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create a child’s garden

There are few things that match the joy of watching children take charge of little projects, and gardening projects are...

buy heirloom seeds

Yes, I know that January is not particularly a gardener’s dream, but it is a special and exciting opportunity for...

candied lemon peel

Just in time for the holidays, a recipe for wonderfully fragrant and very festive looking candied lemon peel. Great for...

save tomato seeds

Yes, this is a spruced up picture of mold. In order to save your favorite tomato seeds for next year,...

pickle green tomatoes

If you live somewhere between zone 4 and zone 6, this would be the time you walk around your garden...

layer raspberries

Raspberries will do this all by themselves if you let them. They’ll arch gracefully until they touch the ground, and...

Crabapple fruit

This wonderful little tree is literally weighed down with fruit. Speaking of garden interest for the cold months, these pretty...

snapdragon seedpods

These seedpods are not ripe yet, but I wanted to share this diaphanous image of exactly how amazing the beauty...

Stock seeds

These are fragrant Stock seed pods. I started the plants from seeds collected last year, and they have done fairly...

harvesting seeds

These colorful Four O’Clocks (second year plants, produced from last year’s seeds) are thriving in my garden and they are...