august garden chores
FOR MOST OF MY CAREER, I was an editor more than a writer, and good thing. Editing is the gardener’s [read more…]
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july garden chores
THERE IS PAYOFF—new potatoes, a tomato finally, and then garlic harvest as the month winds down. There are also problems [read more…]
may garden chores
REMEMBER, amid the frenzy: There is nothing wrong that some good-quality mulch won’t improve visually (while helping build soil beneath [read more…]
april garden chores
WE ARE NOT POWERLESS over April–even though in most areas, it’s a contender for the busiest month of the garden [read more…]
march garden chores
MY BEST MARCH GARDEN ADVICE: Make like a daffodil. Poke your head up and have a look around—but be prepared [read more…]
february garden chores
THE HOUSEPLANTS ARE NOTICING, and so am I: the days are longer, making us both want to get up and [read more…]
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…]
my garden chores for december 2014
ONE LAST-MINUTE FIRE DRILL of outdoor chores, before it’s time to settle down with the seed catalogs: That’s December in [read more…]
my garden chores for november 2014
SO MANY LEAVES, so little time. That’s November’s urgent-feeling message—to somehow tuck in before the snows arrive. Composting expertise, the [read more…]
my garden chores for october 2014
WHERE TO BEGIN with the massive job called fall cleanup? Top on our chores list this month: a 7-point program [read more…]
my garden chores for september 2014
SEPTEMBER IS OPPORTUNITY MONTH: the opportunity (especially up north) to divide or add perennials; to plant shrubs and trees; to [read more…]
my garden chores for august 2014
THE JAPANESE BEETLES are subsiding, or at least focusing their energies to activities other than chewing leaves, but the rabbits? [read more…]
my garden chores for july 2014
THE JULY DRILL, IN SHORTHAND: Raise the mower deck; man the sprinklers; get out the vegetable seeds—and pull out the [read more…]
my garden chores for june 2014
I’M FIGHTING THE URGE to go inside, draw the blinds, and take refuge in streaming videos (perhaps with an entire [read more…]
my garden chores for may 2014
RECALCITRANT is the politest word I’m using to describe spring so far, and looking at the national weather map, I’m [read more…]
