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Summer Beauty

I went for a stroll this afternoon and everything was perfect: the bright green of the plant life, fresh after...

Heirloom Perennials

The denizens of the cottage garden are usually of the heirloom variety, because this garden design was patched together from...

Summer Solstice

I can never grow accustomed to the abundance and excess of the early summer garden, no matter how many times...

From the Prairie to the Garden

Native species gardens are growing in popularity because they are so ecologically responsible. Their plants are self sufficient, self-cleaning, and...

Strange and Wonderful

From the helicopters and parachutes of maple seeds and dandelions to the Velcro like grip of smartweeds, stickseeds and burdocks,...

Changing with the Seasons

Fall is supposed to be prime time for pumpkins and mums, whose colorful presence graces every front porch after the...

Plants of the Underworld

The fact plants spend half their lives underground was not lost on Greek mythology, which considered them a bridge to...

Healing Gardens

The first time I saw an herb garden I thought it weird. Why would one want to waste so much...

Rain Crops

The tomatoes may not be on their best behavior during rainy summers, not unless you planted them for their foliage,...

Garden Tasks for July

As rewarding as July is for the hard working green thumb, the list of garden chores for this month is...