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It’s a rumble, but the weeds aren’t invited
There are a few sayings about weeds. The favorite one is that weeds are just plants in the wrong place. Or plants the gardener doesn’t want. Or that we need the homeliness of the lowly to set off the beauty [...]
Radish rant: “Easy-to-grow?” Not likely!
Guest post by Susan Dieterlen I should know better, but I’ve planted radishes again. In this my 40th year of growing vegetables, I can count on one hand the number of times my efforts have yielded good radishes. Look at [...]
Another daffodil foliage rule-breaker – me!
My GardenRant partner Scott wrote about his hundreds of daffodils now "writhing about in their death throes, getting all Shakespearean and shit," and I bet we can all relate. Though unlike his hilarious imaginings, if we dare to remove the [...]
Marianne is Coming to Visit!
Marianne is coming to visit!! Huzzah! What a treat, what a great big treat. Soon too. So, yes, you probably know all about this, this is when it begins: what on earth will the garden be like when she comes? [...]
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– Washington Post gardening editor Adrian Higgins
Set a Weed to catch a Weed.
Readers in America will have to forgive me some of this. I understand you have many 'invasives' and many people only wish to grow native plants. And I think many of you have local rules which also [...]
Another daffodil foliage rule-breaker – me!
My GardenRant partner Scott wrote about his hundreds of daffodils now "writhing about in their death throes, getting all Shakespearean and shit," and I bet we can all relate. Though unlike his hilarious imaginings, if we dare [...]
An Honest Ranter’s Thoughts About Saving Your Amaryllis
Just because we CAN do a thing, doesn’t mean we SHOULD do a thing or even MUST do a thing. This applies as equally to saving tender plants as it does to committing murder; and for a [...]
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GardenRant welcomes “guest ranters” who want to take over our little piece of cyberspace for the day. Whether you’re in the plant industry or just an ordinary gardener with an axe to grind, you’re invited. Find out more here.
