About Christy Page

Christy Page

Christy favors fruit gardening, including berries, although they are often shared with the local wildlife. Her favorite “garden” is her fairy garden that she adds to each year.

Articles by Christy Page

The Gooseberry Legacy

The Gooseberry Legacy

  "What kind of bush is that?" my husband asked as I transplanted my gooseberry bush into one of our garden beds at our new house. I bought it through a  
March Makes Gardeners Dream Big

March Makes Gardeners Dream Big

Every March, I become a wildly optimistic gardener. It happens the same way each year. One warm-ish afternoon slips between the snowstorms, the air smells faintly like wet soil instead  
The Work of Waiting

The Work of Waiting

Read by Matilda Longbottom Listen Now:    Dear Gardeners, Welcome to the February 2026 issue of Food Gardening Magazine! Here in the Northeast, February settles over the garden like a long, patient pause. Snow still  
Gardening Piece

Gardening Piece

  I have been a gardener since I was three years old. Knee-high to my grandfather, I helped him in our front yard flower garden. I bent down to pull weeds.  
When Winter Lingers

When Winter Lingers

February has a way of lingering, gray and unhurried, as though Winter itself is reluctant to loosen its grip. The snowbanks along the driveway are crusted and weary, the sky  
A Winter Garden Awakening

A Winter Garden Awakening

The Winter garden lies dormant, blanketed in a layer of frost, waiting for the first signs of Spring. A hush falls over the barren trees and shrubs, as if they