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  • How-To

    Peg shares her hypertufa secrets

    Last week many of us fell in love with Peg's hypertufa trough gardens, so today she's back to tell us how she made them.

  • Article

    Grow Herbs with a Miniature Aquaponics System

    What do you get when you combine hydroponics with aquaculture? A self-cleaning fish tank that grows real food, without the need for any soil or fertilizer.

  • How-To

    4 Easy Steps to Your First Vegetable Garden

    All it takes is couple of successful gardening experiences to make you a vegetable gardener for the rest of your life.

  • How-To

    What To Do When Winter Delays Bareroot Rose Planting

    Sometimes bareroot roses arrive when the ground simply isn't workable for planting. How do you store the plants until it is. We have an answer!

  • Article

    Pinto Beans with Savory

    In my last blog, I spoke of Savory being Herb of the Year for 2015 and promised a warming winter recipe using it. Though a hard decision, I decided that…

  • Article

    Winter Ruminations

    Today is the last day of January--and we are in the thick of winter weather here in zone 7 Maryland--days barely in the 30s and nights in the teens---bbbrrrhhh! Tomorrow…

  • Kitchen Gardening

    Growing Vegetables for Fun and Profit in Denver

    A new ordinance allows Denver gardeners to start a farmstand in their front yards. Urban farmers can now sell fresh fruits, vegetables, herbs and even eggs in their residential neighborhoods.

  • Article

    Garden Troubleshooting: Is Your Soil the Problem?

    One by one, your prized tomato plants wilt and die, or clumps of your brightly colored pansies (Viola spp. and cvs., USDA Hardiness Zones 4–8) collapse into scraggly brown mounds.…

  • Design

    Top 10 Large-Leaved Perennials

    Whether you set out to design a garden with large-leaved perennials or you happen upon one or more in the nursery that you just cannot resist, adding an architectural giant…

  • Kitchen Gardening

    The Dos and Don’ts of Growing Herbs Inside

    I can think of a lot of reasons to grow herbs in your home. When the ground is frozen and you haven’t harvested anything in months, that’s when you desperately…