Schiddygarden

Welcome to Schiddygarden—the garden that's much worse than yours. If you’re expecting useful gardening information and advice, you might be disappointed.

On second thought:

If you do ANYTHING ELSE than what occurs in Schiddygarden, then your chances of achieving awesome results should increase exponentially.

Right there is pretty good advice.

A True and Actual Pain in the Ass

A True and Actual Pain in the Ass

Last Tangle in Paradise

Last Tangle in Paradise

Welcome to the Anti-Nut House

Welcome to the Anti-Nut House

A True and Actual Pain in the Ass

John R

3 min

A True and Actual Pain in the Ass

When life gives you hurts, make hurtinade.

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Last Tangle in Paradise

John R

3 min

Last Tangle in Paradise

What to do when time is ticking away.

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Welcome to the Anti-Nut House

John R

1 min

Welcome to the Anti-Nut House

A soul-soothing look at a few garden bright spots.

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Sunny Side Up

John R

3 min

Sunny Side Up

Letting nature in by getting immersed in the immediate.

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The Return of Snidely Whiplash

John R

2 min

The Return of Snidely Whiplash

I don't mean to complain and whine. It's just that I'm so good at it.

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Dirge in A Miner

John R

3 min

Dirge in A Miner

We could not be prouder of our spinach if they were our own children. Maybe prouder. Look how thoroughly green and upright! Look at those...

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Where Are the Dead Birds?

John R

3 min

Where Are the Dead Birds?

Inquiring minds want to know. And so do I.

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Stick It

John R

4 min

Stick It

My father cut off the ends of two of his fingers while reaching for a stick that poked out from under the lawn mower he was pushing....

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Snow Job

John R

2 min

Snow Job

Daydreaming of a Glorious Horticultural Breakthrough.

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

John R

4 min

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Deep thoughts about small things.

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More Pepper Dreams

John R

2 min

More Pepper Dreams

Helpful advice for growing chilies.

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Bad Pepper! Bad, Bad Pepper!

John R

2 min

Bad Pepper! Bad, Bad Pepper!

Blossom end rot tries to crush my naive hopes for a trouble-free harvest.

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Five Good Things

John R

3 min

Five Good Things

Sometimes you have to look for five good things.

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Cabbage Whites Save Summer!

John R

2 min

Cabbage Whites Save Summer!

They're happy little butterflies, but maybe they have a dark side?

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Swamp Grass

John R

4 min

Swamp Grass

Adding a raised bed for growing chilies meant confronting the swamp grass.

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Slings and Arrows

John R

3 min

Slings and Arrows

The Tree Guy tried to pin this one on me. I’m not buying it.

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Tater-rific

John R

3 min

Tater-rific

Welcome to the Blind Pig edition of Schiddygarden.

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A Few Words from the Peanut Gallery

John R

3 min

A Few Words from the Peanut Gallery

Sometimes a great notion simply doesn’t fly.

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Danger Zone

John R

2 min

Danger Zone

It's the scariest time of year in our garden.

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Flickers of Hope

John R

3 min

Flickers of Hope

That burst of sound cracks open the doldrums of winter with its insistence of spring.

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Camellia, We Feel Ya

John R

3 min

Camellia, We Feel Ya

How to grow incredible camellias without even trying. At all.

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Ivy Be-leaguer-ed

John R

3 min

Ivy Be-leaguer-ed

Ivy grows like crazy. What's not to like?

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It's Going to Be a Scrumptious 2021

John R

2 min

It's Going to Be a Scrumptious 2021

Having breakfast outside in the sun is one of humankind’s most rewarding experiences .

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Are Those Bulbs in My Pants?

John R

2 min

Are Those Bulbs in My Pants?

Planting a completely whacked-out flower bed that defies common sense.

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Mutiny of the Bounty

John R

2 min

Mutiny of the Bounty

I don’t particularly care for cabbages and radishes, but I’m a sucker for alliteration.

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Memento Mori

John R

3 min

Memento Mori

Along came a Latrodectus and sat down for a semi-serious chat.

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Ridin' the Wild Leon

John R

2 min

Ridin' the Wild Leon

If you don't plant Leontodon, they will come anyway.

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Attack of the Tiny Tomatoes

John R

3 min

Attack of the Tiny Tomatoes

Is too much of a good thing a bad thing?

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The Beauty Thief

John R

2 min

The Beauty Thief

A timely gift of beautiful flowers put my larcenous impulses on hold.

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Sticky Proboscises and other Sex Toys

John R

3 min

Sticky Proboscises and other Sex Toys

Hummingbirds are stupidly fast, which explains a lot.

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The Three Amigos Throw Down

John R

4 min

The Three Amigos Throw Down

A ruthless, no-limbs-barred dustup is slowly taking place in the back yard.

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The Water Woes

John R

3 min

The Water Woes

Hellebores, you are woefully narcissistic and you can never get enough.

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Don't Foodle with Your Doodle

John R

2 min

Don't Foodle with Your Doodle

If you are inclined to low-grade entertainment, these are the bugs for you.

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The Case of the Missing Lilies

John R

2 min

The Case of the Missing Lilies

The clues: bare earth and unrequited mulch.

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Nature's Schiddiest Garden

John R

2 min

Nature's Schiddiest Garden

We needed a big dose of raw nature to restore our faith.

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Kiss My Ash (goodbye)

John R

3 min

Kiss My Ash (goodbye)

It's a gnarly old tree, but should I cut it down?

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Wisteria Hysteria

John R

3 min

Wisteria Hysteria

Friends warned that wisteria was a relative of extraterrestrial xenomorphs.

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Reginald, My Dear

John R

4 min

Reginald, My Dear

He was the greatest pet ever.

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Me Ignore Plain Facts

John R

3 min

Me Ignore Plain Facts

There are gardening tenets that are so basic you couldn’t possibly ignore them. But you do.

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The World's Clumsiest Tree

John R

4 min

The World's Clumsiest Tree

This sad, twisted clown of a plant is just crying out for love...

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Return of the Murdered Valerian

John R

6 min

Return of the Murdered Valerian

The toughest plant in the garden meets its match—Deb and a pair of clippers.

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The Drunk Robins Are Coming!

John R

3 min

The Drunk Robins Are Coming!

This annual event always creates a big kerfuffle.

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Let's K-Vetch

John R

4 min

Let's K-Vetch

The Cersei of the front garden is a cunning, ruthless, and good-looking adversary.

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Bugs Buddies

John R

5 min

Bugs Buddies

Industrious creepy crawlies act as if the property is their own private domain. Well, it is.

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