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naturally good soil

Although I am an enthusiastic advocate of natural gardening, I wasn’t much of a fan of composting until I procrastinated...

hardiness zone

If you’ve been gardening for a while, no doubt you know what hardiness zone your pride and joy grows in....

cold front

The winter arrived, somewhat tentative but for good. Yesterday it snowed with the large and fluffy kind of flakes which...

my beautiful

My beautiful is preparing for winter and there’s not much I can do about it so I’m starting next year’s...

all the pretty colors

The leaves are colored by three types of pigments: chlorophyll, which keeps them green during the warm season, carotenoids, which...

planter care

The planters get a little tired and overgrown by the end of the summer, when the ideal combination of colors,...

tomatoes

The temperatures heated up, the tomatoes started performing. Tomato plants don’t mind hot weather and will keep their composure even...

millefleur

Every spring I plan on planting more annuals and every summer I fall short of the desired effect. At least...

day lilies

It’s not summer until the day lilies bloom and they usually do so before the fourth of July in anticipation...

the secret lives of plants

If you ever watched a time lapse footage of a plant you can’t see the botanical world the same again....