I've been so busy this spring (and now summer) with working in my three gardens that I've not had much time for writing about my gardening experiences and observations. I had originally intended this blog to be an annotated census of the native plants and flowers in the Alumni House Garden, but as I was working on that project and reading/thinking about indigenous flora--and the multiple roles those plants fulfill in an English-style flower garden in Iowa--I realized that I was not ready to post my thoughts on the subject. I'll return to the project this winter, when I should have more hours in the day for doing a more thorough reading and reflecting on this issue of native plants in a formal flower garden. In the meantime, I do have an assortment of short pieces--the sallies--that I've composed in the past month, and perhaps I can manage to get them revised, edited, and posted in the not-too-distant future (while also working on several other incomplete blog posts waiting for my attention). ~Bob
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Who is Bob?
A Kansas farm boy, married to a Kansas farm girl. During his first 35 years at Coe, he directed the Writing Center, served as coordinator of the WAC Program, founded the Rhetoric Department, and taught over 25 different writing courses. Since retiring in August of 2014 he has been trying to learn how to become a gardener. |