Quick Takes With: Ethan Kauffman
Since the launch of Quick Takes last year, we’ve noted quite a few of our featured experts have lamented the ubiquity of wildflower meadows. Not that there’s anything wrong with…[...]
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The start of something new: how to propagate fruit bushes from cuttings
Now is the perfect time to start pruning your fruit bushes and take cuttings to create new plants. Here’s how to do it Last spring, I did some spontaneous pruning…[...]
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What Happens if My Plant Has Early Blooms?
From cherry blossoms in December to spring bulbs in January, I’ve seen some flowers bloom exceptionally early. If ... Read More The post What Happens if My Plant Has Early…[...]
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What to prune in winter
Many garden plants benefit from pruning, but it’s important to prune at the right time of year, in the right way. Winter pruning takes place in winter, when plants are…[...]
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How to Make a Dopamine Menu for Gardening
If your screen usage has hit an all-time high, you’re not alone. From TV to video games to ... Read More The post How to Make a Dopamine Menu for…[...]
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Seed Starting in Mini Greenhouses
No greenhouse? No problem! You can get started as early as February on growing your fresh greens by ... Read More The post Seed Starting in Mini Greenhouses appeared first…[...]
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Making Veddw Garden – a love story
How did we manage it??!!!! Well, this is a mostly true story, so here goes: I was running a local authority psychiatric hostel in London. And there was this guy…[...]
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The best pruning saws to buy in 2025
Secateurs and loppers are handy pruning tools but for thicker branches a pruning saw is the tool for the job. The last resort before you need a chainsaw, a pruning…[...]
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Save Elizabeth Street Garden: Awaiting the Fate of the Lower East Side’s Most Charming Park
It’s a crucial moment in the fight to save Elizabeth Street Garden. A hearing for the appeal against a decision to allow the city to evict and close the garden…[...]
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Truculent gardening and make believeÂ
Have you heard or read the word truculent used as a gardening reference? Garden Rant is often, by its nature, argumentative. They don’t call it Garden Rant for nothing. I…[...]
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