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…]
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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 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 say each 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 february garden chores
RESTLESS, ANYONE? The houseplants are noticing, and so am I: the days are longer, making us both want to get [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, begins 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…]
