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Attack of the Mutant Vegetables: The 6 Weirdest Vegetable Mutations
The first time I saw the mutant vegetables, I was scared. It was like a horror scene out of "The Walking Dead" or something. But then it hit me: Those ... Read More
The Best Potatoes for Home Fries and How to Make Them
Before I tell you the best potatoes for home fries, let's talk about what you want to do with them. Different strokes of potatoes for different folks, but the kind ... Read More
Garden Rescues Gone Right
Let's talk about the life and times of garden abandonment and garden rescues. See, there comes a time in the life of a garden when you need to take a ... Read More
Unexpected But Edible: 10 Weird Things You Can Actually Eat From Your Garden
As a kid, I played this game with my friend where we’d blindfold each other and take random food or condiments from the fridge and get the other person to ... Read More
The 15 Best Beefsteak Tomatoes To Grow
I firmly believe that there is a section of heaven piled high with end-of-summer beefsteak tomatoes and a shaker of salt. Just thinking about it makes my mouth water. But ... Read More
It’s Never Too Late For the Benefits of Healing Gardens
I think as gardeners we can all appreciate the idea of gardens as a place of healing. That can be quite literal when we grow herbs like peppermint that can ... Read More
5 Vegetables You Can Grow in Hanging Baskets on a Porch
Is there anything better than sitting on a porch, drinking a glass of fresh-squeezed lemonade, and reading a good book? I love a good porch sit but what I love ... Read More
How to Kill Aphids on Tomato Plants with Stuff from Your Pantry
As much as I love the idea of microbiomes and letting nature do its thing, when it comes to finding aphids on tomato plants in my garden, I tend to ... Read More
Black Gold, Brown Laughter
Let’s face it—gardeners are an inventive bunch when it comes to nourishing their plants. We brew banana peel tea, steep compost like it’s fine wine, sprinkle Epsom salts like fairy ... Read More
The 10 Most Beautiful Flowering Fruit Trees
Fruit trees are the high-school overachiever of the garden. They’re the “4.0 GPA, flawless skin, all AP classes, volunteers at a nursing home” type. Flowering fruit trees are the darling ... Read More









