10 Easy Thanksgiving Tabletop Ideas With Plants
Here are 10 of our favorite tabletop ideas for Thanksgiving, using plants and fruits. For how-to instructions, click ...
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Building A Holz Hausen
In Vermont they take their wood piles seriously. Last winter my son-in-law Nate built the holz hausen shown here at ...
Permaculture in Practise at Dingle Hill Flowers &...
I visited the farm, Dingle Hill Flowers & Herbs, on a sultry August day, my car bumping up a hilly, mile-long st...
Growing Dahlias with Frances Palmer
The following excerpts are reprinted from an article by Frances Palmer in the May/June 2014 issue of Connecticut G...
Thinking About Chickens? Meet 4 Chicken Owners
We asked Ashley English, author of Keeping Chickens, to tell us about her experience and offer some of her chicke...
Simple Ways To Improve Drainage In a Garden
Have you noticed water pooling up in areas of your garden after a good rain? This is an all-too-common problem that ...
Pruning Clematis In Early Spring
We have a purple clematis that climbs up the south side of our screen porch. It's a summer blooming variety so I pr...
"The Curious Gardener" May, 2012
In This Issue: My Mother's Garden A Brilliant Orchid Show in NY Grow Stockier, Bushier Tomato Plants This Year My M...
"The Curious Gardener" March, 2012
In this issue Learning Seed Propagation at NY Botanical Garden Make Your own Maple Syrup Welcome Spring with a Farm...
"Indoor Holiday Bulbs" by Dorian Winslow
Fragrant Paperwhites and Amaryllis are now a part of my Christmas tradition. I like to have paperwhites blooming on C...
"Creating A Landscape Berm" by Dorian W...
Early last Spring I woke up one morning and decided that what my yard needed was a berm. Most berms, or mounds, are ...
"Making A Garden Bench" by Dorian Winslow
We keep our garden shoes outside the kitchen door, just steps from the herb garden, but when it rains they can get we...