Welcome to the second in a series of interviews with Humboldt County gardeners. Today’s chatty gardener is Janet Sclar. She’s been gardening in Hydesville for six years, and she works as a farmer’s market vendor and does customer service and web design for her husband’s mail-order nursery business, Amity Heritage Roses. What’s the best thing […]
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Humboldt Gardeners in Their Own Words, Part 1
This is the first in a series of Q&As with Humboldt County gardeners. Eureka’s Gisela Rohde of Eureka kicks it off. She’s lived in Humboldt County for 27 years and has been at her current garden for five and a half years. When I asked her how she’d like to characterize her occupation or avocation, […]
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Getting to Know You
Spring is the worst time to leave a garden, but that’s what I’m about to do. My publisher is sending me on a mad dash across the country from February through April, with just a few short stops at home to catch my breath and do my laundry. I’ll be on the road talking about […]
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Gardening in the Rain
So there I am, sitting at the kitchen table, looking glumly out at the rain. "What am I supposed to write about this week?" I ask my husband. "It’s raining. There’s nothing to do outside." "Write about the rain," he says. That sounds rather Zen, but there’s something to it. If you live in Humboldt […]