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Houseplant How-Tos
Now that the vegetable and flower gardens are taking a long winter’s nap, it’s time for us to turn our attention to what’s growing inside our homes. Houseplants are not...
Houseplant How-Tos
Now that the vegetable and flower gardens are taking a long winter’s nap, it’s time for us to turn our attention to what’s growing inside our homes. Houseplants are not...
Getting a Leg Up for Next Spring
Except for a few hardy greens left to harvest , we’re done with the gardens for this season. And by “done” I mean we’ve got very little energy left to...
Getting a Leg Up for Next Spring
Except for a few hardy greens left to harvest , we’re done with the gardens for this season. And by “done” I mean we’ve got very little energy left to...
Bringing Indoor Plants Back Inside
I live in an unheated three-season cottage May through October. The last week of September reliably presents one or two nights that dip down to 50F. Like a splash of...
Bringing Indoor Plants Back Inside
I live in an unheated three-season cottage May through October. The last week of September reliably presents one or two nights that dip down to 50F. Like a splash of...
Change of Seasons, Change of Colors
I recently moved my houseplants* from their summer vacation spots on my patio to their homes indoors, trimmed off the tired-looking parts of my flowering combination containers and harvested a...
Change of Seasons, Change of Colors
I recently moved my houseplants* from their summer vacation spots on my patio to their homes indoors, trimmed off the tired-looking parts of my flowering combination containers and harvested a...
Growing a Fall Vegetable Crop
There’s been a fair amount of disappointment that’s cropped up in my vegetable garden this season. I have stunted beets, a Jekyll-and-Hyde situation with some shallots, mysterious nightly holes in...
Growing a Fall Vegetable Crop
There’s been a fair amount of disappointment that’s cropped up in my vegetable garden this season. I have stunted beets, a Jekyll-and-Hyde situation with some shallots, mysterious nightly holes in...
Summer Container Swap-Outs
Round about July I assess all of my containers for the possibilities of what I call “Summer Swap-Outs.” The containers with items such as cascading petunias, summery lobelia and mounding...
Summer Container Swap-Outs
Round about July I assess all of my containers for the possibilities of what I call “Summer Swap-Outs.” The containers with items such as cascading petunias, summery lobelia and mounding...
