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Farm Survival Tips (Not for the Faint of Heart)
Ed Bruske in 2006 as a DC Master Gardener. Guest Update by Ed Bruske Readers, I once worked with Ed Bruske and others to organize Washington, D.C.'s first-ever Master Gardener group, only to see it forced to dissolve [...]
Billy Goodnick on Sidewalks: “Keep Your Garden Out of My Face”
Guest Rant by Billy Goodnick From the GardenRant archives, a golden oldie originally published in 2012. It was a dark and foggy summer night. Biff the Wonder Spaniel and I set out for our last neighborhood stroll, green poopy bag [...]
Finding Your Crunchy Niche in a New Age of Homesteading
It’s a running joke amongst our friends that our place is the safe house for any type of future apocalyptic scenario. I’d like to believe that they just want to get together, laugh, drink wine, and discuss the mysticism of [...]
U.S. Botanic Garden now Part of the U.S. Capitol Fortress
This is as close as I could get to the U.S. Botanic Garden today, with all of it now fenced in and heavily guarded. You can barely see the white USBG sign in the middle of this shot. While most [...]
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– Washington Post gardening editor Adrian Higgins
No love for street trees
Especially not from utility companies. The image above was taken on a street on the east side of Buffalo, but this scene, or something similar, is common throughout the US, from Pasadena to Lexington to Aroostook. I’m [...]
Plant Explorer Ernest Wilson’s Sink is Going in My Garden
“The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again.” ― Robert Jordan I [...]
Kelly Norris on New Naturalism and Informed Plant Choices
This guest post by Kelly Norris is excerpted from New Naturalism: Designing and Planting a Resilient, Ecologically Vibrant Home Garden by Kelly D. Norris (Cool Springs Press, 2021). History is full of great visions about landscapes that [...]
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