‘dester,’ ‘cherokee green’ and other top tomatoes, plus tomato troubles, with craig lehoullier
I’VE BEEN RELISHING a harvest of diverse tomatoes, though I only planted two varieties in my own garden this year. [read more…]
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spider, feather, frog: 3 little notes on gender (and wonder) in nature
I GOT ON A BIT of a gender kick recently on Instagram, and I blame it on a spider (and [read more…]
discovering the wild in your garden (want to learn how 9/15?)
THOSE OF YOU who have been around here awhile know I am increasingly obsessed not simply with plants for plants’ [read more…]
top late perennials, + smart care tips for a garden to last through fall, with kathy tracey
I HAD TO TALK MYSELF off the ledge repeatedly through the last half of July and into early August. The [read more…]
august garden chores
HOT, PARCHED, EXHAUSTED. That’s a three-word portrait of me and the garden both most Augusts. We must fight back, so [read more…]
distinctive-shaped trees, perfect outdoor paint colors, storing garlic and more: q&a with ken druse
YOU ASK, WE ANSWER: From recommendations for unusual-shaped almost bonsai-like trees for the garden (like the weeping katsura, above), to [read more…]
defining ‘native’ and choosing the right native plants, with dan jaffe
WHAT MAKES a particular native plant a good choice for the home garden? And where can we look for clues [read more…]
liverwort and pearlwort: 2 weeds of my driveway and cracks-and-crevices
ONE OF “perhaps the most primitive plants still in existence” and another that is a relative of Irish moss are [read more…]
underplanting: making ‘a tapestry garden,’ with marietta o’byrne
WHEN I TALK ABOUT intermingling several plants to serve as a mixed groundcover, perhaps under trees and shrubs, I often [read more…]
week 15: visual relief from the heat, all fresh and white
IT WAS HOT, really hot (and will be again, no doubt). There was a bit of visual relief, though: Through [read more…]
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