Gardening as a Lifeline: Coping with Heartache Through Nature’s Cycles
Heartbreak is not often treated with the same compassion as loss or illness, but it can be just ... Read More The post Gardening as a Lifeline: Coping with Heartache…
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Gardening Preparations During the Fall
As the days get shorter and the air takes on that crisp, fall freshness, it’s the perfect time to start thinking about preparing your garden for the upcoming colder months.…
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The best leaf blowers and leaf blower vacuums in 2024
In the autumn months, it’s glorious to see the leaves turn from green through to golden brown, but once they start to fall and cover our gardens, it’s a different…
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43 Gardening Christmas Gift Ideas for 2024
With the wide and exciting range of gardening products out there, it can be difficult to think of the best gardening gift ideas for Christmas or any other special occasion.…
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Is burning garden waste outdated in the age of composting?
Autumn is here, falling leaves turning fiery colours, flopping spent summer blooms. Seasonal changes mean decision time in the garden. The relaxed gardener embraces ‘the brown’, allowing some of the…
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What the Heck is That?! Your Guide to Delicious Winter Squash
Don’t be intimidated by those weird and wonderful winter squash! Fanciful shapes, stripes, bumps, and warts, these gorgeous ... Read More The post What the Heck is That?! Your Guide…
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Quick Takes With: Corwin Green and Damon Arrington
In this week’s installment of Quick Takes, we present a pair of Brooklyn academics with a flair for garden design, Corwin Green and Damon Arrington, partners in life and business.…
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It’s climate change, stupid!
The U.S. presidential election is one long week away. If there is not enough anxiety to go around here on earth, I need to mention the planetary concern that has…
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An (honestly) apolitical new look at the White House gardens
My fall 2010 photo of the White House, with garden tour-goers. The White House grounds and gardens were open to the public recently, as they are one weekend every spring…
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People and Plants
I thought this would be a fairly straightforward individual to research and write about. But no, talk about a rabbit hole. Have you ever known someone that makes you ask,…
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