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How-ToHow Sustainable Is Your Landscape?
Smart gardeners everywhere are jumping on the sustainable bandwagon. And when you consider all the payoffs of a sustainable landscape, it’s not hard to understand why. It typically uses less…
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ArticleNew Way to Fight Tomato Hornworms
Have tomato hornworms ever caused havoc in your vegetable garden? Now’s your chance to get revenge in a most delicious and satisfying way.
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ArticleWeeds: The Gardener’s Never-Ending Task
We have had lots of rain here in my Maryland, zone 7 garden. And with the rain, the weeds and grass have grown in leaps and bounds--way bigger than all…
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ArticleStone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture
While in Tarrytown, New York, attending the HSA Conference, we made a visit to Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture, which was well worthwhile the trip. If you are…
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How-ToTips for Growing Apple Trees
Apples (Malus spp. and cvs., Zones 3–9) are a constant presence in the supermarket, but one taste of a just-picked, perfectly ripe apple in autumn will make you eschew grocery-store…
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ArticleHow to Grow 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…
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How-To35 Pest and Disease Remedies
by Sharon Lovejoy I’ve found that awareness and a quick response are two of the best allies against garden foes. By knowing my plants, as well as their pests and…
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Kitchen GardeningThe Glories of Spring in the Garden
This is a thrilling time of year for gardeners. Each day we delight in the plants around us--what is popping up, producing food,budding, then flowering--not to mention what we are…
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DesignDealing With Dry Shade
Everything I’ve learned about dry-shade gardening has been from experimentation. When my husband and I bought our home in Fairview, Tennessee, 20 years ago, I had never gardened before.…
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How-ToGardening Time-Saving Tips
Whenever I hear of gardeners who spend hours a day in their gardens, I get insanely jealous. As a mom and wife with a full-time career, I’m lucky if I…
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