tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post2560013840542934834..comments2024-03-28T09:43:11.171-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: Writing & Gardening Go Hand in Vine for Nancy HughesJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-39325545169934597422018-11-01T16:03:42.156-04:002018-11-01T16:03:42.156-04:00NANCY TO KAREN: We are running an electric line to...NANCY TO KAREN: We are running an electric line to the shed - I keep trying to flip on a light switch and plug in the mosquito baffle. Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-83872631787051260462018-11-01T16:02:42.810-04:002018-11-01T16:02:42.810-04:00Nancy to EDITH: I can picture it, how beautiful. I...Nancy to EDITH: I can picture it, how beautiful. I envy your organic commitment.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-69966977865233416352018-11-01T16:02:11.769-04:002018-11-01T16:02:11.769-04:00NANCY to INGRID - My father was an avid gardener. ...NANCY to INGRID - My father was an avid gardener. He dug up some daffodil bulbs for me and then watched me planting them and asked "Dear are you planting them or burying them?" I was digging them too deep.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-32749691873343769402018-11-01T16:01:20.892-04:002018-11-01T16:01:20.892-04:00NANCY to FLORA -- You said what you said so beauti...NANCY to FLORA -- You said what you said so beautifully!Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-6956806610685575252018-11-01T15:57:10.709-04:002018-11-01T15:57:10.709-04:00NANCY TO HANK: Hank I can see why your books are a...NANCY TO HANK: Hank I can see why your books are as compelling as they are. The care that you take step by step. Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-46101537461208494532018-11-01T15:56:17.706-04:002018-11-01T15:56:17.706-04:00NANCY OT MARY: Happily my husband will eat anythin...NANCY OT MARY: Happily my husband will eat anything because he does not cook at all.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-35140188034795846082018-11-01T15:55:41.881-04:002018-11-01T15:55:41.881-04:00NANCY TO MARY: Alas cooking and baking are my shor...NANCY TO MARY: Alas cooking and baking are my short suits.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-27965244822536854812018-11-01T15:55:00.841-04:002018-11-01T15:55:00.841-04:00FROM NANCY: This summer we had nothing but rain an...FROM NANCY: This summer we had nothing but rain and the shed turned too damp and moldy to work in. I was wiping green off picture frames... Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-14132850521193811722018-11-01T15:53:24.564-04:002018-11-01T15:53:24.564-04:00FROM NANCY: To Hallie it was a dismal failure here...FROM NANCY: To Hallie it was a dismal failure here trying to grown flowers from seed. Not enough light. I've had better luck with seeds of ideas.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-68632392848480451402018-11-01T15:52:51.109-04:002018-11-01T15:52:51.109-04:00FROM NANCY: We have a problem with bunnies when th...FROM NANCY: We have a problem with bunnies when the snow drifts they catapault into the yard - we let one cute little bunny stay in the yard one spring and it destroyed all my violets. Finally we trapped it in my have a heart trap with what the 4H kids call alfalfa salad. Poor Bunny he was transported to the country.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-29107960522681454622018-11-01T15:51:02.343-04:002018-11-01T15:51:02.343-04:00FROM NANCY TO MARGARET: What I love about snow is ...FROM NANCY TO MARGARET: What I love about snow is that our lawn looks as good as anyone else's!Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-66546640930380733422018-11-01T15:50:08.035-04:002018-11-01T15:50:08.035-04:00FROM NANCY: I never had the patience to lift and s...FROM NANCY: I never had the patience to lift and save tubers - but I tried with canna lilies - I defied them not to die - they won (they died).Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-75890946345526954642018-11-01T15:49:05.666-04:002018-11-01T15:49:05.666-04:00FROM NANCY TO LUCY - I LOVE WINTER - because it...FROM NANCY TO LUCY - I LOVE WINTER - because it's the only time when nothing is going on. The garden is frozen the holidays are put to bed and I can write to my heart's content.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-1305683516076306792018-11-01T15:48:23.527-04:002018-11-01T15:48:23.527-04:00FROM NANCY: I have a talent for planting tall stuf...FROM NANCY: I have a talent for planting tall stuff in the front and short stuff in the back. My husband teases me that I plant once and move twice. Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-41912515881351763552018-11-01T15:47:23.114-04:002018-11-01T15:47:23.114-04:00From NANCY: I do murder people in my book but hope...From NANCY: I do murder people in my book but hopefully tastefully ;-)Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-34740496224659375712018-11-01T15:47:01.367-04:002018-11-01T15:47:01.367-04:00Hallie typing for Nancy: - Inspiration is where yo...Hallie typing for Nancy: - Inspiration is where you find it like cooking which is my short suit!Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-24303400587693044562018-11-01T15:15:10.216-04:002018-11-01T15:15:10.216-04:00Congratulations on VANISHED's publication, Nan...Congratulations on VANISHED's publication, Nancy!<br /><br />I have to admit, the inspiration I get from gardening is that I'm so eager to finish up and get back inside and sit down, I'm happy to tackle my writing!Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09553268569509053159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-55038727558826770772018-11-01T13:26:46.138-04:002018-11-01T13:26:46.138-04:00Congratulations, Nancy, on your new book. Vanishe...Congratulations, Nancy, on your new book. Vanished sounds like a great read. I know that the police must consider parents in a child abduction case, but it must be hell to be suspected of doing harm to your own child when you're innocent. <br /><br />I am so impressed by your gardening skills. The gardening bug and gene skipped me, but it doesn't mean I can't enjoy a beautiful work of art gardening by others. Although I don't write books, in writing book reviews, I consider it as painting a picture, showing enough of a scene or story that draws one into a world where there is so much more going on before and after.Kathy Reelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17004247271452356577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-78786019795245163622018-11-01T12:55:53.187-04:002018-11-01T12:55:53.187-04:00Lucy/Roberta: winter is for memories and expectati...Lucy/Roberta: winter is for memories and expectations (revisions) and plotting anew. Margaret S. Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07979191318652199350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-26560957521328243632018-11-01T10:30:29.419-04:002018-11-01T10:30:29.419-04:00Karen, I have one son who is a farmer, and the oth...Karen, I have one son who is a farmer, and the other tries valiantly to grow herbs in his hi-rise apartment windows!Edith Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388006370860482509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-40211330454994257942018-11-01T10:28:56.152-04:002018-11-01T10:28:56.152-04:00What a great question, Ingrid. I look forward to r...What a great question, Ingrid. I look forward to reading the comments. <br /><br />So many relatives had fabulous gardens in my childhood. One grandfather was the sexton of the Catholic cemetery in my hometown, so he cared for plants all my growing up years, and grew wonderful tomatoes. My other grandfather had prize peonies and a spectacular border of four-o'clocks. <br /><br />When we moved to an aunt's house when I was nine, I took over taking care of her perennials, and it went from there. My mother had her hands full working full-time and raising four kids, so she encouraged my interest. Much later Mother had more time; she's also an avid gardener, although has slowed down a lot in her late 80's.<br /><br />Even when I have not had a garden I've had houseplants galore, starting with a terrarium in the 70's. Like Edith, I'm also about to plant garlic, from a strain I began with seven years ago. <br /><br />Two of my daughters have started both flower and vegetable gardens, and the other has houseplants and herbs in her tiny Boulder apartment. I love how this interest has passed through the generations. Karen in Ohiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846039203123720312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-31265414817268285082018-11-01T10:15:00.426-04:002018-11-01T10:15:00.426-04:00Nancy, I envy your writing shed. At our farm we ha...Nancy, I envy your writing shed. At our farm we have a lovely outbuilding that used to be the tack shed. We had it moved closer to the house and to my garden to house my tools, because for nine months of the year here it's not practical to write in an unheated, uncooled shed with no electricity. And sharing with the mice and spiders was no fun, either. <br /><br />If weeding could inspire a story for me I could have thirty novels written by now. Alas, it does not work that way here. And what a great gift, to wake up with a whole plot! <br /><br />Karen in Ohiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846039203123720312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-90311596154840387812018-11-01T10:11:09.401-04:002018-11-01T10:11:09.401-04:00Ingrid, my family in southern California had lots ...Ingrid, my family in southern California had lots of fruit trees and berry bushes, but not a vegetable garden that I can remember. For me my love of gardening dovetailed with the rise of the Ecology movement, food coops, becoming a vegetarian, and getting really interested in growing my own food (all early 1970s). I started subscribing to Organic Gardening magazine. Kept lively compost piles. Dreamed of more. When I had a chance to own and run a small farm? I was all over it. Now I'm back to a small organic garden and just planted my garlic for the 35th year in a row. ;^)Edith Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388006370860482509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-11698082328680813262018-11-01T10:06:15.433-04:002018-11-01T10:06:15.433-04:00I spent a couple of hours putting the gardens to b...I spent a couple of hours putting the gardens to bed two days ago, Hallie, and my back still hurts... To think I used to farm full time!Edith Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388006370860482509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-18582380189505315672018-11-01T09:55:08.001-04:002018-11-01T09:55:08.001-04:00AND because you can always start with LEFTOVERS! C...AND because you can always start with LEFTOVERS! Can't tell you how often I've picked up an abandoned project and injected it with new life as an ingredient in work in progress.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.com