07
Organic Lawns: Has the worm turned? 07.18.07
Squirrel angst... 07.16.07
Gardening and Global Warming: 07.07.07
Size matters... 06.29.07
Why do we garden? 06.15.07
Call me cranky... 06.05.07
It starts with one... 05.15.07
Gardening and Human Sacrifice 05.11.07
April showers...? 04.16.07
Come on baby...dance WITH me... 04.11.07
Playing Favorites? 03.07.07
Spring is coming...go fly a kite? 02.27.07
Valentine's Day, Sugar Snow, Seed, and NARGS... 02.14.07
Seeds... but no flowers? 02.08.07
Koi Ahoy! 01.18.07
Pony Up! 12.31.06
Bomb's Away! 11.06
Hort I.Q. 10.06
   
 

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