IF I SAY garden maintenance, you probably think of work—of getting out the pruners and hedge trimmers and such, and subduing any overenthusiastic plants, getting..

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WINTER COLD has just finally descended here, and I’m already missing the smells of the growing season, from the range of flowers to just brushing..

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WANT TO LEARN to harness the coming cold weather to propagate a diversity of plants from seed? Join me and Ken Druse, author of 20..

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‘TIS THE SEASON when I’m making more applesauce to freeze and baking pears for dessert (or for breakfast), so what sweeter topic for today’s episode..

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IN HIS NEW BOOK, “Wild Plant Culture,” restoration ecologist Jared Rosenbaum says something provocative about gardening with native plants. “It’s time to expand our vision..

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WE’VE ALL HEARD the environmentally conscious advice, the way we used to clean up our gardens, extra tidy, but to within an inch of its..

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A NEW BOOK I’m reading emphasizes the word “watching” in the expression “bird watching,” as in: Don’t be in such a hurry to merely note..

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ONE THING that Ken Druse and I are certain about when it comes to plants: that they will often surprise you. Some grow bigger or..

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IF I SAY “English garden,” you probably conjure a mental picture of colorful mixed borders and garden rooms enclosed by hedging. But what’s the essence..

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SINCE I TOOK a walk with today’s guest about 10 years ago, I’ve adopted a whole different way of looking at what I might have..

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BECOMING A successful vegetable gardener involves a lot of trial and error. As the seasons pass we hopefully get better at it—harvesting not just food..

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ACOLLECTION OF historic apples that was threatened by disease is having a second act at the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill in Boylston,..

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IN EMAILS RECEIVED from many parts of the country, I’m hearing gardeners say the same thing: This year has been really hard. Count me in..

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MAYBE LIKE I DO, you always mean to be better at seed saving, and it gets away from you. Right now is the perfect time..

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ECOLOGICAL HORTICULTURIST Andy Brand can’t help himself. He just has to look closely at everything outdoors, every plant, every insect, every process that’s unfolding. And..

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I’VE NEVER HAD a rock garden, I confess, but a new book about a modern and extreme form of the art caught my attention recently...

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HOT AND DRY: That’s the lament of gardeners in most regions in high summer, and also of many plants in their flower gardens. The author..

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I CALL THE phenomenon tomato troubles: the yellow-spotted foliage that falls off, or the plant that produces all those misshapen fruits. And yes, the attack..

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I RECENTLY HOSTED a shade-gardening webinar featuring my friend, Ken Druse. The enthusiastic registration and the outpouring of audience questions that evening reminded me how..

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I CALL THEM Urgent Garden Questions, because when you have something you can’t sort out in the garden, it certainly feels like an emergency. This..

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