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Native Son: The Horticultural Grinch

By Steven Chamblee • November 13, 2018

Feeling a little “Grinchy” right now, For no particular reason. Thought I’d comment on the crazy comments That I hear from folks this season… “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire…” …

Native Son: The Beast

By Steven Chamblee • October 16, 2018

1:53am…the beast emits a low, guttural growl, enough to rouse me from a peaceful slumber into a blind panic. I stumble down the pitch-black hallway into the dim light of …

Native Son: On the Inside

By Steven Chamblee • September 19, 2018

Life is full of events I don’t expect…like taking 608 photographs of my 900-mile road trip and finding out that, via a memory card mix-up, I’ve just deleted them all. …

Native Son: Just Another Tall Texas Taylor

By Steven Chamblee • August 14, 2018

It was about Noonday. Neil Sperry and I were somewhere between Abbott and Zunkerville on our drive across Texas, when we had a Blowout. Neil looked at the Flat Tira …

Native Son: Just a Little Garden Bench

By Steven Chamblee • July 18, 2018

I was visiting a private garden one day, accompanied by two busloads of other garden writers—ironically, each of us trying to get photos of the garden with no one else …

Native Son: AGGIELAND TURNAROUND

By Steven Chamblee • June 20, 2018

So I left work and headed down Highway 6 to see the new teaching garden at the mothership, Texas A&M University. Did I say new? This thing is so new …

Native Son: Calm Before the Warm

By Steven Chamblee • May 16, 2018

4:07 am…Mowed the walking path through my meadow last night. Earbuds in, kd lang singing her heart out, and the deep, vibrating drone of the engine underneath…it was magical. Wildflowers, …

Native Son: My Little Pyramid

By Steven Chamblee • April 15, 2018

Following my own advice right now…”When you don’t know what to write, just start writing…anything. It will eventually come to you, and you can just delete the gibberish at the …

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