Copyright (c) 2012 CraftStylish.com en-us Fine Gardening - "Kiss My Aster" blog entries http://www.finegardening.com/blog/kiss-my-aster Thu, 24 May 2012 01:38:08 -0500 Fine Gardening - "Kiss My Aster" blog entries http://www.finegardening.com/assets/images/cs_logo_sm.jpg http://www.finegardening.com/blog/kiss-my-aster Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:41:16 -0500 http://www.finegardening.com/item/22823/my-bad-romance-with-a-bad-bad-plant http://www.finegardening.com/item/22823/my-bad-romance-with-a-bad-bad-plant Posted by KissMyAster
I should know better. In fact, I do. ]]> http://www.finegardening.com/item/22823/my-bad-romance-with-a-bad-bad-plant Sun, 22 Apr 2012 12:05:12 -0500 http://www.finegardening.com/item/22723/national-call-out-sick-from-work-to-stay-home-and-pull-garlic-mustard-before-it-goes-to-seed-day http://www.finegardening.com/item/22723/national-call-out-sick-from-work-to-stay-home-and-pull-garlic-mustard-before-it-goes-to-seed-day Posted by KissMyAster
This Friday is National Call-Out-Sick-From-Work-To-Stay-Home-And-Pull-Garlic-Mustard-Before-It-Goes-To-Seed Day. So start thinking up your excuses now people, because those things are about to BLOW. ]]> http://www.finegardening.com/item/22723/national-call-out-sick-from-work-to-stay-home-and-pull-garlic-mustard-before-it-goes-to-seed-day Sun, 18 Mar 2012 13:22:18 -0500 http://www.finegardening.com/item/22417/first-contact http://www.finegardening.com/item/22417/first-contact Posted by KissMyAster
I'm trying to raise a kid that loves being outside and in the dirt as much as I do... ]]> http://www.finegardening.com/item/22417/first-contact Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:40:06 -0500 http://www.finegardening.com/item/22260/yet-another-reason-to-love-cactii http://www.finegardening.com/item/22260/yet-another-reason-to-love-cactii Posted by KissMyAster
I'm moving today, wrapping everything up, including a my plants. The roses were a pain to move, as are the giant soil-filled containers... but you know what's a piece of cake to move? ]]> http://www.finegardening.com/item/22260/yet-another-reason-to-love-cactii Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:29:24 -0500 http://www.finegardening.com/item/22130/an-adult-love-letter-to-adult-ivy http://www.finegardening.com/item/22130/an-adult-love-letter-to-adult-ivy Posted by KissMyAster
Are you familiar with Adult Ivy? It's more mature and sophisticated, naturally. Here's a slightly naughty love letter that explains its virtues.... ]]> http://www.finegardening.com/item/22130/an-adult-love-letter-to-adult-ivy Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:05:14 -0500 http://www.finegardening.com/item/21881/hey-girl http://www.finegardening.com/item/21881/hey-girl Posted by KissMyAster
A few months ago, I noticed this Ryan Gosling meme going around where in each one he says the perfect thing to his fictitious lady love. And I was thinking that gardening just doesn't get enough memes. Or any memes. So I made up a mess of these... ]]> http://www.finegardening.com/item/21881/hey-girl Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:35:46 -0500 http://www.finegardening.com/item/21679/in-the-nick-of-time-winter-pot http://www.finegardening.com/item/21679/in-the-nick-of-time-winter-pot Posted by KissMyAster
I haven't been home in actual daylight hours to make the pot in front of my house until now. So here it is! ]]> http://www.finegardening.com/item/21679/in-the-nick-of-time-winter-pot Sat, 17 Dec 2011 11:35:08 -0500 http://www.finegardening.com/item/21637/a-ticking-pine-bomb http://www.finegardening.com/item/21637/a-ticking-pine-bomb Posted by KissMyAster
It's the middle of the night. I've just been awakened by a noise, it isn't a loud noise but... I can tell that something isn't right. I get out of bed to check the house- Everything seems in place until... It's our super-dead Christmas tree AUDIBLY losing needles. ]]> http://www.finegardening.com/item/21637/a-ticking-pine-bomb Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:36:05 -0500 http://www.finegardening.com/item/21518/this-birdbath-may-be-the-end-of-my-marriage http://www.finegardening.com/item/21518/this-birdbath-may-be-the-end-of-my-marriage Posted by KissMyAster
