the power of seeds, and of sunflowers, with ken greene
BEFORE THE WEEKS got darker, Ken Greene and I had planned a chat about a sunny subject: sunflowers. Ken is [read more…]
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finding refuge in our gardens, and hope in a hoya, with ken druse
IT’S THURSDAY, March 19th, 2020, as Ken Druse and I are taping this show from our respective homes via Skype. [read more…]
16 things i know about growing tomatoes
FROM THE FIRST SEED SOWN to the last fruit stashed in the freezer, homegrown tomatoes are a labor of love. [read more…]
composting smart (including in a pit!), with ‘the new gardener’s handbook’ author daryl beyers
WHAT’S YOUR composting setup? Bin, tumbler or open pile—or maybe even an ingenious set of three pits in the ground [read more…]
create a pollinator victory garden, with kim eierman
ONE OF THE MOST common questions that garden centers and other garden professionals are asked these days: How can I [read more…]
growing hellebores, with the late judith knott tyler
ON A FORMER Virginia tobacco farm that was in her family for six generations, Judith Knott Tyler and her husband, [read more…]
women in the plant world: ‘the earth in her hands,’ with jennifer jewell
I’M A WOMAN who’s made a good portion of her career in the field of horticulture, specifically in the journalism [read more…]
which native plants, and how to make room for them, with ken druse
GARDENERS INCLUDING myself want to add more, more, more native plants to their landscapes to support pollinators and birds and [read more…]
lee reich’s blueberry-growing how-to
DON’T SAY ‘I CAN’T GROW BLUEBERRIES,’ says Lee Reich, whose PhD explored factors affecting the growth of Vaccinium corymbosum, the [read more…]
pruning willow, and the best salix varieties
‘IT’S ENDLESS,” plantsman Michael Dodge of Vermont Willow Nursery confessed, alluding to the possibilities of the genus Salix—the willows to [read more…]
