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9 Crafty Gifts You Can Make From Your Garden

9 Crafty Gifts You Can Make From Your Garden

Our gardens are a source of so many positive things: nourishment, patience, fulfillment...and of course, literal food. Over the years I've gifted many things that have come from the bounty  
Gardening Humor for “Real” Gardeners

Gardening Humor for “Real” Gardeners

Do you remember when you were a young budding gardener, and you thought, "one day I'll be like those other gardeners, with their perfectly pruned tomatoes, their pollinator gardens, and  
The Last Tomato Story

The Last Tomato Story

It was many years ago (Several? Decades? Where are my car keys?! Have Evil, Key-Stealing Squirrels become tired of planting black walnuts in every one of my garden beds and  
An Ode to Good Gardening Pants

An Ode to Good Gardening Pants

Do you have special gardening pants, shoes, or a tool you just can’t live without? For me, it’s my gardening shoes, they’re the ones you can just slip on without  

My Flower Show Jollies

The year was 1990. The occasion was the very first meeting with my staff after I became Editor-in-Chief of Organic Gardening magazine. I asked what they thought of the previous