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ArticleSummer Fruits: From Salads to Shortcakes
When I eat a dead-ripe peach, it is usually over the sink with the juice dripping down my chin and hands. When I am feeling more civilized, I do enjoy…
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How-ToGet Serious About Compost: How to Make More, Better, Faster
Compost is not fertilizer. The sooner a gardener embraces this reality, the better. But gardener’s gold does have an undeniable importance in the garden: to feed the billions of critters…
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DesignDesigning With Green
This ubiquitous color, when used well, can be just as exciting as vibrant flowers
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How-ToKeep Your Veggie Garden Growing
Most gardeners are used to growing or buying spring seedlings to establish their vegetable gardens. But what happens when spring is over and early crops have been harvested? After the…
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How-ToMaximize Your Harvest with Succession Planting
If you’re the typical gardener, you plant your vegetable garden in late spring, harvest from it in summer, and then clean it up in the fall. But you can get…
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How-ToHow to Succeed With Succession Planting
Succession planting is an excellent way to increase yields and extend the harvest. Though many of us think of spring as prime planting season, late summer is the perfect time…
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DesignHardy Native Ferns
A garden planting of ferns conjures up images of shaded retreats and cool walks by wooded streams. Yes, ferns do abound in the deepest, darkest woodlands. But not all ferns…
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DesignJapanese Style in California
Today’s photos come from Geni Hiestand. I live in the Sierra foothills in Grass Valley, California. Our front yard was a patch of weeds and clay soil when my husband…
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ArticleQuintessential Summer Food: Deviled Eggs
What food do we think of for picnics, barbecues, potlucks and cool summer fare on hot summer days? Yep, deviled eggs are perhaps more American than apple pie. And every…
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How-ToHow a Plant Gets to Market
Why should you care where your petunia comes from? The best reason is that knowing the basics behind any consumer-goods supply chain leads to a better understanding of cost and…
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