welcome to the new a way to garden!

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To kick off A Way to Garden’s fifth year online (happy blogaversary!!!), a redesign features easier navigation (click any gray button at left to test-drive); a fun new monthly Garden Chores calendar (hover your cursor over any tinted date, right), and new landing pages for major topics to help you dig deeper into the archive of more than 1,000 stories. Enjoy!

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Michelle Beissel says:

March 6, 2012 at 6:50 am

Well done and very much appreciated. I adore the redesign!

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Johanna says:

March 6, 2012 at 7:00 am

Wow, it’s like you have a new haircolor, or a bit of botox! Same A Way to Garden, but jazzier!

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Elizabeth says:

March 6, 2012 at 10:16 am

I like the look! For some reason, on my browser (sad old IE 7 at work), the bar with green stripes, your picture, and the quotation, “never stop wanting more plants…) sits right across the middle of the screen, blocking whatever is behind it. Right now it sits just below the “Post Comment” button.

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1. Margaret says:
  
  March 6, 2012 at 10:32 am
  
  Thanks, Elizabeth, and thanks for the specifics. It will take a little while to sort out various browser display issues, but so good to have the details of the IE7 one.
  
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Robin says:

March 6, 2012 at 5:57 pm

Nice! I like the crisp, clean look. It has a cozy feel. I’m glad the slide show is still prominent; it makes me smile when the page loads and a beautiful photo is right there.

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Shannon says:

March 8, 2012 at 8:52 pm

Really like the new site! Esp the calendar with TO DO tasks!! v nice.

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beyond organic gardening: ecological horticulture

I WATCHED A ZOOM lecture the other day that really put into words a lot of the ways my own deepening understanding of ecology is shaking up the way I practice horticulture—from spring cleanup, right on to the last chore of the active year. The lecturer was Rebecca McMackin, director of horticulture for Brooklyn Bridge Park in New York City, where she leads the team that manages 85 acres of diverse parkland with a central focus on habitat creation of woodlands, wetlands, and meadows to build soils and support birds, butterflies, and other organisms.

We talked about the dynamic tactics they use and when and why–a whole different approach to spring cleanup, where the life cycles of animals (from insects on up) dictate what happens when, garden maintenance-wise. Like why some things don’t get cut back, and others that are still seed-laden when they do have their seeds collected and set aside, then returned to the spot after whatever cleanup is needed there.