My Potting Bench
I sketched out what I wanted for my carpenter Val, and the next thing I knew I had the most beautiful potting bench ...
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5 Favorite Tall Woodland Plants
Goatsbeard Goatsbeard (Genus: Aruncus) Goatsbeard is a native perennial that resembles a giant astilbe. Grow it in...
Growing Flowers For A Wedding
Growing Flowers For A Wedding-- Our daughter Eve is getting married in August and she asked me if I would bring flo...
Educating Girls in Afghanistan
Educating Girls in Afghanistan-- We met Wendy Summer last year at a sale of handcrafted and one of a kind item...
Sharing What I Know About Vitamin D
Preventing Bone Density Loss From Lack of Vitamin D-- The sun used to play a bigger role in delivering vitamin D to...
Reduce the Risk of Lyme Disease // Our Favorite F...
Reduce the Risk of Lyme Disease for you And your Pets-- Recently I met someone at a gardening symposium who is an ad...
Best Exercises for Gardeners // Lesser Celandine:...
Stretch #1 Best Exercises for Gardeners-- I asked my favorite physical therapist, Mallory Aquilino, of Brewster Phy...
Make Your Own Rooting Hormone // Kabocha Squash S...
Make Your Own Rooting Hormone-- I have store bought rooting hormone that comes in a little jar. It's a powder that y...
Book Give Away // Growing Kalanchoe tomentosa
Book Give Away: May the Best Garden Geek Win--In the Comments field below tell us why you are a garden geek, and t...
Growing Clivia Miniata
Growing Beautiful Clivia Miniata Indoors How To Give The Perfect Back Rub Growing Clivia Miniata Indoors-- ...
Compost Tea vs. Fertilizer for your Houseplants: ...
Lately we have heard a lot of talk about microbes and the biology of soil. In the past we spoke of plant fertilizer...
To Grow Paperwhites That Won't Flop Over, a N...
I love growing pure white narcissus paperwhite bulbs for holiday decorations and gifts, but I wish they wouldn’t get ...