Techniques - Page 101 of 201 - Fine Gardening

  • Kitchen Gardening

    I Have a Pair of Honey Badger Garden Gloves

    Garden gloves have never been this useful.

  • How-To

    How to Build a Terrarium

    Terrariums are a beautiful accent to a home's decor. They can be closed or open, but either design utilizes similar principles. A closed terrarium is lovely in its own right,…

  • Article

    Tomato-Raisin Chutney

    If you still have homegrown tomatoes here is a recipe to try! We recently made this chutney for our reception at the Herb Harvest Fall Festival featuring foods of the…

  • View of the house with a pathway with colorful flowers on either side
    Design

    Going with the Flow

    By the time we moved into our nearly finished home in June 2008, I had created The Plan. And I drew The Plan in ink so that it would be…

  • Design

    Top 12 Tiny Hostas

    Hostas (Hosta spp. and cvs., USDA Hardiness Zones 3–9) are a staple in almost every perennial garden that enjoys open shade; fertile, well-drained soil; and extended cold weather. They have…

  • How-To

    Rejuvenate Your Strawberry Patch

    There is nothing quite like a warm strawberry picked ripe from your own garden, but not everyone has success with strawberry plants every year. Sure, plunking a strawberry plant in…

  • finished potting bench with sink, plants and watering can
    How-To

    A Potting Table with a Twist

    It’s not easy being the carpenter son of a garden-center owner. It seems as if every year my mother asks me to build something crazy that she has seen in…

  • Varied border of trees, shrubs and perennials along a property line
    Design

    Plants for Property Lines

    We have all seen it: the line of arborvitae (Thuja occidentalis and cvs., USDA Hardiness Zones 2–7) marching down the property line, stiff as can be, their heads lopped off…

  • Article

    What’s Wrong with My Veggies?

    It never fails. Each year, I’ll be working on the East End Community Organic Farm on Long Island, and a gardener will call out to me from a nearby plot.…

  • Kitchen Gardening

    Build Your Own Wheelie Bin Composter

    This composter turns a garbage bin into a moveable compost machine.