Things have come to a pretty pass, our romance is growing flat. For you like this and the other, while I go for this hot pink squirrel bird bath. ]]> http://www.finegardening.com/item/21518/this-birdbath-may-be-the-end-of-my-marriage Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:30:00 -0500 http://www.finegardening.com/item/21471/kiss-my-asters-gifts-for-gardeners-guide-2011 http://www.finegardening.com/item/21471/kiss-my-asters-gifts-for-gardeners-guide-2011 Posted by KissMyAster
I sometimes get asked for my suggestions for gifts for gardeners and I mean, it’s winter, everything is dead. It’s hard to think about something that makes me even more sad about not being out in the dirt that I now have to stare at this gift for another 4 months and not put it to good use. Just give me a box of Frango Mints, completely not garden related but always appropriate, and let’s get on with it already. ]]> http://www.finegardening.com/item/21471/kiss-my-asters-gifts-for-gardeners-guide-2011 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:07:49 -0500 http://www.finegardening.com/item/21196/all-dead-vs-slightly-alive http://www.finegardening.com/item/21196/all-dead-vs-slightly-alive Posted by KissMyAster
As gardeners, we have all experienced plants coming back from mostly dead-- Then there are plants that are all dead that can be brought back, unnaturally. ]]> http://www.finegardening.com/item/21196/all-dead-vs-slightly-alive Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:24:46 -0500 http://www.finegardening.com/item/21011/i-guess-this-makes-me-an-old-wife http://www.finegardening.com/item/21011/i-guess-this-makes-me-an-old-wife Posted by KissMyAster
For as long as I can remember, I've been told that climbing vines, like Boston Ivy and Virginia Creeper, didn't really damage masonry... Well... ]]> http://www.finegardening.com/item/21011/i-guess-this-makes-me-an-old-wife Sat, 24 Sep 2011 11:01:50 -0500 http://www.finegardening.com/item/20946/mano-y-mano http://www.finegardening.com/item/20946/mano-y-mano Posted by KissMyAster
You, fine gardenin' lady, can have it all. The garden AND the perfect 10... ]]> http://www.finegardening.com/item/20946/mano-y-mano Sat, 03 Sep 2011 09:57:47 -0500 http://www.finegardening.com/item/20730/a-gardeners-guide-to-swearing http://www.finegardening.com/item/20730/a-gardeners-guide-to-swearing Posted by KissMyAster
There's a word out there that is purely horticultural but its meaning is shocking and awful enough to upset me more than any swear word... ]]> http://www.finegardening.com/item/20730/a-gardeners-guide-to-swearing Sun, 21 Aug 2011 14:49:59 -0500 http://www.finegardening.com/item/20615/plant-fever-cured-by-heart-attack http://www.finegardening.com/item/20615/plant-fever-cured-by-heart-attack Posted by KissMyAster
From the second I saw it, I just knew I was going to do something stupid to get it... ]]> http://www.finegardening.com/item/20615/plant-fever-cured-by-heart-attack Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:15:00 -0500 http://www.finegardening.com/item/20555/how-easy-is-it-to-grow-tomatoes-easy-as-number-2 http://www.finegardening.com/item/20555/how-easy-is-it-to-grow-tomatoes-easy-as-number-2 Posted by KissMyAster
You start your tomato seedlings every spring with great care, coaxing them and coddling them. Well as it turns out, you're planting tomatoes more often than you think- just not in your backyard. And it all starts with a flush... ]]> http://www.finegardening.com/item/20555/how-easy-is-it-to-grow-tomatoes-easy-as-number-2 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 08:10:00 -0500 http://www.finegardening.com/item/20279/domo-arigato-mr-roboto http://www.finegardening.com/item/20279/domo-arigato-mr-roboto Posted by KissMyAster
Is there a garden chore you dislike enough that you would get a robot to do it for you? Or perhaps having a GardenTron 2000 would take the fun out of gardening. Is your garden so great because its... ]]> http://www.finegardening.com/item/20279/domo-arigato-mr-roboto