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How to Harvest Vegetables and Fruit
It's a special treat to grow your own vegetables and fruit. You may be itching to pull that not-quite-red tomato or unripened strawberry off the vine and give it a…
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Article
Herbal Dessert Recipes
As chefs, lecturers, writers, and consultants on the herbal arts, we are always encouraging people to use herbs in both traditional and innovative ways. Several years ago, we embarked upon…
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How-To
Herbal Teas, From Garden to Teacup
My first experience with herbal tea was an attempt to locate herbs for an allegedly healthful tea an herbalist friend had prescribed. It was about 20 years ago, and the…
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Design
Fanciful DIY Kitchen-Garden Container Ideas
Sometimes it’s best not to ask why. I kept reminding myself of this as I toured the annual Festival des Jardins, the garden festival held at the Château de Chaumont…
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Video Series: How to Start a Vegetable Garden
Start a Vegetable Garden Spring, Summer, or Fall - now is the time to learn how to start a vegetable garden. Follow along with Fine Gardening editor, Steve Aitken, and…
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Article
How to Make More Space in the Garden
At the time, buying a house seemed like such a grown-up thing. But the allure of having a garden was too powerful to ignore. So after years of renting places…
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Design
Garden Design Basics: Use Two Colors Plus Green
In a world full of glorious color, why limit oneself to just two when designing containers? Because limitations can be . . . liberating. Color is so seductive that it…
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Design
A Garden That’s Younger Than It Looks
They never weeded a bed or planted a seed, but our four teenagers were heartbroken to leave the big garden of their childhood. Why couldn’t we wait 10 years? Where…
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Design
How to Turn Your Patio into a Garden Oasis
The kitchen may be the heart of a home, but for most of us, the patio is the center of the backyard. Whether we use it as a place for…