Garden How-To:: Episode 15: Gro Green Organics
May 18, 2012 – 11:21 am | No Comment

In this episode, Kathy Cropp talks with Adina Nance of Gro Green Organics.

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Book Review: Eat Your Yard!
May 17, 2012 – 11:34 pm | No Comment

Eat Your Yard!
Edible trees, shrubs, vines, herbs, and flowers for your landscape
by Nan K. Chase

160 pages
Gibbs Smith, 2010
List price: $19.99

There have been many volumes of books published in the last couple of years on edible gardening. In spite of heightened interest in growing your own food, I wasn’t sure the gardening world could use yet another one when I was handed Eat Your Yard! nearly a year ago. I put off reading it. Read the full story »

Bees, Pollinators and Beneficial Insects: Helpful Resources
May 17, 2012 – 3:29 pm | No Comment
Bees, Pollinators and Beneficial Insects: Helpful Resources

Here’s a list of resources that will help you attract, identify and enjoy the beneficial insects in your garden.

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Horticulture’s Giving Garden
May 16, 2012 – 6:29 pm | No Comment

Stacy Walters, the Healthy Gardener, gives you a sneak peek at what we’re growing in Horticulture’s Giving Garden! For more from the Healthy Gardener, check out the Summer 2012 workshop: http://www.gardenershub.com/the-healthy-gardener-spring-2012

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Stake Your Plants: Kinds of Garden Stakes and Tomato Cages
May 14, 2012 – 3:56 pm | No Comment

Question: Can you walk me through the different kinds of garden stakes and which stake would be best for what plants?

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Maybe Just One More Garden
May 14, 2012 – 11:36 am | No Comment
Maybe Just One More Garden

At some point in the gardening season—back when I had a yard—I could say “when!” The new beds were full or I was out of time and labor to make more. I could easily shift …

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Direct Seeding and How to Protect Plants from Frost
May 8, 2012 – 12:21 pm | No Comment

In this video Tricia from Peaceful Valley talks about direct seeding and how to protect plants from frost.

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Dwarf Korean Lilac: a Better Lilac Bush Where Size Matters
May 8, 2012 – 11:21 am | 3 Comments
Dwarf Korean Lilac: a Better Lilac Bush Where Size Matters

Virtues: We love dwarf Korean lilac (Syringa meyeri ‘Palibin’) for its compact, rounded shape and resistance to powdery mildew, two characteristics that set it apart from other lilacs. Dwarf Korean lilac fits small gardens, tight …

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Rocking Out at the Park
May 8, 2012 – 9:52 am | No Comment
Rocking Out at the Park

A rather obvious title for this post about the rock garden, but truth-be-told I have been rockin’ it lately with this garden.
 
 
 

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My Mother’s Garden
May 5, 2012 – 3:57 pm | 5 Comments
My Mother’s Garden

My mother always seems to have a lot more things blooming in her garden at any given moment than I do. Recently I spent an afternoon gardening with her in northwestern Connecticut, just about 30 …

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Grow Stockier, Bushier Tomato Plants This Year
May 5, 2012 – 12:22 pm | One Comment
Grow Stockier, Bushier Tomato Plants This Year

My instructor at the New York Botanical Garden gave us a tip on growing the sturdiest tomato plants indoors, before transplanting them outdoors. This gives plants a head start on the growing season and a …

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Book Review: The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms
May 3, 2012 – 11:47 pm | No Comment
Book Review: The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms

The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms
by Amy Stewart
221 pages, softcover
Algonquin Books, 2004
List price: $12.95
You may know Amy Stewart from her disturbing and entertaining books, Wicked Plants and Wicked Bugs, where she presents …

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Easy Organic Lawn Care: Grow a Gorgeous All-Natural Lawn
April 30, 2012 – 4:58 pm | No Comment

Watch a video on organic lawn care.

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