2018: The Year of the Beet
Every year, the National Garden Bureau, a non-profit organization promoting the pleasures of home gardening, selects one perennial, one annual, oneContinue Reading
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Rainbow Tomatoes: Yet Another Gardening Ripoff!
A reader sent me the photo above … after she had ordered the seed, unfortunately. She wanted to knowContinue Reading
When Garlic Sprouts in the Fall
Question: I planted 68 garlic cloves in late September and they’re starting to sprout barely a month later. Will theyContinue Reading
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How Pumpkins Became Jack-O’-Lanterns
This week thousands of people, young and old, will be carving a pumpkin for Halloween. Lit with a candle orContinue Reading
Can You Grow Garlic From Bulbils?
Reader Louisette Gilbert wrote to ask whether she can sow garlic from bulbils, the little aerial bulbs found at theContinue Reading
In Case of Early Frost
Most readers of this blog, which is essentially written with Northern gardeners in mind, will at some point in thisContinue Reading
Plants: Not Good at Multitasking
We all know people who seem capable of multitasking (performing multiple tasks simultaneously): answering the phone while filling in aContinue Reading
How to Overwinter Ornemental Sweet Potatoes
The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) may be best known for its delicious tubers, but it has also given rise toContinue Reading
When to Harvest Onions?
The onion (Allium cepa) is one of the most popular plants in home vegetable gardens and it’s not particularly difficultContinue Reading
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Garden Myth: Tums for Tomatoes
There is no limit to the human imagination … nor to far-fetched ways to treat our plants. Here’s one exampleContinue Reading