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    Keep a Better Garden Record with Rite in the Rain Notebooks

    As someone with a terrible memory for anything that's important, I have been a terrible garden record keeper. I want to know what I planted and when, ideas for combinations…

  • How-To

    Three Ways to Plant Container Onions

    Did you know onions aren’t a root or a fruit? These savory vegetables are made up of layers of leaf bases. Here are three ways to get your container onions…

  • Article

    What To Do With All Those Wine Corks

    I collect corks and put them into mesh produce bags. When planting my pots in spring, I drop the cork-filled bags into the bottom of the pots for a lightweight…

  • How-To

    Choosing and Planting a Conifer

    A conifer can be a substantial garden purchase, so think ahead and be strategic when choosing and planting one. Here are some things to consider: Conifers are a long-term investment.…

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    Gardening Tip: Use a Reference Photo to ID Seedlings

    In spring, I like to start my seeds indoors using a large tray that holds a dozen 6-packs. I plant one variety in each section. To remember where seeds were planted,…

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    Six Seed Selections to Sow for the Summer Season

    While you are considering which seeds to order for this coming season, here are a few favorites that I have been growing for many years. While I try new plant…

  • Kitchen Gardening

    Tortilla Soup–Comfort Food

    There is nothing like a bowl of nourishing hot soup on a cold winter day, especially a grey, damp rainy day that sort of seeps into the bones in your…

  • Article

    Snow: Poor Man’s Fertilizer

    Is this familiar adage an old wive’s tale? In fact, snow does contain nitrogen and other particulates like sulfur, which it collects as it falls through the atmosphere, however so…

  • How-To

    What Is My Gardening Zone?

    Your USDA Hardiness Zone determines what plants you can grow

  • Kitchen Gardening

    Seeds

    If you haven’t ordered your garden seeds for 2018, now is the time. As I sit by the woodstove looking out on another grey, cold day, the precipitation is coming…