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Native Son: Magkneeficent

By Steven Chamblee • June 15, 2022

A friend of mine acquired a rather magnificent, multi-fingered Bald Cypress knee. Unfortunately, three of its appendages had broken and weren’t properly mended. I boldly announced that I thought I …

Native Son: Dodo Days

By Steven Chamblee • May 18, 2022

Life gives us some truly fine moments every now and again, and this is one for me. Sitting in that chunky, Texas-sized rockin’ chair out on the back porch, watching …

Native Son: From Humble Beginnings…

By Steven Chamblee • February 17, 2022

A few months ago, it was still just a figment of my imagination. Today, it finally received its first plants. What was an unruly drainage swale a year ago became …

Beauty is in the Eye of the…Gardener

By Steven Chamblee • January 19, 2022

Sometimes it pays to look back through the files. We have so many new e-gardeners, and others of you may have missed this great story filed by our buddy Steven …

Native Son: The Bright Side of Darkness

By Steven Chamblee • December 15, 2021

Working late in the garden this week, my mind wanders, as it should when one is gardening. The Sweetgum tree overhead, barely lit by ambient city light, is gray; many …

Native Son: Olde Oakes

By Steven Chamblee • November 17, 2021

As I went stompin’ ‘round my ol’ stompin’ ground at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, I saw many old friends. Some were still standing tall; others simply gone, like they …

Native Son: The Maine Thang

By Steven Chamblee • October 19, 2021

I was fortunate enough to visit southern Maine a few weeks back and thought you might like a little taste of the 991 photos I took there. (So many photos; …

WUZZUP???

By Steven Chamblee • September 15, 2021

People are always asking me what I’m up to these days, so I figured I’d just pull a few cell phone photos to let you know. At the Longview Arboretum: …

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