I won’t apologize too profusely for having written...

Observations on plants and gardening from the Great Basin steppe in the American West.

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“I won’t apologize too profusely for having written so little this summer. I am continually in awe that so many people blogging and twittering and posting so persistently about gardening (or whatever) actually find the time to do anything about the subject they are writing about! I’ll continue to choose to waste my time in the garden. Especially in these crisp and delicious days of autumn.”