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  • Kitchen Gardening

    How to Repel Mosquitoes While Gardening

    Gardening in summer can be tough enough without having to deal with annoying insects, like mosquitoes. Instead of swatting these pests away, you can serve them up as a dragonfly…

  • Design

    Monarda spp.

    Right now my beebalms, also known as monarda are ablaze with color in the garden. Their flowers have an inimitable shaggy-headed appearance which attract all sorts of pollinators. If you…

  • How-To

    9 Tips for Growing Vegetables in Window Boxes

    I've been very happy with these pint-sized veggie gardens as long as I remember that they can require a little special attention on occasion.

  • Kitchen Gardening

    Peat Moss Alternatives

    The fact that gardeners have enjoyed a long love affair with peat moss is completely understandable. Here's the problem.

  • Kitchen Gardening

    Beginning Gardeners will Love the Seedsheet

    If you’d like to plant a vegetable garden, but don’t have a clue where to start, the Seedsheet is for you.

  • Article

    Quick and Easy White Bean Salad with Savory

    Even though it is not officially summer on the calendar, the weather says otherwise here in Maryland--we are having a heatwave! I recently made this for Savory, Herb of the…

  • Article

    Radishes and Garlics and Greens, Oh Yeah!

    The weather is changing from spring to summer--nights are still cool here in Maryland--however days feel like summertime hot. Greens and radishes and garlic are loving it and we are…

  • How-To

    A Complete Guide to Growing Cherry Tomatoes

    Growing more than 800 tomatoes each year gives me lots of chances to evaluate the good and bad among varieties. My collection includes all different shapes, sizes, and colors, but…

  • Square foot gardening raised beds
    How-To

    Is Square Foot Gardening a Good System?

    I am not here to bash square foot gardening (SFG). Any system that has been encouraging people to grow their own food for the past 40 years should be applauded.…

  • Woman placing sunflower in a Mason jar with test additives around her including Listerine, bleach, soda and plant food
    How-To

    What Makes Cut Flowers Last Longer?

    One of the great joys of gardening is taking beautiful blooms from favorite plants and placing them indoors to brighten a room. Cut flowers, however, can quickly lose their beauty.…