tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1608152 2009-07-04T10:48:01-07:00 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-6a00e55131bf2a8833011570c2f3db970c 2009-07-04T10:48:01-07:00 2009-07-04T10:45:53-07:00

I hate watering plants. The way I see it, if any plant can't naturally survive 6 weeks without rain, it shouldn't be here to begin with. Survival of the fittest, baby. And of all the things I hate to water,...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/southernliving/blog/grumpy_gardener/~4/ydO84YrYgII" height="1" width="1"/>

Steve Bender http://grumpygardener.southernliving.com/grumpy_gardener/2009/07/save-the-planet-dont-cut-your-grass.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55131bf2a883301157187e937970b 2009-06-29T11:21:30-07:00 2009-06-29T11:23:32-07:00

When anyone asks me what's the best time to prune a mimosa, my instinctive response is, "Any time you can find a chainsaw." That's very judgmental of me, I know, but heck, that's pretty much my job. And mimosa is...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/southernliving/blog/grumpy_gardener/~4/qq97gOOQEGY" height="1" width="1"/>

Steve Bender http://grumpygardener.southernliving.com/grumpy_gardener/2009/06/mimosa-the-wonderful-weed.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-68249569 2009-06-25T04:49:16-07:00 2009-06-24T14:11:26-07:00

Grumpians, everyone wants to do their part in helping to save the planet. That includes turning garden waste into compost to keep it out of landfills. But how do you know when the compost is ready to go into the...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/southernliving/blog/grumpy_gardener/~4/iBsCEzSvbbc" height="1" width="1"/>

Steve Bender http://grumpygardener.southernliving.com/grumpy_gardener/2009/06/when-is-compost-ready.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-68413195 2009-06-24T06:00:00-07:00 2009-06-23T11:34:40-07:00

We've all watched manly adventurers take down charging bears with pepper spray. We've also seen it used to control rioting old ladies at Wayne Newton concerts. And we've wondered -- how can we gardeners get in on the fun? Now...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/southernliving/blog/grumpy_gardener/~4/c4WuAK9IU7k" height="1" width="1"/>

Steve Bender http://grumpygardener.southernliving.com/grumpy_gardener/2009/06/burn-those-bugs-with-pepper-spray.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-68276863 2009-06-19T08:44:39-07:00 2009-06-19T08:43:16-07:00

The new July 2009 issue of Southern Living features an incredibly entertaining and informative story written by me about three great trees for summer blooms. In case you're too cheap to buy it, let me discuss my favorite tree of...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/southernliving/blog/grumpy_gardener/~4/eaQlC7qiAY4" height="1" width="1"/>

Steve Bender http://grumpygardener.southernliving.com/grumpy_gardener/2009/06/chaste-tree-is-pure-delight-.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-68206629 2009-06-17T09:20:29-07:00 2009-06-17T09:19:31-07:00

A while back, the Grump linked to highly intelligent garden bloggers from across the country, so that each of us could present "The Six Plants I Can't Live Without." It was a lot of fun and incited a lot of...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/southernliving/blog/grumpy_gardener/~4/7A4MjH0KdIs" height="1" width="1"/>

Steve Bender http://grumpygardener.southernliving.com/grumpy_gardener/2009/06/six-plants-i-still-cant-live-without.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-68069483 2009-06-15T04:33:00-07:00 2009-06-13T13:54:29-07:00

Ebony and ivory A white spider consumes a bumblebee Sucks out all of the goo It's real bee stew and It's fat-free! _____________________________________________________________________________________ Forgive me for making light of this poor bumblebee's demise. It's a defense mechanism. You see, spiders...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/southernliving/blog/grumpy_gardener/~4/aHc1gMd1Hfc" height="1" width="1"/>

Steve Bender http://grumpygardener.southernliving.com/grumpy_gardener/2009/06/spider-bumblebee-death-match.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-67905079 2009-06-09T15:06:41-07:00 2009-06-09T15:04:02-07:00

Question from John: I live in Wisconsin close to the Illinois border. Each year I purchase Gerbera Daisy plants. After about a week on the patio, the yellow finches pluck out the petals. They pull them out one at a...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/southernliving/blog/grumpy_gardener/~4/TWvAMvcjmMk" height="1" width="1"/>

Steve Bender http://grumpygardener.southernliving.com/grumpy_gardener/2009/06/goldfinch-terrorize-garden-flowers-in-uproar.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-67670365 2009-06-05T06:13:29-07:00 2009-06-05T12:57:35-07:00

At the insistence of my wife, my co-workers, and everyone else who knows me, I have been banished to the Florida coast for the next four days to watch the waves roll in, stroll in the surf, and feed small...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/southernliving/blog/grumpy_gardener/~4/ZrdBAPKmiZc" height="1" width="1"/>

Steve Bender http://grumpygardener.southernliving.com/grumpy_gardener/2009/06/lifes-a-beach-no-rest-for-the-grump.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-67595421 2009-06-04T06:17:00-07:00 2009-06-03T11:35:38-07:00

"Help Steve! If anyone can answer this, it is YOU!!" [So true. GG] "On either side of the front steps, I need a small evergreen evergreen shrub. I already have a tea olive on each side and I have been...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/southernliving/blog/grumpy_gardener/~4/iLpxQMGyDTQ" height="1" width="1"/>

Steve Bender http://grumpygardener.southernliving.com/grumpy_gardener/2009/06/can-this-yard-be-saved-.html