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February 6, 2020

how to grow kale, with sarah kleeger of adaptive seeds

‘ANYONE CAN GROW KALE,’ the seed farmers at Adaptive Seeds—who have collected kales from around the world and made them a specialty—said recently, seeming to..

January 26, 2019

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it’s edemental! gorgeous, delicious grains for the garden, with sarah kleeger

I’M CURRENTLY captivated by thoughts of gorgeous grains and grain-like annuals adding drama to my upcoming garden, and at the same time potentially feeding me..

April 9, 2016

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growing dry beans, with sarah kleeger of adaptive seeds

DRY BEANS have been a mainstay of my diet for decades; the pantry’s always stocked with multiple kinds. But as possibilities beyond the basic Navy,..

January 20, 2015

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how to grow a wide world of peppers, with adaptive seeds’ sarah kleeger

SOMEWHERE LIKE MEXICO might come to mind first, if the question asked is about the places that peppers originate from. When the answer you get..

January 14, 2014

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at adaptive seeds, celebrating diversity in kale, squash, tomatillos

WE’VE BEEN SEED-SHOPPING our way around the nation in my recent series on the radio and blog—and now we’ll head around the world a bit,..

rethinking the lawn, with dan wilder

THE LECTURE that he’s been giving for a number of years is not-so-subtly called “Kill Your Lawn.” Ecological horticulturist Dan Jaffe Wilder knows that starting over and creating an entire native habitat instead of a lawn isn’t for everyone. But Dan just wants to grab our attention and get us to start to make some changes at least in the way we care for the turfgrass we do want in our landscapes. And maybe give up a little square footage of it to some other kind of more diverse planting, too, like the wild strawberries (Fragaria virginiana, inset). Alternative, more eco-focused styles of lawn care, along with some lawn alternatives is what he and I talked about on the podcast. Dan is Director of Applied Ecology at Norcross Wildlife Foundation in Wales, Massachusetts, and its 8,000-acre sanctuary. He’s also co-author with Mark Richardson of the book “Native Plants for New England Gardens.”