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Liz and the Professor: 9/27/09 - 10/4/09

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Thursday, October 1, 2009. For the Love of Dirt. 8220;Hey man, you guys want that mulch…or can I take it off your hands? 8221; I innocently asked holding the soda out to the relaxed man with ’Frank’ stenciled above the pocket of his clean khaki shirt. 8216;Frank’ took the icy drink, looked sideways at the pile, gave me a crooked grin and said, ”My name’s Steve. Go for it". I didn’t ask. As it turned out, this pile was strategically placed under an spreading Woman’s Tongue Tree,. Preparing to unload, I gr...

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Liz and the Professor: 9/20/09 - 9/27/09

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Thursday, September 24, 2009. Key West always so magical and…well, weird. For those of you that don’t know this island city, well, Google is your friend. Let me just say that from a tropical plantsman’s point of view this odd city is without compare in the continental United States. I had to run down to Key West the other day to take care of some business for the youth oriented nonprofit org. that I am the Exec. Dir. of…my day job, when not masquerading as a simple garden blog writer&#4...I’m a new...

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Liz and the Professor: Halloween Snippet

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Friday, October 30, 2009. 8220;Snip, snip, snip”. Her Felco clippers imitated a metronome as she pruned the spent Heliconia leaves. This plant was at the edge of deep shade and in a seldom visited part of her garden. The little woman had been at it for what seemed hours. Pausing beneath a towering Talipot palm she noticed the sky was turning a morbid shade of gray, adding an odd heaviness to her usually pleasant mood. SNIP, SNIP, SNIP…louder now…so loud and so close.… the pain incre...Inside her head&#82...

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Liz and the Professor: 10/4/09 - 10/11/09

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Thursday, October 8, 2009. Pineapples, Tourists and Hippie Chicks. I stopped jogging when I reached my parked truck. I wasn’t doing any kind of fitness running, just trying to beat the notoriously fast, Key West parking meter timers. While I leaned against the fender sweating and puffing like a rookie angler on the losing end of a swordfish tug-of-war I looked over at a bubbling little fountain with a pineapple on top. 8220;Hmmm…looks like a blog subject.”. Anyway, this symbol spread back to Europe, then...

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Liz and the Professor: 10/11/09 - 10/18/09

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Friday, October 16, 2009. Don’t ya just hate it when your writing muse decides to take a break and your self-imposed deadline is looming…sigh. Last night was the first Big Pine Botanical Society meeting of the year. If you have read this blog before you may remember that I am a past president of this very cool group of people. By cool, I mean they all have dirt under their fingernails. Shorts and flip flops tend to be the standard attire, not so much with golf shirts or skirts. Thursday, October 15, 2009.

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Liz and the Professor: 11/8/09 - 11/15/09

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Monday, November 9, 2009. Yikes, I stepped out of the Blogosphere for a few days and come back only to find I’ve been thoroughly beaten with the Honest Scrap hammer by no less than three Blotanical members. Now if I have this correct there are so rules I’m supposed to abide by. Hmmm…Lets see. 1 Brag about the award. 2 Include the name of the blogger who bestowed the award on me and link back to the blogger. 3 Choose a minimum of seven (7) blogs that I find brilliant in content or design. 1 I grew up in n...

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Liz and the Professor: Blossom freed from...

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Wednesday, October 21, 2009. 8220;Hey man…hang on a second and let me get a picture of that”. The grimy yard guy with the elcheapo knock off Felco clippers looked at me and with all the intelligence he could muster said, “Huh? Dracena reflexa- Song of India. See what inglorious indignities I suffer for you folks. Philodenron hybrid 'Burle Marx'. Let’s try this tactic… “Plants that know no bounds, the Untamed”. Hmmm…nah, sounds like something from the Discovery channel. Key West must have more white picke...

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Liz and the Professor: 8/30/09 - 9/6/09

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Friday, September 4, 2009. It’s a beautiful day weather-wise so I gathered some more lumber for the veg. garden enclosure. Picked up some old 4x4’s that I had stashed and it looks like I’ll be able to build this 14’x16’ cage from all scrap lumber. I’ll try to doll it up some and maybe throw a coat of paint on it but that is work for the weekend. Thats it, see ya. Thursday, September 3, 2009. Floss Silk, Wild Allamanda. Whats bloomin'- Tropical Exotic. The pink and white blooms were alive with pollinators...

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Liz and the Professor: 9/13/09 - 9/20/09

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Friday, September 18, 2009. Walkingsticks and My Coffee. 8220;There, done! 8221; I thought, wiping the sweat from my face on my dingy t-shirt. The Dachshund was sniffing around(as usual) happily rooting away in the debris pile I had just masterfully created when she let out an ear-splitting, gut wrenching squeal followed by a series of little dog yips…turned tail and came flying out of the pile heading for house. Stupid dog…sigh.”. Wednesday, September 16, 2009. Tuesday, September 15, 2009. Golden Thyral...

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Liz and the Professor: Wordless Wednesday

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Wednesday, October 28, 2009. That white flower on the second picture took my breath away! October 28, 2009 at 1:50 PM. Incredible to see those bromeliads growing outside like that! Always like to see whats blooming in your garden. October 28, 2009 at 1:54 PM. Great blooms, as always! October 28, 2009 at 5:52 PM. Every time I view your photos, I think that you must live is a floral fantasy world. So much color and beauty. Thank you for sharing it with us! October 28, 2009 at 9:18 PM. Liz, What a great blo...