spring - Page 2 of 4 - Fine Gardening
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Design
No-Fail Primroses
It’s so easy to be tempted by pots of polyanthus primroses (Primula × polyanthus, Zones 3–8) when you are craving spring color. But if you’re tired of buying them and then…
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How-To
Mud Season in the Northeastern Garden
Here in the Northeast, spring is a myth. In between the polar vortices and heat and humidity that exile us indoors, we have a short window of wobbly weather: a…
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Design
Memories of Spring
Beth Tucker shared her previous garden in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, with us before. In that post, she showed us how it looked in winter, but today we’re visiting this beautiful…
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Design
A Quiet Week in the Garden
Janell Frazier-Day sent in these photos of her garden. She claimed, “It's one of those quiet weeks in the garden, before the roses and hydrangeas really take off,” but I…
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Kitchen Gardening
Sure Signs of Spring
Spring is in the air… although Mother Nature has certainly been teasing us! In my Maryland zone 7 garden, we had a fairly mild winter with much less precipitation than…
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Article
Finding Delight in a Cold and Soggy Spring
Usually in Maryland as Memorial Day approaches, I have pretty much put in tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash and basil, temps are in the 70s and 80s and I'm wearing summer…
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Kitchen Gardening
Plant an Early Spring Container Garden
The harvest for tasty greens and ripe radishes is only a few weeks away if you plant containers of some of the fastest growing edibles around.
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Article
Winter’s Passing
Today is the last day of February--gardeners take heart and prepare for spring! Although it might not seem like it with these frigid temperatures and snow and sleet still in…
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Kitchen Gardening
Rethinking the Spring Vegetable Garden
When the vegetable garden is covered by a thick, fluffy blanket of snow, the blank slate gives gardeners a chance to think. And rethink. Here are four vegetable gardening ideas…
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Design
Celebrate Spring with Cool-Season Containers
Fill your pots with colorful plants that don't mind chilly weather