SO WHAT CAUGHT YOUR ATTENTION most of all in 2012, among the 1,200-ish stories on A Way to Garden so far? Well, apparently it was these, the 50 stories you clicked on most during the year, A Way to Garden’s fifth online:

1. the tricky matter of when to harvest garlic
2. farm-fresh peaches, frozen to perfection
3. dan koshansky’s refrigerator pickles
4. growing and storing a year of parsley
5. 10 thoughts on successful underplanting
6. the toughest groundcovers i rely on
7. tips for growing better tomatoes from seed
8. hot plant: stewartia, an ideal small tree
9. how to grow carrots, with dr. john navazio
10. what’s in pickling spice? some recipes
11. from the forums: pruning viburnums
12. clafoutis batter, universal solvent of fruit dessert
13. new! slideshow of my 54 top shade plants
14. garden prep: how to make a bed, with cardboard
15. beloved conifers: weeping alaska cedar
16. there’s more than one way to ripen a tomato
17. what zone are you? a new usda hardiness map
18. what weed is it? putting names to pesky plants
19. voila! my first orchid reblooms
20. estimating viability: how long do seeds last?
21. mulch faq’s
22. beloved conifer: japanese umbrella pine
23. cucumber-growing q&a, and the best pickles ever
24. garlic harvest and curing: i did something right
25. growing a better tomato, seed to harvest
26. in season: easy asparagus-parmesan bake
27. slideshow: 10 great groundcovers to rely upon
28. garden-tour aftermath: the asked-about plants
29. growing and storing a year of garlic
30. what to plant now for a fall vegetable garden
31. how to freeze parsley, chives and other herbs
32. weck-jar giveaway, how i freeze green beans in red sauce in them, and 14 more food-storage tips
33. finally! learning how to make vegetable soup
34. missed the workshop? container-garden 101
35. the 2011 garden in photos: a year of extremes
36. vegetable-garden tuneup: make room for more
37. my top conifers for year-round garden beauty
38. my september 2012 garden chores
39. when the normally tough peony fails to bloom
40. pruning faq’s
41. giveaway: ‘making more plants’ with ken druse (and how to avoid damping off)
42. my june 2012 garden chores
43. brrrr! overwintering tips for tender plants
44. great shrub: bottlebrush buckeye
45. my april 2012 garden chores
46. margaret’s 2013 events calendar
47. tomato-growing faq’s
48. giveaway: vines q&a with brushwood’s dan long
49. giveaway: rose marie nichols mcgee’s herb q&a
50. tomato grafting: a tactic for heirloom success?