Growing Watermelons Like You Know How
This year, for the fourth year in a row, I embarked on the journey of growing watermelons. The first year, I grew watermelons I had no business trying to ripen …
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Saving Bad Tomatoes for Chickens? Not So Fast
I often save some of my produce for the local wildlife. I imagine they will eat from my garden one way or the other, so I might as well give …
Are There Critters Eating Tomatoes? Or Is It Something Else?
We all know how wonderful sun-ripened tomatoes are when we enjoy them right from the vine. Biting into a homegrown tomato is, without doubt, one of the most exquisite experiences …
A Gardening Mishap for the Whole Neighborhood
We’ve all had our share of gardening mishaps, am I right?
Let’s talk about the time I grew an arbor covered in squash to get one of those magical hanging squash …
A Tortoise in the Garden
If you want to see some hilarious animal antics, take a walk through my garden. You'll see squirrels chasing each other up and down the sunflowers, rabbits hopping around in …
The Accidental Meditative Garden
As an idea, I think almost any garden is a meditative garden. Some, like Japanese rock gardens, are established with the intention that they will be a place of reflective …
Are You Harvesting Garlic Scapes Wrong?
As a lover of garlic scapes—the more-delicious alternative to asparagus—I could hardly believe it when I read today's piece, Scaping Lessons, and learned there are people on this planet that …
The Garden Heals: How Growing Plants Grows the Soul
Let me tell you something I know deep in my roots: Gardening isn’t just about plants—it’s about people. It’s about healing, growing, and grounding yourself in something larger than the …
Picking Blackberries to Your Heart’s Content
I'd be lying if I said this one didn't make me a little weepy. Here I was just minding my own business, paging through GreenPrints, when I stumbled upon this …
How to Kill Hostas
What attracted me to this story initially isn't the funny title, it was actually the hosta-hater in me. I've always wanted to know how to kill hostas. Let me explain. …
