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Last weekend, my friend and I were at Home Depot picking up bags of Quikrete. He was helping me reinstall my clothesline after a tornado went through my yard in …
Last weekend, my friend and I were at Home Depot picking up bags of Quikrete. He was helping me reinstall my clothesline after a tornado went through my yard in …
Determinate tomatoes are the scrappy, short guys of the tomato world. These compact, bushy varieties have been bred to grow to a certain height, set all their fruit within a …
There comes a moment every spring when my garden threatens to run away from me. One minute, everything is barely waking up, and then I blink, and I’ve got a …
There’s nothing quite like the taste of the first strawberry picked straight from the vine. Reaching under those scratchy leaves to pick a ruby-red berry, warmed by the sun. With …
If you’re tired of flavorless mesclun mixes that spoil the day after you bring them home from the store, you’ll want to keep reading. Even if, like me, you’re a …
I love gardening. But I like sitting on the porch admiring my garden a whole heck of a lot more, especially when the mercury starts to climb. As summer cranks …
If asked to sum up zucchini in one word, I would say “prolific.” It seems as though once it takes off, it doesn’t stop until that first frost at the …
I have two indoor cats whose favorite TV show is watching the bird feeders right outside the dining room window. I don’t know who enjoys watching the birds more, me …
I’ve been eating mini cucumbers from the grocery store all winter long. But I ate my very first homegrown cucumber of the season the other day, and it stopped me …
We humans have been growing food for a hot minute. Roughly 10,000 – 12,000 years, depending on who you ask, but who’s counting? We’ve gotten pretty good at it, too. …
Don’t get me wrong, part of the appeal of Russian sage is the gorgeous color of the stems and leaves. That silvery green looks as though it belongs to another …
In “You’ve Got Mail,” Meg Ryan’s character notes that daisies are the friendliest flower. Ahem, really, Meg? How could you have discounted the sunflower so easily? It’s okay; we’ll forgive …
For far too many of us, the only time we’ve ever seen our orchid in bloom was when it first came home with us. We bought an orchid, or one …
Aside from daffodils, rhubarb is my favorite “spring is really happening” marker. When I start seeing rhubarb at the farmer’s markets, I know winter is well and truly over. (Except …
If you’ve been gardening for more than, oh, fifteen minutes, you’ve probably got a leaning tower of plastic nursery pots somewhere. You know the ones — those ubiquitous black or …
Whether you purchased tomato seedlings from a nursery or grew them from a seed yourself, the moment of truth comes when you plant them out in the garden. Will they …
Adding seaweed to your garden isn’t anything new. The practice of using seaweed in the garden has been around for centuries. Use what you’ve got, right? Naturally, humans living near …
There’s just something about spring that makes a gardener’s heart beat a little faster. Those first warm days, the gentle buzz of bumblebees, the sun warming the soil. It’s the …
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been thinking of the color of raspberry jam. It makes me want to listen to Edith Piaf and wear a beret. When it …
Over the years, I’ve responded to hundreds of emails from readers. By far, the topic you emailed me about most is grow lights, specifically, LED grow lights and which ones …
I want you to picture a beautiful cucumber, fresh from the garden – dark, emerald green skin, little pokey spines. You slice it open to reveal the cool jade interior. …
If, like me, you’ve been strolling out to your garden, knife in hand, and slicing rhubarb stalks like you’re playing Fruit Ninja (remember that game?), it’s time to put the …
Growing tomatoes in pots is a great way to enjoy them even if you’re short on garden space. Patio tomatoes, growing in containers, whatever you want to call it, there’s …
In recent years, there has been a renewed interest in Pagan spirituality and magic (commonly spelled ‘magick’ in said communities). For many, a desire to live in closer connection with …