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Landscaping ‘scapegoats’ on Colbert

Video below from Thursday’s show, in case you missed it. (Some serious bleeping.)

And don’t miss the Picture This Photo Contest for October over at Gardening Gone Wild. There are some great entries, but we could use some more. The deadline for entries is 11:59 PM Eastern time on Thursday, October 21, 2010. I’m already late on my scanning for the Garden Blogger Bloom Day, but hope to have something up tomorrow.

The Colbert Report

Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c

People Destroying America- Goats Steal Landscaping Jobs

www.colbertnation.com

Colbert Report Full Episodes

2010 Election

March to Keep Fear Alive

Sunday walkaround: First frost

Didn’t have my usual camera this weekend. So I struggled a little with the autofocus on the point-and-shoot. Oh well. Still got some OK shots.

Amanitas under the spruce.

Frosted cleome.

Closer.

Grass (Carex buchananii?).

Papyrus.

Phlomis.

Ricinus.

Verbascum.

Fall colors shaping up on the ridge.

Patrick Dougherty in NY Times

Workin' with Patrick and Natalie Great article (Building With Sticks and Stones) and slideshow in last week’s Home and Garden section of the New York Times about sculptor Patrick Dougherty.

I had the pleasure of assisting Patrick with his installation here in Ithaca in 2006. (Patrick, me, and Natalie working on 6 of 1, right.) And all I can say is that he is even nicer than the article portrays him. His works rely a lot on volunteer labor and Patrick is a master at involving people in the process.

He also has a new book out, Stickwork. Says the Times:

It’s full of installation tales, like the time he camped in a Japanese temple while working on a piece and was warned by his host about the poisonous but sacred snakes that lurked there. “Don’t kill them,” Mr. Dougherty recalled the host saying. “If one bites you, call my wife and she will take you to the hospital.”

It’s definitely on my wish list this year.

Gardening Gone Wild ‘Picture This’ photo contest:

I am honored to be the judge in this month’s Picture This photo contest over at Gardening Gone Wild.

The theme is ‘Fall on a Flatbed Scanner’. That’s right. Just arrange plant material — flowers, foliage and the like — on your basic office flatbed scanner. Click preview and make a few adjustments. Scan, and enter.

It’s easy and fun. If you’ve been following my Garden Blogger Bloom Day Scans over the years, now’s your chance to try it out yourself. See Nan’s post for all the entering details, directions and links to inspiring ‘scanographic artist’ sites.