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How-To
Protect Plants From Heat in Edible and Ornamental Gardens
When you’re hot, you’re hot, especially if you are a tomato or a bell pepper and stuck in the ground. Plants, like people, go into survival mode at high temperatures.…
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How-To
How to Fight Back Against Japanese Beetles
When summer begins in your garden, whether on the patio or in the landscape, an ecosystem of living organisms brings insects to the front and center. The appearance of Japanese…
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How-To
Midseason Perennial Pruning
When most people think of pruning perennials, the first thing they think of is tidying up their garden before spring. However, there may be times you wish to take a…
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Kitchen Gardening
The Secret to Perfect Pollinator Plants
Bees, butterflies and other pollinators are the beneficiaries of more than a million new pollinator gardens in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. The gardens represent five million acres of habitat…
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Article
Fourth of July Fare: Potato Salad
Most folks celebrate Independence Day with a cookout or picnic. When I think of summer foods to accompany this event--potato salad and coleslaw, summer ripe tomatoes and corn-on-the-cob immediately come…
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Design
A Cottage Garden That’s Not Chaotic
Typical cottage gardens—the ones we see in English gardening books and magazines—are undeniably beautiful. But often, when gardeners in the States attempt to replicate their charming and iconic look, the…
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Kitchen Gardening
What’s Bugging You in the Garden?
Summer is in full swing and that means the biting insects are out, too. If you've always been a favorite mosquito meal, this one’s for you.
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Article
Four Elements Organic Herbals: Growing Medicinal Herbs in Wisconsin
On a recent visit to Madison, Wisconsin, a group of herbal enthusiasts went to visit the medicinal herb gardens of HSA speaker, Jane Hawley Stevens, proprietress of Four Elements Organic…
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Article
Summer Solstice: Time for Farmers’ Markets, Gardening, Seasonal Bounty and Weeds
It is that time of year again already! Today we celebrate the true arrival of summer with the solstice--the longest day and shortest night of the entire year. Not that…
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Kitchen Gardening
Herbs with Anise-, Fennel-, and Licorice-Like Flavors
I recently did a program at the annual Herb Society of America conference in Madison, Wisconsin thus titled; this is a modified version of the handout. Since we are celebrating…