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Permanent beds and paths in the author's garden. Guest Rant by Megan Cain I get why you till. There’s something in all of us gardeners that leaps with [...]
Guest Post by Ed Bruske Delayed almost a month by an unusually cold and prolonged winter, our friend Gini--an avid arborist-- arrived the other day to give us our first [...]
by Dr. Amanda Morris Splintered fence. Shattered shrubs. Shredded trunks. And pine needles. Everywhere, pine needles. Destruction with the scent of Christmas. As I made my way into the barely [...]
Guest Post by Ed Bruske The nor'easter that roared up the East Coast recently dumped another foot of snow on our part of Upstate New York. I found myself struggling [...]
Below, author Ruth Kassinger summarizes a chapter from her new book, A Garden of Marvels, published this week. Lately, with heavy snow here in suburban Maryland, I've had to keep [...]
Beautiful selection and variety of groses grown in California's Monterey Bay region at Pajarosa Farms. Guest Rant by Debra Prinzing Earlier this week, Libby Francis-Baxter, owner of The [...]
Guest rant by Debra Lee Baldwin, a rebuttal to Ivette Soler’s rant in which she expressed ennui about succulents and proposed that the plants’ popularity is diminishing. If anyone ought [...]
by Helen Yoest, author of Plants with Benefits The last two things a woman puts on before meeting her date for dinner is a touch of perfume and a smile. [...]
Pruning image courtesy of Shutterstock Guest Post by veterinary surgeon and master gardener James Roush/Garden Musings Yes, ProfessorRoush has not blogged for quite some time. January has frankly been [...]
Guest post by Lena Struwe, who blogs at Botanical Accuracy Celery is a vegetable and plant that is prominent in American cooking, and infuses both cooked and raw dishes with [...]
Guest rant by Lena Struwe, professor in botany and evolutionary biology at Rutgers University An article published Jan 6, 2014 in The New York Times ('Mutant Petunias Sing the Blues') [...]
Guest post by Janet Belding Business is slow. This is the reason some garden centers here in Massachusetts close until April, but there is so much to do here before [...]
