A Way To Garden

how-to

I often say my approach to gardening is 'horticultural how-to and woo-woo,' and this is the former part: the tips, tricks and techniques that help make an organic garden grow successfully. From pruning to seed-starting and composting, garden cleanup and prep and more, it's here.

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dividing perennials (and some shrubs): when, why and how-to, with ken druse

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must-grow cutting flowers, plus dahlia how-to, with jenny elliott

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the power of seeds, and of sunflowers, with ken greene

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16 things i know about growing tomatoes

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composting smart (including in a pit!), with ‘the new gardener’s handbook’ author daryl beyers

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create a pollinator victory garden, with kim eierman

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fear not! how to prune clematis, with dan long

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growing hellebores, with judith knott tyler

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which native plants, and how to make room for them, with ken druse

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lee reich’s blueberry-growing how-to

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telling seed stories, with organic breeder rachel hultengren

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pruning willow, and the best salix varieties

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growing potatoes organically: when and how to plant, hill and harvest

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how conservation starts in your yard: doug tallamy on ‘nature’s best hope’

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how to grow kale, with sarah kleeger of adaptive seeds

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grow onions from seed, with seed breeder don tipping of siskiyou seeds

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up your seed-starting game, with seed-mad joe lamp’l (aka joe gardener)

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perennial edibles, landraces and other unusual seeds, with nate kleinman of experimental farm network

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seed series: irresistibly tasty varieties to try, with lane selman of culinary breeding network

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top tips from 2019’s ‘a way to garden’ podcasts

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8 garden resolutions for 2020, with ken druse (+ book giveaways)

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strengthen your garden’s design with these tips from wave hill’s louis bauer

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top garden tools, for gifts (or for you), with ken druse

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talking pests, with clemson entomologist j.c. chong