Oxo Brand Garden Tools

RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Oxo Brand Garden Tools  Bumped into these at the trade show portion of the recent Garden Writers of America convention in Seattle. The second I picked up the Oxo three-prong hand cultivator I knew I had to...

Best Garden Design Book

RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Best Garden Design Book  The Ultimate Garden Designer by Tim Newbury (Ward Lock Publishing UK) Boy, are there a lot of these books out there. Big ones, small ones, fat ones, tall ones, each with its...

Fabulous Mail Order Nursery

RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Fabulous Mail Order Nursery  Heronswood Nursery I stumbled across Heronswood over the winter, and was astonished I had not heard of them sooner. In their words: “Heronswood is committed to the...

Fiber optic grass

RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Fiber optic grass  Using annual grasses in containers and the mixed perennial border is a hip new trend finally filtering up here to the backwoods, and I love it. The big hitter in vogue the past few years...

The Ultimate Deer Proofing Book

RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason The Ultimate Deer Proofing Book Deer Proofing Your Yard & Garden by Rhonda Massingham Hart Storey Books Stumbled on this book at the wonderful bookstore at the Minnesota State Hortcultural...

Best Northern Shrub and Tree Book

RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Best Northern Shrub and Tree Book  Growing Shrubs and Small Trees in Cold ClimatesBy Nancy Rose, Don Selinger, and John WhitmanThe Contemporary GardenerFor Christmas I received a copy of this new...