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 [...]
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A cautionary tale from the bamboo wars
Guest post by Sally Blanton I confess that I did voluntarily plant a start of bamboo in my residential, urban yard because how else could you get a beautiful living [...]
Best Kept Hydrangea Secret? Check Your Source of Info!
'Endless Summer' with daylilies Guest Rant by Lorraine Ballato It all started in early January, as it does every year: the steady stream of online advice about how [...]
New Year’s resolutions that many of us won’t be keeping
“Next year I promise not to buy any more plants until I have planted all the ones that are currently stored in the garage because I didn’t get around to [...]
Planting for Persuasion
Experiencing such a garden is the best way I can coax those new to gardening or the natural gardening movement to swap part or perhaps even all of lawn, beds of ground cover, or stands of invasive honeysuckle for plants that are more beneficial to nature and more attractive.
Vigilant gardening, or how I made my peace with sugar sand
Beach with weeds Guest post by Amelia Grant Ten years ago, my husband and I bailed out of traffic infested Atlanta, GA and moved to a small town [...]
Connecting kids with nature—a continuing struggle
Guest post by Doris Settles “What could our lives and our children’s lives be like if our days and nights were as immersed in nature as they are in technology?”—Richard [...]
Human-produced fertilizer—why not?
Guest post by Natalie Levin Composted manure, blood meal, bone meal, and fish emulsion are popular soil amendments. We routinely use these materials in our gardens. But consider adding your own [...]
Bad Reputation
"I don’t give a damn about my bad reputation.” — Joan Jett Joan Jett’s predecessor, legendary rocker, Patti Smith, got pigeonholed as “Godmother of Punk.” Now a respected poet and [...]
Why Real Christmas Trees Are Better for the Environment Than Artificial
Guest post by Joe Lamp'l Photo: Courtesy of The National Christmas Tree Association Buying an artificial Christmas tree and reusing it for years may seem like a more [...]
A cemetery is the liveliest place in town
Guest post by S. B. Julian If you want a bit of life, go to the cemetery. You'll never be alone there, and I'm not talking about “dem bones dem [...]
Gertrude and the whale
By guest blogger S. B. Julian Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1933) is credited as one of the founders of England's lush, flower-rich, painterly cottage garden style of horticulture (she was a painter [...]