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‘Tis the season for starting seeds
Always a sucker for DIY projects, I’ve come a long way from starting seeds in egg cartons on the windowsill. There’s nothing wrong with doing it that way, and I’ve had moderate success with it over the years. I’ve also had miserable, heartbreaking failures from trying to do everything on the cheap, and learned in
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PLAY IT AGAIN: PLANTS WORTH REPEATING
There are some gardeners who rest in winter, and then there are gardeners who are just as busy in winter as in any other season. Here in Zone 6b, even though there’s not much to do outside right now, I’m not exactly taking a break. For me, winter is a time to review, plan, organize,
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PREPARING FOR WINTER, THINKING OF SPRING
It’s inevitable, winter is coming. In one week the temperature dropped from nights in the 50’s to nights in the 20’s. This morning we woke up to our first snow. At this time last year, I hadn’t even harvested the last of my tomatoes and the first frost didn’t come until December 3rd, but this
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THE STORY OF ROBINWOOD GARDEN
Four summers ago, my partner and I made our annual trip back to the home where he grew up. And like every summer before, I sat on the back stairs leading out to the yard, stared at the broad expanse of dry, cracked clay soil along the perimeter of the fence, and thought “someone should
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