The Dirt
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The DirtMy Secret Shame
I kill houseplants. My modus operandi is not to water them. Sometimes, just for a change, I will put them outside--to catch some rain or something--and then leave them...
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The DirtDecember Inspiration: ‘Tis the Season of Evening Lights
When I decided on a winter walk, it was at the point in the evening when dinner was done and sleep was still a ways away. I topdressed with a…
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The DirtANDREA: It’s a plant. It’s an air purifier. It’s both.
Designer Mathieu Lehanneur and Harvard professor David Edwards have designed a product that takes the natural filtration process of a houseplant and kicked it up a notch.
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The DirtMy favorite Fine Gardening articles ever!
Recently Steve Aitken, FG’s editor, asked the FG editors to name our favorite article from the past 20+ years of FG. That’s a tough one! Rather than just one, I…
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The DirtNovember Inspiration: The Fifth Season
As the first frost landed on my car window, I knew I would soon be called into action. Even though the ground temperature kept the frost from the garden, the…
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The DirtA Garden Tour Guide is okay…
But I like to go at my own pace. That's why Scott Arboretum has made my list of awesome gardens to visit.
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The DirtA garden to grow with
The kids' garden at Marbles Kids Museum in Raleigh is a deight for young minds.
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The DirtBotany of Desire on PBS
Do we control plants, or have they been shaping us? This is the intriguing question Michael Pollan poses in Botany of Desire, airing on PBS on October 28. The documentary,…
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