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When I first decided to start gardening, it was very late summer. I thought for sure I was too late to get into the game that year. I was astonished to learn that there is something called a cool season...
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I was watching a gardening show and the designer said to the host that he was planning on using lots of “Edimentals.” The host of the show, who was not a gardener asked, “Did you just make up that word?”...
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Dad’s gift doesn’t have to be just a thing. Perhaps Dad would simply prefer to spend time in the garden together.
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When I was just a youngster, my parents purchased a cranberry bog. I live in Massachusetts.
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Bees play a critical role in our agriculture. It is imperative that we all take steps to protect our precious pollinators.
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Knotweed is an herbaceous, perennial plant. It grows in North America and Europe, but it is native to Korea, China, and Japan.
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A garden profile is a list of plants and varieties you grow in your garden on a regular basis.
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Within a short time of moving to New Bedford, Massachusetts, I was struck by how much my neighbors could grow in a tiny yard of a triple decker.
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We all know about the April 8 solar eclipse, but there's another version you can enjoy for a few months instead of a few minutes. It's the Solar Eclipse sunflower.
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I always heard that it was for the farmers but I wasn’t quite sure because as a gardener, it seems backwards to me.
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