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The Human Touch

By Steven Chamblee • August 17, 2021

It’s not that I have a beef with machines…heck, I’m writing this on one and you’re reading it on another. It’s not that I eschew mass production…my truck and home …

Native Son: Christmas In July

By Steven Chamblee • July 14, 2021

Hopped on a plane and went to Columbus, Ohio to attend North America’s largest horticultural trade show, Cultivate. It was like Walt Disney and Luther Burbank got together and threw …

Native Son: Father’s Day Flora

By Steven Chamblee • June 17, 2021

Gardenia, Jasmine, and dear Sweet Alyssum,Names so lovely, you surely want to kiss ‘em.Rose of Sharon, Lily of the Valley, and oh…so many others,Plants named with tender care, by our …

Native Son: Bless My Heart

By Steven Chamblee • May 19, 2021

Ugh…trash day. Just before dawn, I lug two bags, heavy with used kitty litter, to the street. My mind is numb, heavy with daily worries, as I lean over and …

Native Son: April 15, 2021

By Steven Chamblee • April 14, 2021

(Note from Neil: I opened up my e-mail Tuesday morning. It caught me off guard. But then I realized that our buddy Steven is living in the real world of …

Confessions of a Curmudgiculturist

By Steven Chamblee • March 17, 2021

I never set out to become a curmudgiculturist, but here I am. Sixty-one years into this game of life, forty-three of it playing with plants, and most days I wake …

Native Son: Ode to the 2021 Snowmageddon

By Steven Chamblee • February 24, 2021

I took a long stroll to take a solemn toll,Of what winter did to my garden.My neck turned red and much of what I saidIs unpublishable; beg my pardon. I …

Native Son: This Is Our Year

By Steven Chamblee • January 19, 2021

Nothing like new beginnings. Fresh start…clean canvas…blank slate…whatever works for you. There’s that chance to write the first words in the next chapter of your life. Thrilling for some folks …

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