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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reducing weeds: a 101 on soil solarization, with sonja birthisel

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what i learned about pollinators and other beneficial insects in 2018

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top 10: most popular posts published in 2018

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best garden design advice of 2018: signature style, making tapestries and more

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repotting houseplants (plus blooming favorites), propagating coleus & more: ken druse q&a

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indoor growing under lights, with leslie halleck

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clivia, staking, viburnum leaf beetle, chestnuts & more: q&a with ken druse

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what garden ‘pests’ are trying to tell us, from eliot coleman’s ‘the new organic grower’

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how to grow and store dahlias, with longwood’s roger davis

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overwintering tender plants, and hydrangea issues: q&a with ken druse

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what to do about fall webworm? (usually, nothing)

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being ‘moreganic,’ plus growing diverse greens, with you grow girl’s gayla trail

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fighting dodder, propagating pineapple lily and more: q&a with ken druse

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feeling garden overwhelm? joe lamp’l and i talk about management strategies

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‘dester,’ ‘cherokee green’ and other top tomatoes, plus tomato troubles, with craig lehoullier

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top late perennials, + smart care tips for a garden to last through fall, with kathy tracey

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distinctive-shaped trees, perfect outdoor paint colors, storing garlic and more: q&a with ken druse

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defining ‘native’ and choosing the right native plants, with dan jaffe

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liverwort and pearlwort: 2 weeds of my driveway and cracks-and-crevices

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underplanting: making ‘a tapestry garden,’ with marietta o’byrne

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week 15: visual relief from the heat, all fresh and white

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butterfly gardening, with jane hurwitz

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mosquitoes & water gardens; ants in pots or on peony buds, and more: q&a with ken druse

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week 13: a season of container-gardening improvs