A Way To Garden

how-to

I often say my approach to gardening is 'horticultural how-to and woo-woo,' and this is the former part: the tips, tricks and techniques that help make an organic garden grow successfully. From pruning to seed-starting and composting, garden cleanup and prep and more, it's here.

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natives in a formal garden, with stoneleigh’s ethan kauffman

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the garden as healer, with ‘the therapist’s garden’ author erik keller

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editing the start-of-summer garden, with ken druse

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reading the land (with the help of trees), with noah charney

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weed-fighting natives, with ‘wildscape’ author nancy lawson

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growing primula from seed, with ken druse

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for the love of pineapple lilies: eucomis, with jenks farmer

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dahlias galore, with ceramic artist frances palmer

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making and maintaining meadow gardens, with owen wormser

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diagnosing plant troubles, with the purdue plant doctor

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it’s edimental: the showiest tropical edibles, with marianne willburn

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seeds, cuttings, divisions: making more plants as spring approaches, with ken druse

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houseplant tuneups (and some plants to covet), with longwood’s karl gercens

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natural garden design, with benjamin vogt

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less work, healthier soil: no-dig gardening, with charles dowding

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the best of the sedges, and how to use them (even mown!), with sam hoadley

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seed shopping: italian specialties, and new catalogs to try, with lane selman

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indoor botanical cheer to mark the winter solstice, with kathy tracey

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creative garden maintenance, with noel kingsbury and annie guilfoyle

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‘wild plant culture:’ edible and medicinal natives, with jared rosenbaum

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an eco-focused fall cleanup, with native plant trust’s uli lorimer

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design tips from american gardens: ‘american roots’ with nick mccullough

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organic vegetable gardening success stories, with joe lamp’l

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historic apples get a new start, with mark richardson