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How to Reuse Mesh Produce Bags in the Garden
Fairly often, when I buy onions or potatoes at the grocery store, they come in a bag made of plastic mesh. I’ve been stockpiling the things for years (just ask my poor husband…) because it seems like a...
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Easy Way to Keep Container Gardens from Drying Out
I do a lot of container gardening, mostly because I’m trying to get the most out of our space for growing vegetables. This means growing in pots and tubs on the front porch, and growing herbs,...
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The Right to Make Messes and Mistakes
By now, most of you have undoubtedly heard the story of Julie Bass, the Michigan gardener who has been charged with a misdemeanor for planting a front yard veggie garden. I wrote about it for...
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November Tour of My Garden
It’s one thing to show my garden in July, when the tomatoes are going full force and the annuals are all blooming like mad, or even in April, when the slightest hint of color is enough to make me feel...
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Updates and Miscellany
It’s a new month, and, even better, it’s one of my favorite months of the gardening season! In May, the tomatoes get moved out from under the basement lights and out into the garden. I’ll plant the...
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In love with the August garden
There are three high points in my gardening year: May, when everything is new and green and and an endless, uncharted sea of possibility lies before me; October, when the lawn and garden beds are a...
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Early (Red) October in My Garden
I took a stroll through the garden this morning, and while most of it is still green, every once in a while, a glimpse of crimson would catch my attention, like jewels scattered throughout the...
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2013 Garden Plans
My 2012 garden….well, it sucked. There is no nice way to say that. A dry, hot summer, combined with a distracted gardener just added up to a crappy gardening year. Years like last year make me very...
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Early Spring Garden Tour: The Back Garden
The weather was very nice over the weekend, and I spent as much of it as possible outside in the garden. My husband, the kids and I all worked together, planting, weeding, cleaning up, and doing some...
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October Garden
I love the garden at this time of year. It’s put in a full season of growing, blooming, and feeding us and the wildlife in my neighborhood. It’s on its last legs, so to speak, but it’s no less peaceful...
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