Polyploidy—or How Do We Get Seedless Fruit?
By Christine Bradish, Ashland Inc. It’s quite possible that you have seen a commercial for “23 and Me”, advertising anContinue Reading
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A Beluga in My Garden
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The Levitating Fern Certainly Spins, But Is It Alive??
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Peonies That Make Scents
Question: I have been looking for scented peonies for five years now. Every year, I go to the nursery, I smellContinue Reading
A Simple Way of Thwarting Potato Beetles
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A Handy Dandy Soil Sifter/Plant Lugger
Here’s handy recycled garden tool: a plastic bakery tray, also called a bread tray, with a grid bottom. You canContinue Reading
Lasagna Gardening: A Backyard Guide for Beginners
A Guest Blog by Jeff Antilla of Redfin Looking to cook up your own lasagna garden? Okay, maybe there’s no cookingContinue Reading
Start Hardening Seedlings Off Early
Where I live, this spring has been exceptionally cold and I’m nowhere near acclimatizing any seedlings to outdoor conditions, butContinue Reading
Speedier Veggies With Black Plastic Mulch
Gardeners in cooler climates are faced with the same dilemma almost every spring. The nights remain cool and the soilContinue Reading
Do Mosquito Bands Work?
Last spring, I noticed a product called “BuggyBands”, a wristband consisting of spirals of colored plastic that was purported toContinue Reading