Under the Blanket “Under the Blanket” is my new poem. Just wrote it. Hope you like it. By John G. Stamos Under the Blanket John G. Stamos Is everyone comfortable? Is everyone alright? I think that you are (though I can’t see you), bundled up so tight, Under your blanket and gone from the sight
Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy I Still Don’t Know What I’m Doing The notion of “knowledge” is a complicated one. At least it is for me. The longer I live, the more I think I know. The more I think I know, the less I think I understand. The less I think I understand,
Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy Big Jim McCardle Answers Your Gardening Questions!!! This week, The Renaissance Garden Guy’s very special guest, renowned gardening author and Chairman of Nebraska State A&M University’s Agriculture and Hydroponics Department, Professor James “Big Jim” McCardle, PhD, brings his 30+ years of academic expertise and hands-on horticultural experience to the
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Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy Pepper Sonnet “Pepper Sonnet” is exactly what it sounds like: a poetic tribute, in sonnet form, to the humble pepper. A pepper? Seriously? Hey, here in The Renaissance Garden Guy, everyone gets a fair shake. Even peppers. So relax, enjoy the tribute, take a bite out of a pepper,
Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy The Luck of the Iris: Caring for the Siberian Iris Colony That Never Stood a Chance Under normal circumstances, caring for a Siberian iris plant and its colony of fellow Siberian irises is a snap. These plants are hardy as hell and extremely forgiving of all sorts of less
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A Reading of the Poem, “Canopy” Today’s feature marks a first for not just The Renaissance Garden Guy, but for me, as well. You’ll find that it’s the premier entry in The RGG’s Poetry Slams and Readings category in Sights and Sounds. And it represents the first time ever that any of my written work
Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy Flowers from Days Gone By Beginning with the printing of her first seed catalog in 1896, Miss Emma V. White of Minneapolis, Minnesota sold beautiful flower seeds to appreciative gardeners throughout the United States. Her lovingly illustrated catalogs were works of art in and of themselves, and they clearly
Canopy I’ve got a poem here for you. One of my own. It’s sort of a free verse/prose poem hybrid, but I actually kind of liked it, so here it is. My poem, “Canopy”. By John G. Stamos Canopy John G. Stamos Motors run, and the sound of rubber rolling on asphalt Joins the din
Porcelain, Tile, and Brass “Porcelain, Tile, and Brass” is my original short story, published for the first time, right here in The Renaissance Garden Guy. By John G. Stamos Porcelain, Tile, and Brass John G. Stamos The outbuilding sat on the periphery of a fenced coal mining operation’s property. It was small, made of brick,
Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy My Holiday Wish for You My Holiday wish for you is a lifelong one. You can grant it yourself by always remembering to take the short view. By John G. Stamos Well, now, readers and subscribers, perched right here on the cusp of 2024, with the Christmas Holiday in
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