Articles written by Deb Lambert

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About me - Deb Lambert

"Write what you know," is the prevailing wisdom.

"Well, what do you know, Deb?" demands Jonathan, my inner writer.

"Gardening - oh, boy, do I know gardening," I respond. "Thirty years in the green industry, ten years on the radio as a garden talk show host,

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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Birds: 1 of 117
"ODE TO A MOCKINGBIRD"Trilling your newest tune, long before dawn,Rousing the sleeper before he would rise.Refine the chorus before night is gone,Rewrite this melody 'neath velvet skies.With never a thought for recumbent man,A conductor whose talents are legend,Your songs erupting without a plan.Melodious joy the coinage you ... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Gardens: 1 of 47
"DRIP, DRIP, DRIP"Drip, drip, dripCeaseless summer raindropping with staccato rhythmfrom overhanging eavesonto hosta leaves, below.Drip, drip, dripGardener poised by doorwaiting for the rain to cease.Plants need the guiding handof that gardener by the door.Drip, drip, dripWith jungle-abandonvines entwined upon themselvesreach... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Sunrise: 3 of 50
"The Reassurance of Sunrise"I did the math. If I live to be eighty,I will have been inspired by 28,160 sunrises.But, harken ye and harken ye well,for this is a premise fraught with glaring flaws.One must take into account all those missed sunrises,when Morpheus held me in locked embrace,and I arose too late for the solar asce... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Night shift: 1 of 14
"Nature's Night Shift"Clad in shiny black formal wearWandering, nocturnal musiciansAlign themselves each nightBeneath my September windowsSinging their cricket songDrugged into a stupor, which passes for sleepIn the palpable, suffocating heat of AugustI awake to the shrieks and screamsOf raccoons wrestling in the mud over cra... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Trash & Recycling Composting: A brief guide for the beginning composter: 6 of 71
There's Gold in Those Suburbs...Defy authority! Don't perch those bags of yard waste on the curb. Why, with a little backyard alchemy, you can turn that stuff into gold. Black-gold, known as compost.Have you got what it takes to compost? Sun, air, water, a containment system and basic knowledge. Start with that last thing and... More..
Food & Drink > Coffee How to reuse your coffee grounds in the garden: 2 of 17
Grounds for OptimismLong before I was old enough to taste that adult morning beverage, coffee, I became a nitrogen delivery system. In other words, I was elected to sprinkle the sediment from the percolator basket around the hosta plants. Recycling before it was fashionable. Unfazed by the caffeine, their huge foliage, contin... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: What my dog means to me: 102 of 429
The Entertainment Center..."Argggh!" Lucy explodes with an ear-piercing scream that shatters the Sunday silence of sleeping suburbia. My fault, really. "Do you wanna?" Nothing audible. I simply mouthed the phrase that drives most dogs wild. They instinctively know that whatever follows, will be fabulous. Dogs are all about im... More..
Health & Fitness > Exercise & Weight Loss How to get in shape without spending money on the gym or equipment: 3 of 9
Disclaimer: I am not a registered dietician, health expert or fitness trainer. It's been many a year since I darkened the doorway of the YMCA, desperately seeking perfection. In those twenty, thirty and forty-something days, I was so active within the "green industry," hectic schedules and missed meals were the norm... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Personal experiences with the healing power of dogs: 55 of 110
Home Health Care..."Holistic healing. Meeting your emotional and physical healing needs, since you first invited us to sit by your hearth." Thus would the shingle read, had your dog the where-with-all to hang one.Hot, tired, aggravated, exasperated, cranky, down-in-the-dumps... whatever the malady, there's nothing like a dog ... More..
Home & Garden > Vegetables & Herbs Challenges of growing tomatoes: 2 of 4
There's nothing more satisfying than producing one's own food! Sow a seed, set out a transplant and you sit back daydreaming about that first, juicy tomato of the season. Well, whether you're cultivating tomatoes in the garden or in a container, you need to meet certain basic requirements. Full sun, fertile soil, sufficient m... More..