....................Welcome to Felder Rushing's Website  
 
 

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NOTE:

FOR AN IMPORTANT (to Felder) BUT RARE NON-GARDENING MESSAGE:

Scroll all the way to the right, and all the way down

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FELDER'S FUNKY STUFF

Green/Lazy/Cheapskate Garden page

Rain Harvester Porch

Green Roof Entry Arbor

SlowGardening

Hundreds of Bottle Trees

Metal Artist Stephanie Dwyercreated one for Felder's garden (See more at the Hundreds of Bottle Trees link)

Stephanie at her creative work

Steph's tree in Felder's garden, with snow

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Mojave Desert Bottle Tree Forest

 

Garden Hearts click here

 

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ELBERT TAYLOR

Felder's first horticulture guru

from Indianola, Mississippi

"Chief" taught me everything about plant propagation, and a LOT about Life...

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Tire Planters in the childrens' garden of Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond Virginia

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Relaxing on my front porch...

(Figure made by Felder and Rita Hall for his Scarecrows and Other Yard Folk book)

 

Green Roof fire station in Kosciusko, MS

 

JIM POWELL

TRANSCENDENT GARDENER

CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS OF JIM'S GARDEN

 

Felder's tire tree

at Christmas

 

 

 

Well, well! Glad you're here!

 

I am a Southern gardener with way too much book learning and travel experiences to suit my laid-back style, so when I am home with my brown dog named Rusty, I work hard at relaxing and having as much fun as possible - with as little effort as practical.

When it comes to the "left brain" of horticulture science, I have my bases covered (see the Biostuff link). Plus, I had renowned landscape architect Rick Griffin design my garden spaces to allow me to enjoy my efforts year-round without a lot of huffing and puffing. It's an overstuffed cottage garden with lots of plants (both common and rare), and plenty of, er, "accessories."

When it comes to the "right brain" of just having a fun, pretty, and productive garden - with as little effort as possible - I am a charter member of the scattered tribe called "dirt gardeners" who plant what we like, where we like. Because we are opinionated REAL gardeners, some folks like us and our approach, others do not. (SHRUG)

Take a few minutes to browse around. E-mail me if you have some comments (keep 'em clean). Here's hoping you have fun in your own "guarded area" - your garden.

 

OOGA BOOGA!

NOTE: PLEASE SCROLL RIGHT

Slide the scroll bar at the bottom of your screen to the right

to see the link for the Gestalt Gardener Radio program

 

NEWLYWEDS

IRA and MADISON RUSHING

Felder's Winter Garden

NEW STUFF!

 

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Fabulous 'Graham Thomas' rose named "World's Favorite Rose"

CLICK HERE for photos

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FALL FRUITS

OF

TWO LANDSCAPE-QUALITY NATIVE WOODLAND PLANTS

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Euonymus americana (strawberry bush, hearts a'bustin) and red buckeye

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WORM COMPOSTING INDOORS

CLICK HERE

 

LIRIOPE

and other "monkey" grasses

(CLICK HERE)

 

GREAT VINES

FOR SOUTHERN ARBORS AND TRELLIS

(CLICK HERE)

 

A FEW SELECT SHOTS FROM MY NEW ENGLAND DRIVE

Clothespin Tombstone in

Middlesex Vermont

 

ROADSIGN FLOWERS IN NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA

TRUCK CROP ON EASTERN LONG ISLAND NY

TRUCK GARDEN AT CAPITOL IN DC

CLOSEUP OF NEW TRUCK GARDEN

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WATERMELON FESTIVAL

IN MIZE MISSISSIPPI

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SEED SPITTING....

FELDER AND THE QUEEN.

 

OLD TRUCK MAKEOVER

New Paint Job

Eagle hood ornament from London has logged over 1,000,000 miles

on 5 of Felder's trucks

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Stephanie Dwyer "Bottle Swirls" on the truck

and

Antique 1850s "Torpedo" Bottles ready to install

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University of Tennessee - Jackson

Succulents Garden

Click here to see more

 

New edging to the Radio Garden

 

Wanna See a Little Lawn?

Click HERE for Felder's New Lawn

 

Doris Foscett's Agave in bloom - Canton MS

Can't we all share with one another?

 

More Agaves from Felder's Photos

Zoe and California Agave

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Felder's variegated agaves and bronze Dyckia

and the agave atop his "green roof" arbor with blue bottles

Felder's "Green Roof" Entry Arbor

(for details see link at upper left)

Felder's "Rain Harvester" Porch Roof

(for details see link at upper left)

The Keep Fondren Funky site

CLICK HERE

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Rusty the Howling Spaniel

that eats my hats

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Ezra's Kitchen Garden

 

For the Gestalt Gardener link slide your scroll tab right

 

 

"Most gardeners are daunted, not dumb."

"Lightening up doesn't necessarily mean lowering your standards."

"I DO care what the neighbors think... it just doesn't MATTER!"

"Doesn't matter what you do, or how you do it, your neighbors are gonna talk about you ANYWAY." (this quoted aloud and credited to Felder by Martha Stewart)

"Life already has so many boundaries and pressures - why add more in the garden?"

"Salsa is good for your body; tomato gravy is for your Southern SOUL." (Plus, a little grease in the diet helps you slide through the humidity better.)

 

 

Listen to past programs .


 

 



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Important message from Klaatu and Gort

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PARTLY PERSONAL

 

There are tens of thousands of highly intelligent, well-raised, educated young men and women - their names are not important here - who are real heros because of what they suffer day after day overseas in our military.

Few can imagine what they are going through, especially considering that they are there as volunteers.

These men and women find rest whenever and wherever they can.

 

I am asking that you look closely at these photographs, and think about them as unique and beloved, individuals as real as any son, daughter, husband, or wife.

And please - perform whatever ritual you have at your heart's and soul's command to bless all these young men and women at their job, and wish them - and their loved ones - comfort as well as strength.

Whatever it takes for them to finish their terrible work and come home safe.

And remember: They are real people.

 

They are not numbers. Who they are, and what they are doing right now, is precious.

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