tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1608152 2012-02-03T12:40:52-05:00 Get your garden growing with Southern Livings font of humor and wisdom, Steve Bender TypePad southernliving/blog/grumpy_gardenerhttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with Pageflakes tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55131bf2a88330167619cb0ae970b 2012-02-03T12:40:52-05:00 2012-02-03T12:40:52-05:00

Paper bush and daffodils at Gibbs Gardens, Ball Ground, Georgia Is this the winter of your discontent? Grumpy knows how to make you happy. Plant a paper bush. Not only will you win instant recognition as a gardener to be...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/southernliving/blog/grumpy_gardener/~4/gGO4SnVenmI" height="1" width="1"/>

Steve Bender http://grumpygardener.southernliving.com/grumpy_gardener/2012/02/plant-a-paper-bush.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55131bf2a8833016761317454970b 2012-01-29T10:00:00-05:00 2012-01-28T17:22:09-05:00

Faithful readers, I know I promised to talk about great new plants in this week's post, but a matter of greater urgency cropped up that demands attention. It reminds me of the time I was due to shoot a live...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/southernliving/blog/grumpy_gardener/~4/HVA5W7AFjtg" height="1" width="1"/>

Steve Bender http://grumpygardener.southernliving.com/grumpy_gardener/2012/01/can-we-talk-why-grumpy-doesnt-hate-scotts.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55131bf2a88330162fff79f79970d 2012-01-23T12:36:08-05:00 2012-01-23T12:36:08-05:00

Being the Grumpy Gardener is no cakewalk, believe me. In my never-ending quest to keep YOU on the forefront of gardening's newest trends, I must often leave behind my family and travel to distant lands where the skies are never...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/southernliving/blog/grumpy_gardener/~4/wR7MzFHLPKE" height="1" width="1"/>

Steve Bender http://grumpygardener.southernliving.com/grumpy_gardener/2012/01/miami-nice-grumpy-scouts-for-new-plants.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55131bf2a88330167609fe109970b 2012-01-16T11:51:13-05:00 2012-01-16T11:51:13-05:00

Well, now that the college football season is over (I find that beer lessens the withdrawal, but doesn't cure it completely), winter mauling of trees and shrubs by bored sports addicts is in high gear. Last week, I provided guidelines...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/southernliving/blog/grumpy_gardener/~4/QWLUzMrUmXE" height="1" width="1"/>

Steve Bender http://grumpygardener.southernliving.com/grumpy_gardener/2012/01/grumpys-winter-pruning-guide-part-2.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55131bf2a88330168e5166b60970c 2012-01-09T13:07:20-05:00 2012-01-09T13:07:20-05:00

Pruning Maniac -- armed and extremely dangerous Fellow gardeners, we stand on the verge of apocalypse. With the end of the college football season, thousands of men steaming with pent-up testosterone and overpowering boredom are about to pick up saws...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/southernliving/blog/grumpy_gardener/~4/Tyv4P4Y-QBU" height="1" width="1"/>

Steve Bender http://grumpygardener.southernliving.com/grumpy_gardener/2012/01/grumpys-winter-pruning-guide-part-1.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55131bf2a88330162ff012400970d 2012-01-04T11:51:17-05:00 2012-01-04T11:50:07-05:00

I know this blog is supposed to be about gardening. But today, I'm giving myself special license on a special day. As of today, January 4, 2012, Judy and I have been married for 20 years. Judy, the temptress, gets...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/southernliving/blog/grumpy_gardener/~4/FutUsJOKSUA" height="1" width="1"/>

Steve Bender http://grumpygardener.southernliving.com/grumpy_gardener/2012/01/twenty-years-of-grumpy-bliss.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55131bf2a8833015438879cf9970c 2011-12-19T12:23:24-05:00 2011-12-19T12:23:24-05:00

Well, it's that favorite time of year again, when we abandon all notions of rest and relaxation and scurry maniacally through the malls, trying to make sure any present we give someone is worth at least as much as the...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/southernliving/blog/grumpy_gardener/~4/sWCP5RzMM-o" height="1" width="1"/>

Steve Bender http://grumpygardener.southernliving.com/grumpy_gardener/2011/12/holiday-plants-before-after-care.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55131bf2a883301543828a8e9970c 2011-12-11T13:44:45-05:00 2011-12-11T13:44:45-05:00

Gosharooney, it's a beautiful day with sun shining, birds chirping, compost cooking, and the wife still snoring. Idyllic times like these put Grumpy in mind of his many legions of fans and their great desire to lavish him with thoughtful...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/southernliving/blog/grumpy_gardener/~4/N9PO7qMEAmY" height="1" width="1"/>

Steve Bender http://grumpygardener.southernliving.com/grumpy_gardener/2011/12/make-it-a-grumpy-christmas.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55131bf2a8833015437bce3a4970c 2011-12-02T16:36:26-05:00 2011-12-02T16:36:26-05:00

It's that favorite time of year when the air grows crisp, wreaths and Christmas lights appear, families gather together as one, and folks gripe about their stupid plants. "My stinking hydrangea won't bloom." "Do I have to prune my crummy...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/southernliving/blog/grumpy_gardener/~4/bmCyqE5KcwQ" height="1" width="1"/>

Steve Bender http://grumpygardener.southernliving.com/grumpy_gardener/2011/12/whats-wrong-with-my-plants-grumpy-knows.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55131bf2a8833015393b41a6d970b 2011-11-28T14:04:06-05:00 2011-11-28T14:04:06-05:00

I don't review many books, because that makes me read them and consequently fill my head with facts that interfere with my established and inevitably correct opinions. However, in the case of the book you see below, I am making...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/southernliving/blog/grumpy_gardener/~4/y9upxLWaCeg" height="1" width="1"/>

Steve Bender http://grumpygardener.southernliving.com/grumpy_gardener/2011/11/a-grumpy-gift-for-christmas.html