Fun Facts About Fennel
Fennel is a deliciously scented and tasty herb with much to offer the home gardener. But that was a prettyContinue Reading
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Gardening Book of the Month
Growing Under Cover Techniques for a More Productive, Weather-Resistant, Pest-Free Vegetable Garden By Niki Jabbour Looking to grow more vegetablesContinue Reading
A Personal Visit to Mosaïcultures Québec
Yes, I was finally able to visit Mosaïcultures Québec 2022 the other day, more than a month after it openedContinue Reading
In Love With Blue Verbena
This spring, the National Garden Bureau announced that 2022 would be the Year of the Verbena. Their idea was clearlyContinue Reading
What to Grow for a Flavorful Fall Veggie Garden
Time to Plan Your Fall Garden Summer’s sultry days may find you melting in the garden, but heavenly homegrown tomatoesContinue Reading
Bring Pollinators into the City
If You Encourage Them, They Will Come! By now we’ve all heard the news: pollinators are in trouble. The WhiteContinue Reading
Time to Order Colchicums
Colchicum (often falsely called autumn crocus, which is a very different bulb) are beautiful autumn-flowering bulbs. And they’re very hardy,Continue Reading
Bugs: Garden Friends or Foes?
Garden soil isn’t sterile … and we wouldn’t want it to be sterile. Rather, it needs to teem with life.Continue Reading
Conifer Needles Against Slugs
Question My hostas are attacked by slugs and I have tried many things to control them with variable amounts ofContinue Reading
Hybridizing Perennials
Hybridizer Hans Hansen in a field of ‘Pink Profusion’ perennial salvia (Salvia nemorosa). An Interview with Plant Breeder Hans Hansen Here’sContinue Reading