There’s nothing more relaxing than sitting on your patio or deck, cool beverage in hand ,and being surrounded by the beautiful life emerging from your containers and baskets. I say “life” because what could be in and around those pots are flowers, foliage and veggies and even all the bees and butterflies that visit them. Aaahhh. Then reality kicks in…
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A Cool Start to Vegetable Garden Planting
For many of us in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions—and for a good portion of the U.S., for that matter—the process of gradual warming to vegetable garden planting-appropriate temperatures seems to be stuck. It’s cold! We may have a warm day here and there but consistently mild weather has been nowhere in the forecast. The calendar, the seasonal holidays and…
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Perennial Garden Perk-Up
We love all things in the garden, but to be honest, it’s perennials that we consider the superheroes of our landscape. Yes, we look forward to the bright spots of color that summery annuals give us in garden beds, borders and porch containers. And the fact that we can feed our families from the plants we raise in the vegetable…
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Perennial Vegetables are Delectable
Have your garden’s perennial vegetables raised themselves from the depths of the earth yet this spring? Rhubarb and asparagus are likely breaking through the soil this month. Strawberry plants will begin to green up and grow new leaves soon. Maybe your sunchokes are on the horizon and your perennial herbs are pushing green shoots and buds. Or, quite possibly, you…
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Growing Herbs Indoors
Are you bored on the weekends without your outdoor gardening tasks? Last month’s post—all about growing microgreens indoors—was meant to have gotten you through the winter lack-of-gardening blues. If you find yourself still in a slump, let’s find something else for you to grow and gather for use in the kitchen. Let’s try growing some herbs indoors, shall we? Why…
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Microgreens for Winter Indoor Growing
As the garden’s hardy greens are finally about to succumb to continued winter cold weather, it’s time to move your vegetable production inside. I’ve been setting up a microgreens growing station in a walk-in closet for about five winters now, and believe me, it’s a thrill to harvest something fresh when the outdoor landscape is brown and bleak. Aside from…
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