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the july garden chores

EACH JULY DAY is a stern little conversation or two (or 10): with myself, to push onward; with certain weeds [read more…]

the june garden chores

THE SHAGGIES: It’s not a dance, or a hairdo—or some variant on the delightful British slang for sex. It’s a [read more…]

the may garden chores

EACH MAY I ADVISE us all to remember, amid the frenzy, that there is nothing wrong that some good-quality mulch [read more…]

the april garden chores

I’M STICKING to what I said last year at this time: We are not powerless over April–even though in most [read more…]

the march garden chores

I’M LIKE THE KID in the backseat on the way to the amusement park, with my one incessant question: “Are [read more…]

the january garden chores

THE ANSWER IS NO: No, you probably shouldn’t start all your vegetable seed now, unless it’s for a cool-season crop [read more…]

december garden chores

THE SHORTEST garden to-do list of the year, December’s, began with the annual fire drill—one final last-minute check of whatever [read more…]

november garden chores

NATIONAL LEAF MONTH: That’s what I’d declare it if I were in charge of such things. November is nonstop leaves [read more…]

october garden chores

EVEN I—SHE OF THE MONTHLY CHORES LISTS—get overwhelmed at the thought of it: fall cleanup. As the month begins, I [read more…]

september garden chores

IF ONLY IT WOULD RAIN, here is what I would do, I promise: divide and also add perennials (leaving room [read more…]