Peter Garnham
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How-To
Getting Big Vegetable Production From a Small Space
I have lived—and gardened—in three countries: England, Barbados, and the United States. In the United States, I found myself settled on the eastern tip of New York’s Long Island, a…
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How-To
Get 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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Article
What’s Wrong with My Veggies?
It never fails. Each year, I’ll be working on the East End Community Organic Farm on Long Island, and a gardener will call out to me from a nearby plot.…
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Design
Extending the Salad Season
Use cold-tolerant varieties and row covers to have fresh greens for most—if not all—of the winter
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How-To
Learn How to Trellis Your Sprawling Veggies
Cucumbers, winter and summer squash, and melons are infamous for sprawling beyond their allotted space. Attempts to contain the relentless growth of the Cucurbitaceae family by simply moving growing tips…
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Kitchen Gardening
Cut-and-Come-Again Lettuce Sampler
A whole palette of colorful varieties delivers a leafy feast.