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Design
How to Tie a Garden Together
If you garden, you love plants—especially the newest and most unusual ones. After bringing these treasures home, they often end up plopped in various places without a lot of pre-planning…
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Article
Small-Space Gardening | Make the Most of a Small Space
It’s been said that you can tell a lot about people by their gardens. I think mine says that my life is full and varied. As a certified plantaholic, I…
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How-To
How to Grow Watermelons
Make room for the sweet crunch of watermelons. They can even be coaxed to grow up trellises in smaller gardens.
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Article
Put Your Plants First
On an increasingly overbuilt planet where daily experience with the natural world is limited, at best, gardens can serve as places to reconnect with nature. The norm today is, sadly,…
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Design
How to Design an Elegant Entryway Garden
If you’ve designed your entryway garden well, visitors and passersby will get a good idea of who lives inside. It’s like a window to your personality. Do you like warm,…
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Article
Living on the Grid
Nine years ago, we stumbled upon the piece of land that would become our future home: a huge cornfield, with the corn 7 feet high. The surrounding fields that stretched…
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Kitchen Gardening
Build a Cold Frame with a Lightweight Lid
Get a plan, materials list, and step-by-step instructions for building an easy-to-manage, self-venting cold frame lid.
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Kitchen Gardening
The Unsung Weeding Tool
One of the most effective weeding tools I've discovered isn't for the garden at all... it's for carving wood or chipping paint!
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Kitchen Gardening
How to Grow Escarole and Endive
Escarole and endive offer crunch and a pleasant bitterness. These cool-season greens can be used raw as a salad ingredient, or cooked, most commonly in sautées or soups.
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Kitchen Gardening
How to Grow Fine, Tender Filet Beans
Regular watering, frequent picking, and the right varieties yield a connoisseur's harvest.