February 15, 2025
ONE OF THE TALLEST perennials in my garden is New York ironweed, Vernonia noveboracensis. But basically my knowledge of the genus starts and ends...
February 7, 2025
YOU PROBABLY KNOW the popular Seed Savers Exchange catalog, which this year features 600 varieties of seed to choose from and supports the beloved...
February 1, 2025
HAVE YOU ever replied, “I don’t know; that’s just the way I’ve always done it” when someone asked why you performed a certain garden...
January 24, 2025
ANYBODY IN THE MOOD for something just plain pretty at the moment? Something to search the seed catalogs for, choosing among the many wildly...
January 17, 2025
HOW’S WINTER shaping up where you are so far or more to the point: How’s the winter garden looking? What’s your view out the...
January 11, 2025
AS MANY OF US heavy up on native plants and transition larger areas of our landscapes toward more naturalistic styles of design, there’s a...
January 3, 2025
I MESSAGED to my arborist neighbor the other day to just say, “Happy holidays.” And at the end of my note, I also said...
December 26, 2024
WHETHER OUT LOUD here on the podcast or just between us on one of our periodic late Friday afternoon phone calls, I always benefit...
December 13, 2024
DID YOU HAVE an abnormally dry growing season this year—one where it felt like you just couldn’t keep up with the watering, maybe? Today’s...
December 7, 2024
THE MESSAGE has become increasingly clear: By shifting the palette of what we plant toward native, and refining the practices we employ in caring...
November 29, 2024
SHE HAS HAD various job titles in her career, but writer Margaret Renkl says one consistent role in her life for decades has been...
November 23, 2024
IT’S PRACTICALLY December, but like many gardeners I’m already thinking about spring. One big element of that thinking is how to maximize the power...
