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We rarely write about books on Rant – well, I have been barely writing at all – but it doesn’t mean we don’t love books on gardening and want them to flourish. These days, most beginning gardeners are bypassing books altogether, instead relying on YouTube tutorials and other digital means.

That’s not how I learned. Like many of you, I got help from more experi...


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Mid-January is not a particularly good time for an angry, my David Austin roses died, “Give em’ hell” Garden Rant. Our fallen leaves in Indiana have barely begun to compost. The avalanche of seeds catalogs has predictably arrived, but it’s too early to do any serious ordering of seeds or plants. What to do with the ...


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I was saddened to learn of the recent death of Bob Weir, longtime guitarist of the Grateful Dead, at age 78. Yesterday I called my friend the raconteur, and distinguished Connecticut nurseryman, Pie...


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Thursday the 8th of January was a fairly normal day for the gardeners of Cornwall. It was cold and raining heavily, and while strong winds were forecast this part of the UK is used to storms.

Cornwall makes the tip of the South West peninsula of Britain. There is sea to the north, west and south, with the county of Devon is to the east. With prevailing winds coming fro...


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Some colorful homes that caught my eye. Clockwise from upper left: Oakland, CA; Long Island, NY; Austin, TX; and two in Takoma Park, MD.

After all these years of garden-writing with no ability to tag my photos for later use, my life has changed. When GardenRanter Ben


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