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  • Kitchen Gardening

    Groundbreaking Food Gardens: 73 Plans That Will Change the Way You Grow Your Garden

    Nikki Jabbour and seventy-two of her closest garden-geek friends hang out for a Sunday brunch...and a book is born.

  • Article

    Chives in Spring

    Chives are truly one of the harbingers of spring and their fresh, green,onion-like flavor is welcome after the long winter months of heavy foods. Here are some tips on how…

  • Article

    Springtime Chores

    Finally the warmer spring weather has arrived and we all want to be outdoors. As a gardener, though I delight in everything bursting forth, I want to feel the soil…

  • Article

    Wait Before Assuming The Cold Killed Your Rose

    While a rose may look dead from above the ground after a winter like the one we just had, it's too early to assume it is. This is my experience…

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    New Guide to Vegetable Gardening in the Mountain States

    A new vegetable gardening book by Idaho author Mary Ann Newcomer is designed to help gardeners grow great gardens in spite of difficult conditions in the Rocky Mountain Region. She…

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    Design

    Breaking the Rules

    Whether I am visiting a public garden or in a landscape created by nature, I think about what makes these places special. I inevitably conclude that the gardens I love…

  • Man standing next to a potted tree on a hand truck, examining the label
    How-To

    How to Buy a Tree

    Trees are generally the priciest and most permanent plants gardeners will buy in their lifetime, so most of us want to ensure that the one we select at the nursery…

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    Article

    Big Blooms That Don’t Flop

    Like most gardeners, I swoon at the sight of a border filled with towering delphiniums, head-high dahlias, and deliciously fragrant peonies. These are the coveted candies of the quintessential cottage…

  • Article

    Growing Asparagus

    As a perennial, asparagus requires more up-front investment than any other vege­table. But the long-term payoff is that once established, an asparagus bed can, with minimal maintenance, produce for 15…

  • Design

    Grow More Flowers to Harvest More Food

    We have all watched pollinators go about their business with flowers. But just how—if at all—do they work in conjunction with the vegetable garden? And will the addition of flowers…